Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1895 — A Fire at Fair Oaks. [ARTICLE]

A Fire at Fair Oaks.

The town of Fair Oaks had a fire Sunday night or rather early Monday morning. The buildings burned were the general store of Schofield <fc Fry; and Mr. SchofkJd’s residence. All the contents of both buildings were also bunted. The total loss was 82000, with insurance of 81,600, in C. B. Steward’s agency, of Rensselaer. The origin of the lire is unknowm, but asseveral attempts to rob the store and crack thejsafe have been made recently, it is thought that thieves might have been robbing the store, and set fire to it to conceal the robbery, or perhaps accidently overturned a lamp and started the fire in that way, while engaged in their nefarious work.