Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 116, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1913 — Tippecanoe County Man Had Lightning Loss Tuesday Night. [ARTICLE]

Tippecanoe County Man Had Lightning Loss Tuesday Night.

Lafayette Journal Eleven horses and threC colts were burned to death in a fire caused by lightning late Tuesday night, which destroyed the barn of W. W. Halstead, of Kirkpatrick, and caused a big loss. One team of horses was valued at SI,OOO. There was $1,300 insurance on the stock and S2OO on the barn. Everything burned but a few implements and one wagon. The fire was under full blast when it was discovered and it was too late to rescue the animals.