Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1912 — DR. KANNAL'S HOME BURNED [ARTICLE]

DR. KANNAL'S HOME BURNED

Practically Entire Loss, Though Contents are Sgyed • 0 ONE OF FINEST HOMES HERE And Cost $15,000 Twenty Years Ago—lnsurance of„ $7,000 Carried—Defective Flue Supposed to Have Caused the Blaze. ' '■ . / ■■ . . Z'‘ .. • ■... • • ’• w,. ..I I ■!-. a The handsome home of Dr. H. k J. Kannal, the veterinary surgeon, on South River street was destroyed by fire at ten o’clock yesterday forenoon. The fire was first discovered in the roof and is supposed to have caught from a, defective flue dr a spank falling from the chimney on the roof. The fire department was handicapped in handling the blaze owing to the distance to a flre plug, per-, haps 500 feet from the burning building, and the fact that not enough hose was taken over at first. The water pressure was not as strong as usual either, because of so many people letting faucets run to keep the pipes from freezing, and all this counted against the work done. The contents were saved almost entire, except a billard table, but the fine house was almost completely destroyed. There may be a little, salvage from the lower part but this will not be of much net value after counting the expense ■Of removing it, as the house is damaged beyond possible repair. This -residence was one of the handsomest and best in Rensselaer, and is said to have cost $15,000 when built, about twenty years ago. Insurance of $7,000 was carried.