Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1911 — AN EARLY MORNING FIRE. [ARTICLE]

AN EARLY MORNING FIRE.

A spark from the chimney of the kitchen range dropping into a sparrow’s nest in the eave trough, set fire to the roof of the kitchen of the former Tom Sayler residence, owned by A. Leopold and occupied by Abe Halleck, on Front street, at five o’clock Sunday morning and was burning briskly when discovered. 7 An alarm was sent in and in a very few moments Fire Chief Montgomery and one or two other members of the fire department were on the scene and chemical extinguishers soon put the fire out without the sity of using much of any water. Probably $75 to SIOO damage was done to the house with about one-fourth that amount to kitchen furniture.