Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — FATE OF A FAMILY. [ARTICLE]

FATE OF A FAMILY.

A Wisconsin Carpenter, Ills Wife and Five Children Perish by Fire. Alma, Wis., March 7. —Fire Thursday night destroyed the house of G. Oldhouse, a carpenter, who lived about five miles from here, and the entire family, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Oldhouse and five children, were burned to death. The origin of the fire is unknown, but it is thought to have been caused by the explosion of a lamp.