Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1901 — Glass Globe Set Curtains Afire. [ARTICLE]

Glass Globe Set Curtains Afire.

A singular fire occurred recently at n dri'elllng house in Philadelphia. Undernonlh tie* parlor window wns n dresser upon which was a glass globe, which, it Ik sttppo.sed. became ho heated by the sun’s rays that It ignited the windowcurtains, tho flames extending* to the dresser, w-hlcli, with Its contents and the curt ulus, wore destroyed before tho fire* was extinguished. There was no lire In the parlor grate, nor was any person in the room where the fire originated.