Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1920 — FIREMEN HAD ICY RUN; ROOF OF HOUSE BURNED OFF [ARTICLE]

FIREMEN HAD ICY RUN; ROOF OF HOUSE BURNED OFF

Fire, which started in the attic of the residence of Mrs. Clara Cowland on Elm street, occupied by John Critser, about ten-thirty o’clock this Monday morning for a time threatened to destroy the property. As it was the roof of the home was burned off and it was with difficulty that the firemen, handicapped by the extremely' cold weather and low water pressure, managed to subdue the flames, after over half an hour of hard work. The fire originated in the attic, prbbably from a defective chimney and Chief Rhoades, who was acting in the place of First Chief Montgomery, who was out of the city, and his men resorted to their chemical extinguishers to fight the flames.