Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 May 1919 — DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL RAISES NED WITH LOCAL CONDITIONS [ARTICLE]

DEPUTY FIRE MARSHALL RAISES NED WITH LOCAL CONDITIONS

A deputy state fire marshal was in Rensselaer Thursday and Friday to ascertain if the fire regulations were being lived up by our citizens. He found that in many cases they were not and proceeded to tell all who were disobeying the rulings what he thought about, as well as issuing sweeping orders. In many ceses he found that gasoline was in to close proximity to stoves. Several garages were ordered to oust the stoves in their places of business and to provide other kinds of heating arrangements. Several owners of buildings were ordered to remodel them at once or have them condemned to be torn down. One or two business men were ordered to vacate the buildings they are occupying as they were, pronounced unsafe. One or two landmarks were condemned as utterly useless and the owners ordered to tear them down.