Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1917 — Fire Company Receives Early Morning Call [ARTICLE]

Fire Company Receives Early Morning Call

Fire Chief Montgomery' and his company were routed from their beds at three o’clock this morning to answer a call in the northeast part of the city. The old depot hotel in which Ed Booth and family reside, caught fire when a spark from the chimney dropped on the roof. There was quite a blaze when the company arrived, and, but for their prompt action the building would have been burned to the ground. A hole about ten feet square was burned in the roof.