Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1911 — ICE HOUSE CAVES OUT; MUCH DAMAGE RESULTS. [ARTICLE]

ICE HOUSE CAVES OUT; MUCH DAMAGE RESULTS.

Kresler Plant on River Rank Gives Way Witk Weight of Ice—Effort To Save Big Crop. The big three-section ice house belonging to Frank Kresler and situated on the bank of the river near the stock farm bridge, almost went to pieces Sunday. The house was built last year by Conrad Kellner and after the ice was packed the plant was sold to seems to have been too heavy for the seems to have been to heavy for the structure and the sides flared out and the ice, exposed to the hot air melted rapidly. Mr. Kresler and a force of men worked valiently Sunday and straw was dumped on the exposed ice to preserve it. The outcome is difficult to contemplate.