Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — FIRE LOSS AT DEMOTTE. [ARTICLE]

FIRE LOSS AT DEMOTTE.

Koppleman’s Store Burned at an Early Hour Saturday Morning. \i Fred Koppleman’s general store at y&motte was destroyed by fire at 12:30 a. m., Saturday, the building and all the contents going up In smoke. The fire is thought to have • started in the K. of P. lodge rooms above the store. Mr. Koppleman carried $2,000 insurance on the stock and there was SBOO insurance on the building, which was ownedl by other parties. The K. of P.’s los£ all of their lodge fur. aiture. V There/was another fire in Keener township Sunday forenoon, the dwelling on the Sim Simon’s farm, two miles southwest of Demotte, was burned to the ground' with all the contents. The house was occupied by Mr. Evers, a tenant, who lost all his effects and bad no insurance. The house was insured. A defective flue is supposed to have chased the fire.