Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1918 — SMALL BLAZE AT FIRMAN THOMPSON HOME. [ARTICLE]

SMALL BLAZE AT FIRMAN THOMPSON HOME.

A fire alarm at between 10 and 11 o’clock Sunday night aroused people from their peaceful slumber. The fire was in one of the ' upstairs bedrooms at Firman i Thompson’s residence, and was probably caused from a match lit by i Mr. Thompson in smoking some fime before the fire was noticed. A ;bed was covered with considerable clothing, and* the bed and a sewiing machine was quite badly burn,ed before the flames were extinguished..