Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1919 — A SMALL FIRE FRIDAY KIGHT [ARTICLE]

A SMALL FIRE FRIDAY KIGHT

At W. R- Brown Home on McCoy Avenue—Little ‘Damage Done. A spark from the chimney set fire to the roof of the W. R. Brown residence on McCoy avpnue Friday night about 9:30 o’clock, and a hole in the roof about four feet square was burned. Mr. and Mrs. Brown *had retired for the night, but Mrs. Schaeffer, who rooms at the Brown home, came in shortly after 9 o’clock and called to Mr. Brown that she thought the house was an fire, Mr. Brown replied that “he guessed it was only the chimney burning out,” but Mrs. Schaeffer' persisted that the house was afire, nnd, on getting up and investigating, he found tbe reof on fire. Access was easily gained to the roof through the stairway from dm bathroom to the attic and the*q was soon put out with a ‘chemical extinguisher and a few buckets of water. The damage done was estimated at from S2O to g 25. The fire company was called out but the fire was practically out when they reached the scene. 'Had the fire started later in the night it might have proven very disastrous.