Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1917 — FIRE DESTROYS FARM HOUSE [ARTICLE]

FIRE DESTROYS FARM HOUSE

A.. ■ ■ . Goode Farm Home in Jordan Township Burned Thursday. The large two-story house on the Goode farm in west Jordan was ’totally destroyed by fire at 6:30 last Thursday morning. Peter Nafziger, tenant on the farm, ' lost all of his household effects except' what : clothing the family had on their backs. The loss on household goods, which included a fine ■Njiew piano, was fully SI,OOO, with hut SSOO insurance. The house was an extra good, large dwelling and was probably worth $2,000. The farm is owned by an Illinois man. and it is reported that there., was no insurance on ..the house. It is supposed that the fire caught from, a lamp that had been taken to a clothes closet by one of the children, and when discovered /had made too great headway to save any of the effects, although a number of neighbors were on • the scene verji shortly. It was intensely cold Thursday morning and a strong wind was blowing at the time. The loss was quite heavy for Mr. Nafziger, notwithstanding the insurance and the fact that the kind neighbors soon raised S2OO additional /and presented to him, as many of tho articles burned cannot be replaced, and it is a hard ■ blow to be burned out entirely in midwinter.