Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 193, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1912 — WIND STORM DEVASTATES REMINGTON PHONE SYSTEM. [ARTICLE]

WIND STORM DEVASTATES REMINGTON PHONE SYSTEM.

According to Reports That Beached ' Here About 8 O’clock—Probably Other Property Loss* The terrific wind storm that swept up from the south this afternoon completely devastated the telephone systems in and around Remington and rendered communication impossible between Remington and this pl&ce. It is understood that many trees were uprooted and the telephone lines badly wrecked but we were unable to learn whether or not any residences were destroyed. Superintendent J. J. Montgomery and Tom Hoyes went over in an automobile this afternoon to learn the extent of the damage. The same storm,.which presumably started about one o’clock, swept over & » Rensselaer, but probably in a milder way. Many persons watched the storm in progress and in its wake hut so far*no evidences of damage near here have been reported.