Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1919 — A SUNDAY FIRE IN NEWTON [ARTICLE]

A SUNDAY FIRE IN NEWTON

Fann House on Lawler Ranch Was Entirely liestroyed. The farmhouse on one of the K. J. Lawler farms southwest of town, oecwpied by Charles Bowers, •was totally destroyed by Are about •11 o’clock Sunday forenoon, together with most of the contents, except a piano, which was saved [ by neighbors arriving on the scene, and a rug pulled off the floor by Mrs. Bowers. Mr, Bowers had gone fishing and Mrs. Bow.ers, who was suffering from a severe headache, had gone upstairs and lain down and knew nothing about the fire until the building was a mass of flames. It Is understood that she escaped only with the clothes upon her back, even her shoes, which she had removed, being burned. The fire is supposed to have started in the kitchen, probably from a defective flue. There was about |BOO insurance on the house . and Mr. Bower? had some insurance on his household goods, the amount being included with implements and other personal property.