Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — BARN IS DESTROYED BY FIRE [ARTICLE]

BARN IS DESTROYED BY FIRE

At Early Hour Wednesday Morning—lxwt Partly Covered. The barn on the Joe Eichelberger farm, foiTF miles west of Francesville, tenanted by Charles Brusnaham, was totally destroyed by fire at about 1 o’clock Wednesday morning. The cause of the fire is unknown. Mr. Brusnahan had some six tons of hay In the barn, about 200 bushels of * oats and six sets of work harness, besides some other property of lesser value, which loss le ipartly covered by Insurance. His horses In the pasture adjoining had the run of the barn but -fortunately all were outside at the time or his .•oes would have been much heavier. The same threshing rig that set fire to a’ stack of wheat straw out at Albert Tobin's, south of town, Monday and destroyed same, set fire to a straw stack out at Alf Hoover’s place, also south of town, about 9:30 o’clock Wednesday forenoon and destroyed It also. The machine had pulled away and is allege to have set the stack on fire as it was pulling out. The engine was not equipped with screen in the smokestack,* it is said, which was the cause of the two fires and destroyed perhaps $250 worth of straw. The machine Is owned by Clouse Bros, of Remington.