Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1920 — HEAVY WIND AND HAIL STORM HITS COUNTY [ARTICLE]

HEAVY WIND AND HAIL STORM HITS COUNTY

A heavy hail storm hit Rensselaer and vicinity about two-thirty o’clock Sunday afternoon, and was followed by a wind and rain storm of unusual severity, which lasted for a considerable time. The hail stones which fell were of a very large size. The wind reached its greatest velocity about four o’clock, just at the time the tornado was striking in other parts of the country, and, although it did no serious damage in this vicinity, yet there are reports of damages of a minor degree, such as broken window glasses, wrecked fences, etc.