Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1906 — BLAZE IN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING. [ARTICLE]

BLAZE IN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

\rTbe tire company was called out at about B.a. m., Wednesday by a slight blaze in the chemical laboratory iu the high school building. There was considerable smoke but not very much fire, and it did not take long to extinguish it after it was once located. The damage was probably about SIOO, fully coverejLbjLtnsurance. £Fhe fire is supposed to have started frpm some of the chemicals used in the laboratoryx-and had it started in the night, might have caused the total destruction of the building.