Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1914 — Barn Burned on Lyons Farm in Jordan Township. [ARTICLE]

Barn Burned on Lyons Farm in Jordan Township.

A barn and two cribs pn the former McCoy farm in Jordan tp , now owned by the Lyons’ of Brook, and occupied by Charles Hancock, was destroyed by fire about 10 o’clock Sunday morning, supposed to have been caused from spontaneous combustion starting in the hay, as no one had been about the barn for sometime previous. The loss is q fte a heavy one as all the hay, oats, and quite a lot of corn, one buggy and all of the harness, was consumed. The horses were saved. There was but $1,200 insurance on the property.