Rensselaer Standard, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1879 — A CLOSE CALL. [ARTICLE]

A CLOSE CALL.

The dread alarm of fire wks'ebunded Thursday jiight abouFlialf past nine o’clock, end a few minntes later everybody was rushing pell-mell in the direction of the school house, where a dense smoke was seen issuing from the left wing Of the building. The fire originated from the flue and spread in the flooring of ths saoond story until it reached ths weather boarding in front. But for the prompt action of the citthe whole building would soon have been in flames. The was light, a few feet of flooring, r bunch of lath and s bucket of mortar being all that is necessary to make the building whole again.