Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1913 — BARN BURNED AND OTHER DAMAGE [ARTICLE]

BARN BURNED AND OTHER DAMAGE

Granville Moody Lost Barn and Some Other Property—Wind Storm Losses. '

The rain storm Tuesday evening was accompanied by considerable lightning and wind arid from several localities reports of damage have come in. The greatest loss so far reported was the destruction by Are started by lightning of the big horse, hay and grain barn on the Granville Moody'farm-in Barkley township. The barn was about 35 feet square and’built of oak, having been erected about 15 years ago by George W. Andrus and son, John. Probably twenty tons of timothy hay was in the mow of the barn and a quantity of feed in the cribs. About all the harness was in the barn. Two milk cows were in a shed on one side of the barn. All were destroyed. The horses, about ten head of good ones, had been turned out of the barn before the Are. Mr. Moody was in town, attending a meeting of the directors of the .State Bank, when, the Are occurred. Three men at the farm were unable to do anything to subdue the Aames, which enveloped the entire building only a few seconds after the electric bolt, which occurred at 8 o’clock.

The loss was partly covere4 by insurance 4n the G. H. McLain agency. The loss was probably in excess of $2,000. At about the same hour a small cyclone occurred in the William E. Jacks i neighborhood, southeast of town. The silo and an outbuilding were blown over and fences, trees and other outbuildings damaged, the roof being torn off the crib and. binder shed. This loss was also covered by windstorm insurance in McLain’s agency. The barn on Isaac Leavel’s farm, occupied by Joe Cain, was moved partly off the foundation. Morg Shields had some property damage in the same neighborhood.

Philip Roy, southeast of town, lost Ave head of good horses by lightning at about 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. His son had been discing with the horses and was driving them home when the lightning struck the horses, killing them instantly. The boy, strange to relate, was not injured. George Martin, living on the Poole farm 1n Milroy township, had two horses killed by the lightning. The Lawndale school house, in the east end of Jordan township, was struck by lightning but did not catch Are. Considerable damage was done.