Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1900 — Barn Burned By Lightning. [ARTICLE]

Barn Burned By Lightning.

Lighting struck the barn of J. E. Clarey, on the George W. Burk farm, 4 miles north of town, during the storm yesterday morning at about 2 a. m., and burned it to the ground together with 1,000 bushels of oats, 25 tons of fine timothy hay and two calves. Loss about $1,500 dollars, with no insurance. Mr. Claery bought the Burk farm last winter and moved here from Illinois last spring.