Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1917 — Wind and Rain Damage Crops. [ARTICLE]

Wind and Rain Damage Crops.

The quite gentle rain which fell here Monday afternoon did not behave so nicely in other parts. East of Pleasant Ridge and extending on as far as Monon it is reported that the rain fell in torrents and that there was a very strong wind resembling a cyclone. Monday evening many of the corn fields were standing deep in water and the com and oats were blown down in bad shape. At the Pleasant Ridge Lawler farm the big com was blown down badly to the northwest. Many of the heavy oats were flat upon the ground. At the A. O. Moore farm the com and oats were down but they seemed to have been blown to the southeast. This would seem to indicate that the wind must have been going in a circle. At the Parkison farm, occupied by John Maxwell, the wind was so strong that for a while it seemed that the house would be blown off the foundation. Further east and tcward Francesville, there was little rain and no wind. At the Edd J. Randle farm no damage whatever was done. In Walker township the grain was blown down, trees uprooted and buildings suffered to a considerable extent.