Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1913 — STORM DESTRUCTIVE IN NORTH JASPER [ARTICLE]

STORM DESTRUCTIVE IN NORTH JASPER

New Bara Wrecked South of> DeMotte and Considerable Damage Near Town of Kersey. Frank E. Lewis, of Kersey, was in town today and informs us that the wind did considerable damage Sunday night in the north end of the county. A new barn belonging to a man named Lagarines, a mile and a half south oTDeMotte, was blown down and wrecked. A 4-room unoccupied house on the H, C. Zimmerman farm, one-half mile south of Kersey, was blown down. The house was partially filled with grain. Two large haystacks 6n the same farm were blown down. The owner, H. C. Z,immerman, lives at Ottawa, Hi. A barn on the Andrew Kline farm, south of Kersey, was badly damaged, being broken in two right at the middle. A hen house on the same farm was torn entirely down. The old school house at Kersey, which was recently abandoned, was twisted about on its foundation. Reports of the Friday storm continue to come in. A large corn crib on F. M. Parker’s farm, northeast of Rensselaer, was lifted partly off the foundation and suffered considerable damage.