Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-07
JOHN AUGUSTlNE HOME IN EDGE
OF ALBION BURNED TO GROUND
LATE SATURDAY.
DEFECTIVE CHIMNEY
BELIEVED THE CAUSE
Women At Home Alone When Fire 10
Discovered by 4.Y4ar.Old - Louis
kubik Sustains $500 Loss East Of
Town by Sunday Morning Fire That
Burns 0uthuiidinas.

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Sunday morning. One destroyed the
home Of John Augustine. in the edge
Of Albion. and the other wiped out out
buildings belonging to Louis Kubik on
the Michael CLEAR farm, three and one
half miles east of this city. The Angus
tine loss is $500, and that OF Mr..
CLEAR and Mr. Kubik $500.
! AT the time OF the Augustine fire
Mrs. Augustine and her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Robinson, of Albion.
were at the Augustine home. together
| with the two Robinson children. Mr..
Augustine was in thist city.
AT about 4 o'clock 4-yeaN-old Mar
win Robinson, while at play on the
south side Of the house. called to his
mother and grandmother, who were on
the north porch. Mrs. Augustine, So
| licitous as 10 what her grandson might
want, went to the south side OF the
house to discover smoke emerging
from the full length Of the roof
Blaze Has Good Start.
| The blaze had good start and Mrs.
| Robinson. who took in the situation at
| a glance, realized the futility Of trying
| to overcome the fire. Sending her chill
dren to the nearest telephone at the
Ralph Hi home, g quarter OF a mills
away, Mrs Robinson went about try
| ing to remove the contents from the
burning dwelling. Mr.. Hill, who also
saw the smoke. and hurried to the
scene, gave valuable assistance to
Mrs. Robinson in getting out the fur
niture from the lower floor. Friends
from town also lent their help. but
were not on the scene early because
of the time it required for the children
to reach the Hill home. and for the
alarm to be spread by telephone.
Defective Chimney Believed Cause.
Altho it is not known for a GER
rainty. 1t is believed that a defective
chimney was responsible for the fire.
There had been a light fire in the kit
chen range during the forenoon. but
i, had gone out long before the fire
was discovered For this reason 1t is
timbers under the roof long before the
blaze was discovered
The house itself lie total loss. the
building having burned to the ground.
Most OF the contents of the first floor
the second Aoor, with the exception Of
a very little clothing that Mrs. Rob-
,inson got from the rooms shortly after
the FIRE was discovered, were burned.
The contents of the cellar. including a
large quantity of canned fruits. were
also destroyed.
Mr. Robinson estimated today the
loss at the Augustine home to be ST.
500. $500 Of which was in contents. Mr..
Robinson said that the house could
not be replaced for that amount of
money, and aitho old, the residence
had been kept in good repair. Mr.. Rob
I:nson thought Mr.. Augustine carried
$1,000 insurance.
Mr.. Augustine has rented a house in
Albion. and will make his home there
for the present He has not decided
vet whether he Will rebuild on the old
site or not Mr.. and Mrs. Augustine
have lived forty-seven years in the
house that was destroyed.
Young Peoples Loss Severe.
The Kubik fire came as severe LOST
TO Mr.. and Mrs. Kubik. who are young
married people and trying to get a starr
at farming.
Like the Augustine fire the blaze had
suCiI uSdo"6y SASH oioNoNStSo Via
nothing could be done TO save the burn
ing buildings Neighbors VINO answered
telephone call of alarm helped saw
the barn from burning, and al one time
1t looked as tho this building would 81
reduced to ashes. The barn was saved
with the exception of slight scorching
Included in the buildings and con
tents destroyed were double corn Grill
and granary, worth s2UV, aud contain
ing 1900 bushels of corn worth S75 ant
sixty bushels Of oats, worth SCI; new
chicken house. that cost s75. and f1ft,
young chickens nearing the broiler age
In a wagon shed there were destroyed
new top buggy, that cost $50. and ;
wagon, almost new. worth $50. Othe
pieces Of farm machinery were burned
Stored in the granary. also. was tn
: tool chest and camp outfit of the line
men working on the Iowa Railway ant
Light Company's high tension line from
Tama to this city. These were Likewise
destroyed
The loss Of the buildings and thei
contents total $500. according to al
estimate made by Mrs. Kubik today
Mrs. Kubik said that her father car
ried insurance on the buildings almos
sufficient to cover the loss.