Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1914 — GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL ANU STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SNORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns.—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. Geo. Worden’s Home Destroyed by Fire at Remington. This Thursday morning fire broke out iu the roof of George Worden’s home across the creek in the south part of town and the building burned rapidly leaving ruin in the place of a home cottage. The fire company responded immediately and made good time in getting a stream of water on the fire, but before they arrived the roof was all in flames and began to fall in almost immediately.

The fire w hen first discovered 'as in the north roof and in that part of the house there had been no stove or lamp lighted. It is therefore probable that it ignited frofn a spark from the kitchen flue, the roof being so dry that it burned like tinder. Plenty of help was at hand shortly and the household effects were mostly uncermoniously bundled into the street and yard, though some of course were not gotten out of the building. A part of the south end of the house saved and the foundations remain undamaged, the rest of what remains of the walls will have to be torn away. The fire company stayed by the job even in the face of the excessive heat and did good work.—Remington Press.