Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1919 — FIRE DESTROYS LARGE FARM BARN. [ARTICLE]

FIRE DESTROYS LARGE FARM BARN.

taghe large hay barn and double cribs on the Floyd Amsler farm were destroyed this Wednesday morning about 8:30 o’clock by fire. It is thought that someone had been smoking in the barn and that the fire was started from a cigarette or cigar. The building contained some corn, possibly seventy bushels, five tons of hay and a considerable amount of straw. ~ The building was a large one and the loss will be over S3OOO, witn but SOOO insurance.