Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1913 — CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN SUNDAY’S STORM [ARTICLE]

CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE IN SUNDAY’S STORM

Outbuildings Damaged by Wind and Lightning—Very Heavy Rain and Some Hail.

A very heavy rain occurred between 6:30 and 7:30 o’clock Sunday morning and it was accompanied in some parts of the county by a heavy wind and some lightning bolts that will cause local insurance agents to get busy in making settlements, The worst damage seems to have been in Union township, east and northeast of Parr, in about the same locality that was hit in April of last year, but this damage was only a little amusement compared to the big cyclone of a year ago. Dennis Healey, who with his wife so nearly lost their lives last year, was a loser by this storm, having a carriage blown over and broken. Other losers were: Wesley Fay! or, whose silo < was twisted about on the foundation. Will Schultz lost a corn crib. Tom Murphy had a summer kitchen and some outbuildings damaged and shingles torn off his barn and house. Tom Lonergan had a silo and crib blown down. S. A. Brusnahan had a windmill wheel blown off and a cherry tree blown dow’n. , The Rosebud church was struck by, lightning and suffered slight damage. Ed Grant, west of town, lost a good cow by lightning. Lee Matheny, northeast of town, suffered som' loss by damage to his house. Mrs. Joseph Williams had some windstorm losses. Theodore Snow also had some damaged outbuildings. The Henry Amsler farm near Surrey which is occupied by his son, Floyd, suffered some damage to outbuildings. Charles P. Moody had a silo blown over. Ora Michals had window lights blown out of the house. Heavy hail fell in Rensselaer and is reported from some points in the country.