Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-01-23
LINDEN SCHOOL
IS DESTROYED
Fire Consumes Building and Con-
tents Monday Morning.
DWELLING HOUSE ALSO BURNS
Neishborins Village has two Disas-
trous Fires the Fore-part Of this
Week. News Items Of Interest.

houuhy lllUTHluB our SCHOOL mousse
burned to the ground. A little after
six O'Clock the fire was discovered in
the roof by Thomas Kislingbury. who
lives near the school house. He imme-
diately went to the building and found
the janitor at work in the basement.
The alarm was given. fire bells rung
and in few minutes large crowd had
gathered and were doing all that could
be done to save the building. When it
was found impossible to save the build
ing they tried to save the books, but
the fire had such headway that not
many books and some of the chairs and
tables from the kindergarten room were
saved, it being unsafe to go into some
of the rooms. The fire is thought to
have started from sparks blowing from
the chimney on to the cupola. There it
was hidden from sight and getting into
the garret made rapid progress. "a &
School will begin again Tuesday, the
high school in the M. e. church and
vestry, Miss Heathcock's room in the
p. M. vestry. the kindergarten in the
village hall. Miss Wares and Wilma
Gribble's rooms in the R. T. Richard g
building which until lately has been
used as drug store. The school house
was insured.
At three o'clock the fire bells rang
again. This time the fire was in the
/ Jeffrey house, better known as the old
Hicks homestead. The fire began from
defective chimney and for some time
no flames could be seen, only smoke
coming between the siding and shingles.
Willing hands were soon doing all that
lay in their power but they were handi
capped by the lack of water. The
pumps in that neighborhood were soon
pumped dry and the house was beyond
the reach of the hose. They attached
the hose and took the water from it to
the house in buckets and put the fire
out, but not until the house was ruined.
The house was occupied by two fami-
lies. The household goods were mostly
saved. The house carried some insur.
ance.
Earl Wearing seriously injured his
left hand Monday afternoon. They had
had we'll drilled and he was putting
pump in when the fire started in
Jeffrey's building. He ran across the
road and helped at the fire until the
wells were pumped dry. Then think
ing that if they conld get the pump in
that they could get water there, he
returned home and resumed his work.
In his hurry he got his hand caught
between the pump and some of the
tools, lacerating three fingers badly.
He had DIR. Garner dress his hand, but
it is feared that one finger will have to
be taken of.
Twila Goldsworthy Continues very
sick.
Edwin Brewer is transacting busi
Prairie du Chen.
| Dctt OflLL Hdu Lue LulbLOTLuut 10 lose
one Of his fingers of his right hand
while working at the Weigle mine last
Friday.
Richard Brown accidentally smashed
his thumb while working at the Ross
mine Monday.
/ Miss Matte Heathcock has recovered
/ from her recent illness and will take
charge Of her school again on Tuesday
/ Milton Tredinnick returned home
/ from Saltwater, Mimi, Friday.
Mr.. Edwin Tredinnick, who has
been visiting Linden relatives, returned
TO her home in st. Lou ). Mo, Tuesday
/ Mrs. Norman Hadfield Of Chicago.
formerly Litta Pollard Of this place. is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Thomas Hicks is at Prairie du
Chen taking treatment for rheumatism.
GAIA Wiclo', after spending several
weeks with her sister Mrs. Walter
Sawyer Of saltwater. MINI, returned
, nome Friday.