Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1914 — LIGHTNING KILLED HORSE—BURNED BARN [ARTICLE]

LIGHTNING KILLED HORSE—BURNED BARN

B. D. Comer’s Bara and Jim Garriott’s Horse Lost As Result of Bolt Monday Afternoon. A bam, valued ait about S3OO, was destroyed by fire started by a bolt of lightning on the B. D. Comer fanm, which his son, Ernest, occupies, a half mile west of Aix, Monday afternoon at about 4 o’clock. A good horse for which Jim Garriott toad but recently paid $l5O was killed by the same bolt of lightning. Mr. Gtorriott left Monday morning for Alabama and his daughters, Miss Madeline and Mrs. Clara Sheets, wore on their way home Monday afternoon when the storm came up. They stopped at Ernest Comer’s and toorse was in the barn when the bolt, of lightning came. Mr. Comer also had two horses and a colt In the bam, but managed to get them out. The Garriott hoise, however, had been knocked down by the lightning and could not b. removed from the burning barn. Neighbors ruiShed to the scene of the fire and gave valuable aid to protect the adjoining buildings apd succeeded in .doing so. A double crib containing 2,000 bushels of corn was i n great danger for some time, but was saved. "•, ■ No other lightning damage was reported today. A tornado swept through Wisconsin, lowa and Illinois, doing damage estimated at $1,000,000 and causing the loss of foiur lives. Jasper county toas had less than its usual amount of storm damage this spring.