Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1918 — MIDNIGHT FIRE. [ARTICLE]

MIDNIGHT FIRE.

Fire did considerable damage at chp home of Firman Thompson Sunday night at 11:30 p. m. Mr. Thompson had been smoking n one of the upstairs bed rooms. He had struck a match on the bottom of the sewing machine drawer. He thinks that this must have started a slow fire. He left the room and a few minutes later the room was in a blaze. There was a large amount of clothing on a bed near the sewing machine. The bed and machine were burned but otherwise the damage was slight. Mr. Thompson succeeded in putting the ire out before the fire company arrived.