Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1908 — More Fires Set By Railroad. [ARTICLE]

More Fires Set By Railroad.

A prairie and forest fire has been burning for two or three - days on the Lawler land west of Parr, and has burned over two sections or more, being very destructive to cord wood, forest trees and fences. Tuesday night about twenty-five men worked until 2 o’clock fighting the flames and finally got them quite under control, but they have broken out afrseh a few times since then and are being watched. The grass and timber is very dry and unless we have rain soon disastrous fires are certain to The teir.'tcry burned over west of Parr lies between the C. E. & I. railroad and the road traveled by the Fair Oaks rural mail route.