Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1918 — FARMHOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE [ARTICLE]

FARMHOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE

The house on the Roy Lowman farm in Newton township, occupied by William McKinney, was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon about 4 o’clock. No one was at home at the time, Mr. McKinney having taken the family to the Blue Grass school house to the Christmas entertainment and he had come on to town. On his return home the house was in flames. Nothing was saved and besides the household effects some $65 in money was burned. Mr. McKinney had SSOO insurance on the contents, but the insurance on the house had run out only about a week before.