Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — Oats Crop Burned Up. [ARTICLE]

Oats Crop Burned Up.

Oscar Howden, on the former C. J. Brown place, 2 or 3 miles southeast of town, had a serious loss this morning. Thrashers had just begun thrashing four large ricks of oats, the product of 40 acres, when-the ricks caught fire, presumably from the engine of the machine, and were all burned up. It is estimated that 1600 bushels were lost. The threshing machine belonged to the Hildebrands. It was saved.