Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1905 — YOUNG CYCLONE IN JORDAN TOWNSHIP [ARTICLE]

YOUNG CYCLONE IN JORDAN TOWNSHIP

Sunday Evening’s Storm Does Considerable Damage and Some Stock Was Killed.

Saturday evening at about 6< o’clock and again Sunday evening at about 7 o’clock, this section of the county was visited by a severe rain and electrical storm and quite a little damage in the way of stock killed and bnildings damaged by the wind was done in different parts of the county, the most of which was on Sunday evening. On one of L. H. Myers’ farms in Jordan tp., the wind unroofed a large two-story house, broke down eight large cherry trees loaded with fruit, and two apple trees. Unroofed a part of the barn and damaged it so badly that it will have to be re-shingled; turned completely over a big farm wagon and hay rack and reduced the rack to kindlings. On his other farm—the Bill Esson place—the barn was partly unroofed and a large, new crib was turned upside down and so badly damaged that it will have to be entirely rebuilt. A large rock weighing over a ton, that was used as a corner stone of the crib and was partly oat and partly buried in the ground, was turned half over. Two large cherry trees and several shade trees were blown down here also. Mr. Myers estimates the damage to his buildings at S2OO. On the Frank Corbin farm, one mile south of Mr. Myers’, a large cattle and hay barn was completely demolished. A steer was also killed by lightning on Wm. Washburn’s farm in Jordan tp.,

At Henry Kolhoff s a windmill was blown down. At Mark Reed’s, also in Jordan tp., lightning struck his barn, and several cherry trees were blown down. Barney Maienbrook, south of town, had a cow killed by lightning. In the same neighborhood lightning killed a cow for Marion I. Adams, and a steer for Joe Adams, and struck the chimney on Vinoent Eisele’s house. R. A. Parkison had four 1,000 g>und steers killed at his farm in arkley tp., Saturday evening, and the barn on the Mrs. Barkley farm, occupied by Wm. Miller was struck and damaged some and one chicken killed. Les Miller, Everett Brown and John Randle were in the barn at the time but escaped injury Victor Walker, also of Barkley, had a horse killed. At E. M. Thomas’ residence, in the east part of Rensselaer, Saturday evening, a bolt of lightning struck the house, and tore a big hole in the roof, passing on down to the first floor where it tore a conch to pieces and tore the casing from a door. The family had taken refuge in a cyclone cellar they had Tmilt for shelter during heavy storms, and therefore escaped injury. At Remington the barn of J. B. Thompson was struck and burned to the ground with all contents, including a team of horses.