Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1889 — An Alarm of Fire. [ARTICLE]

An Alarm of Fire.

The first alarm of fire since theneif fire bell has been in position, sound' ed oat hist Sunday morning, about 7 o’clock. The cause of the alarm was a fire in the roof of Burgess Dillon’s residence, in the extreme northwest comer of the town. The fire started from a defective flue in the roof of the kitchen, and had made considerable progress when discovered. The neighbors turned oat in large numbers, and before the fire department conld have time to arrive, they had succeeded in removing nearly all the household goods from die building, and also in getting the fire under control, by means of buckets. The damage done to the building and contents was not very great. The fire company responded with very commendible promptness to the alarm, and considering the great distance to the fire from the engine house,-they reached the scene in a remarkably short time. It is an evjjK dence of the zeal of the members ths? some of them came to the fire in very scant toilets. One member even came without his teeth, but he went back after them, when the loss was discovered. John Donaldson, sheriff-elect of Cass county, one of the oldest engineers in the State, %ft his footboard on Saturday preparatory to taking the position of Sheriff. Mr. Donaldson has been a locomotive engineer for 3‘J years. He ran the engine which hauled the second train OTer the New Albany * Salem, now the L. N. A. AC. road.—Lafayette Journal