Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1902 — THREE PERSONS DIE IN FIRE [ARTICLE]

THREE PERSONS DIE IN FIRE

General Store Darns with a Dwelling—Six Arc More or Less Hurt In the Disaster. Menomonee Falls, Wls., Dec. 9. Three persons are dead and six injured as a result of a tire at Colgate, five miles north of here Sunday night. The general store, postotflee and dwelling of Max Mantliey was completely destroyed. The dead are: Max Man they, neck broken; Miss Hedwlg Manthey, aged 9; Edna Manthey. The Injured: Mrs. Manthey, slightly; Dela Manthey, three ribs and collar bone fractured, may die; Max Manthey, Jr„ ankle sprained and body burned; Walter Manthey, slightly; two other children hurt. An Infant daughter was unhurt