Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1919 — FIRE DESTROYS AUTOMOBILE [ARTICLE]

FIRE DESTROYS AUTOMOBILE

. ._ 7 r ZLADY SALESMAN LOSES AUTOMOBILE AND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS. Miss B. G. Sweet, who travels out of here selling Yale gasoline lamps, had the misfortune to have- her fine big Overland automobile and 1150.00 in money destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The fire occurred whale Miss Sweet was driving along the farm of James Cassell, just west of Lee. She had been having merer or less trouble with the car . and it had been behaving in a manner similar to the Bolsheviki in Russia and Germany and finally as in that country the red spirit predominated and the automobile was enveloped in flames and the lady barely escaped from the car in time to save her life. In the excitement of the occasion Miss Sweet threw a number ofherlamtpa opt of the ear, breaking them up very much, and left her money, 1150.00, in the pocket in the automobile door. Everything that would burn about the car was consumed and the other parts were also badly damaged. The car wasinsured fors6oo.oo, but if the entire amount of the insurance was paid Miss Sweet will still sustain a very heavy loss.