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  The Leon Reporter
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa
Thursday, November 26, 1914, Page 1

Fine Farm Home Burned.
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The fine ten room residence of C. W. Moore, living about six miles north of Leon, was totally destroyed by fire last Wednesday morning about 11 o'clock. The fire started from a spark falling in the leaves in the gutter of the house. Mr. Moore was away from home at the time and all of the men folks of the neighborhood were at a sale. Mrs. Moore and daugher, Miss Lillie, were at home, and Miss Lillie secured a ladder and climbed on the roof and attempted to put the fire out, but could make no headway.

About this time a couple of men came along in an auto and they hurried to the house, and assisted in getting out a part of the household goods. Nothing was saved from upstairs or the kitchen or several of the bedrooms down stairs. The house was a new one and one of the best in that neighborhood, the loss on the house being from $2,500 to $3,000. Mr. Moore had insurance on the house of $1,500. His loss on the household goods will reach probably $1,250, and he had only $500 insurance on the contents, so that his loss will be quite heavy. He expects to erect a new residence on the site of the burned house in the spring, and will live in an old house on the east part of his farm during the winter.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2016