Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1914 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

A fifty mile windstorm that swept over Gary and the southern lake coast towns made street traffic almost impossible Wednesday because of the Shifting sand. Many billboards were wrecked and more than a dozen plate glass windows were shattered. In the outlying portions of Gary the moving sand dunes gives the region a Sahara desert aspect.

Arthur Smith was killed at the Delp grain transfer at Bourbon Wednesday when his clothes were caught on a high speed shaft.

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