Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1916 — Electric Light in Bed Starts Fire. [ARTICLE]

Electric Light in Bed Starts Fire.

Newcastle, Nov. 24.—Herman Paul’s feet were cold when he went to bed at his rooming house and he put an electric light in the bed. The woman who keeps the rooming house smelled smoke a short time later, and when she investigated she found Paul sleeping under burning covers.