Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1912 — HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE. [ARTICLE]

HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Occupied by Gaylord Parker on Farm Owned by George Ivanne. The farmhouse on the former Shesler farm two miles east of town, on the Pleasant Ridge road, was destroyed by fire Thursday ev- • is ening shortly after five o’clock. The farm is now owned by George Kanne and is occupied by Gaylord Parker as tenant. The bulk of the contents were removed, but the house was completely destroyed. The fire is supposed to have started from a defective flue. Fire Chief Montgomery, C. W. Rhoades and two or three others went out to the fire and succeeded In saving a summer kitchen that butted up to the house by the use of chemical extinguishers. The house' was probably worth from $1,600 to SI,BOO, and was Insured in R. D. Thompson’s agency for SBSO. There was S2OO on the contents. The mercury was down about zero and a heavy gale was blowing at the time, making it anything but pleasant to be burned, out of house and home.