Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1901 — BERT BRENNER’S BARN BURNED. [ARTICLE]

BERT BRENNER’S BARN BURNED.

barn on the I. J. Porter property in the northwest part of town, was destroyed by fire Saturday at about 5:30 p. m. Bert Brenner occupies the property but Rush & Warren sub-leased the barn, and a horse and quite a lot of carpenter and cement tools were burned. The fire had made such progress before the fire department could reach the scene that it was beyond saving. The total loss was in the neighborhood of S3OO, of which Rush Warren lose one half. The fire is supposed to have b?en started by children playing.