Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1895 — Damage Caused by Cannons. [ARTICLE]

Damage Caused by Cannons.

Krupp guns are certainly not desirable neighbors, even in time of peace. The inhabitants of Essen suffer much in nerves and house property from the trials of the heavy guns close by. Many houses and walls show large fissures from the shocks, and many are actually unsafe. At the latest experiments all the doors and windows of Essen flew open at every discharge.