Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — TWO BARNS BURNED BY LIGHT" NING. [ARTICLE]

TWO BARNS BURNED BY LIGHT" NING.

The barn on the Wm. McElfresh farm in Barkley tp., which is occupied by W. A. Schriner, was struck by lightning between foui*' and five o’clock Thursday afternoon and one horse worth $l5O, was killed and six tons of hay, harness and some other property consumed by fire. The barn was worth about SSOO with no insurance. Schriner’s loss was practically covered by insurance. The big Parmalee barn south of Wolcott was struck by lightning during the storm Thursday evening and burned. It is said to have cost nearly $25,000 a quarter of a century ago and was one of the finest barns in the state. We were unable to learn whether any stock was lost in the fire or not. The big round barn on the Otis ranch north of Fair Oaks was struck by lightning a few days ago and slightly damaged. The loss was covered in the veteran insurance agency of C. B. Steward, of this city.