Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1919 — SPARK IGNITES STRAW STACK [ARTICLE]

SPARK IGNITES STRAW STACK

But Separator and Groin Is Saved by United Effort. While threshing out at Albert Toben’s, five miles south of town, Monday afternoon, the straw stack caught Are, presumably from a spark from the threshing engine, and was completely destroyed.. By the united efforts of all hands everything else was saved, although the separator was scorched considerably before it could be pulled out of the way. No grain was lost and the separator was soon set ini a different location and the threshing resumed after a short delay. Fortunately there was no wind or the farm buildings would likely have been destroyed.