Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1909 — Indianapolis Fire Causes $90,000 Property Loss Wednesday Night. [ARTICLE]

Indianapolis Fire Causes $90,000 Property Loss Wednesday Night.

Expensive fires usually ensue the first cold winter days, and the burning of the Central Rubber and Supply Co. and adjoining establishments at Indianapolis' l Wednesday night entailed a loss estimated at $90,000. Rensselaer people ahould exercise every precaution agalna fires. Don’t use leaky stoves. Don’t leave the house with the stove drafts open. Don't start a hot fire and then leave home even with the drafts closed. Don't leave articles of clothing lying near the atove.