Hepburn, Iowa Shanty Fire
December 1908
AGED TWINS DIE TOGETHER.
GEORGE and HENRY DYKE Victims of Fire at Minburn.
[sic]
While asleep in the little hermit shanty at
Hepburn, Ia., two aged twin brothers
George and Henry Dyke,
were burned to death. Their shanty was
discovered in flames by a rural carrier, and he
made an effort to get into the shack but he
could not and before help could arrive, the
little structure was burned to the ground. Amid
the ashes were found the charred remains of two
old me. It is believed that the structure caught
fire from a over heated stove. These [sic]
They came from one of the best know families
in Page county. Their father,
Alex Dyke was
one of the earliest pioneers. He had a large
farm on the Nodaway river and he built the first
bridge over that stream, which was a famous
crossing place for many years. The other sons
are honored citizens ad prosperous, but these
two twin brothers from young up were not
altogether right mentally and in middle age they
displayed eccentricities that soon drew them
apart from other men ad they became hermits ad
wanderers. Sometimes they lived together in some
old dugout or deserted shanty, sometimes they
lived apart. They rejected every effort of
relatives to get them into good homes, and
insisted on existing in their own way.
The Humeston New Era, Humeston, IA 16 Dec
1908
Transcribed by Sherry
McClellan. Thank you, Sherry!
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