Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1901 — A Barn Burned. [ARTICLE]

A Barn Burned.

George Gorham, the always unlucky, lost his barn by fire Monday afternoon; at his residence north of the railroad. Mr. Y eiter’s barn, near Mr. Gorham’s was also on fire and badly damaged, but was saved from total loss by the fire company. It is supposed that the fire was started by a boy with a cigarette.