Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1911 — Had a Slight Cyclone in Newton Township Saturday. [ARTICLE]

Had a Slight Cyclone in Newton Township Saturday.

Purtelle’s interurban railroad was not the only thing that was blown off the map in Newton township Saturday. At about 3:30 o’clock that afternoon when It was so dark in this city a strong wind from the southwest swept a narrow strip of land near D. 8. Makeever’s residence almost bare. A number of rigs were tied near the school house where the election was being held and before those who were on the election board could get out some of Jibe buggies had been turned over. At Swaney Makeever’s a large tree was blown down and part of a windmill and these fell across the telephone wires, breaking them Badly. The wind then swept a strip through a corn field about 16 feet In width. The damage was not very serious.