Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1913 — NEW BARN BLOWN DOWN NEAR PARR [ARTICLE]

NEW BARN BLOWN DOWN NEAR PARR

Barn Erected Last Year on One of Firman Thompson’s Farms— Killed Two Head of Cattle. . ■ . .. - x... • •* A new barn, 30x50 feet, erected last year on the Firman Thompson farm, west of Parr, was blown down this Friday morning and one cow killed and another so badly injured that it was put to death, several others were more or less injured and two or three head of hogs were also killed. The barn went down at about 7 o’clock. John Schultz, who works on the farm, was just driving the cattle into the barnlot when the wind struck the barn and toppled it over. John himself had a close call from being badly injured. Emmet Hopkins is the farm tenant. At Parr there was some damage .from the wind storm. The cupola was blown off the church and severaj small sheds are reported to have been blown over. Telephone communication was destroyed and dnly meager reports could be procured. The telephone service has been badly crippled, as also have the telegraph lines. Poles are broken off and bent over and many wires are down. The Monon wires were in such bad shape that it was impossible to keep in touch with the trains. No. 32, due here at 10:12, got in at about 11:20. • Windmills have been hard hit and small sheds and outbuildings have been turned over.