Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1903 — MORE DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING. [ARTICLE]

MORE DAMAGE BY LIGHTNING.

Savsral Barns Burned and Stoek Kill—ad By Electric Storms. This section was visited by another very heavy rain Monday night, accompained by much lightning. W. H. Ritchey’s barn in Jordan tp., was struck and burned, together with about 800 bushels of corn, also two horses belonging to his tenant, Charles Standish. There were four horses in the barn, we understand, bat the two best were saved, no insurance on the horses. The barn was not very valuable. Ritchey’s loss was about SSOO to S6OO, and insurance to the amount of s4ll was carried in the Farmers’ Mutual, Marion I. Adams, agt. The loss was adjusted Wednesday. The Howard Barr loss and Joe Luere’ cow, insured in the Farmers’ Mutual, were each adjusted within a few hours of the time the officers were made cognizant of same, which speaks well for the promptness of this company. Charles Baker, 3 miles south of Mt. Ayr, barn bnrned together with 50 tons of hay, some farm tools and carriages; was strnck about 2:30 a. m., Tuesday. Loss about $2,000, insurance SI,OOO. Joe Hallagan had a good driving horse killed in a pasture in Snnnyside addition north of the railroad. Wilson Schaffer, southwest of town, had a horse killed by lighting Monday evening. The Clem Constable barn southwest of Goodland, was also strnck by lightning Und burned daring the same storm loss, about $3,000 with SI,BOO insurance.