Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1903 — A Nooa-Day Fire. [ARTICLE]

A Nooa-Day Fire.

i No Great Damage Done But Might Have Been a Bad One. Just as our peaceful burghers were eating their dinner last Wednesday, the fire alarm sounded, for the first time since Mrs O’Meara’s chimney got on fire, early last winter.' M u The fire proved to be in August Rosenbaum's barn, back of his residence, on north Cullen street It had a good start when discovered and in a very few minutes was all ablaze, as was also a small adjoining stable on the Mrs. Perkins property, where S. C. Irwin now_ lives.

The fire made good time but both barns were past saving before they could reach the place. The fire had also extended to a large wood house across the alley belonging to Harry Kurrie. This fire was doused out in short order and the blaze soon stopped in the other barns, but they are total wrecks. A good carriage and a bugsjy were burned in Rosenbaum’s barn, and some feed.

The firemen had just got limbered up to go back, when another alarm sounded. This was for a blaze in the roof of the barn on the iMiltGhipman plioe, about 2 blocks distant, which no doubt caught from a spark from the other fire. This was put out by buckets, bethe firemen arrived.

Tbeorigm oftßeßosenbaum fire is not known, but the usual theory of children playing with matches is circulated The amounts of loss or insurance can not be learned until the return of Mr. Rosenbaum, who was at Wolcott There were pieniy of dry and inflammable houses near by, and plenty of wind to carry the fire to them, to have made this a disastrous fire, had not our always efficient fire company and waterworks got in their good work.