Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1920 — SMALL FIRE SUNDAY MORNING [ARTICLE]

SMALL FIRE SUNDAY MORNING

Shed at W. O. Rowles'* Residence Was Destroyed. The fire company was called to the home of W. O. Rowles on McCoy avenue at about 10:45 o’clock .Sunday morning by fire which caught in the interior of an old shed and threatened to communicate to the barn and other buildings near by. The shed was destroyed, but Mr. Rowles, with a garden hose, kept a small stream of water playing on the barn and saved it from very much damage. Max Robinson had been sitting on top of the shed watching some stfeep and lambs in the pasture just south thereof, and had struck a match or two while sitting there. It is supposed that one of the matches dropped through a hole lu the roof and communicated with ehavings qn the floor below. Max used the shed as a shop, and all his tools were destroyed in the fire,. There was no insurance on either the shed or Its contents.