Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1907 — "Pocket” Swept by a Storm. [ARTICLE]

"Pocket” Swept by a Storm.

Evansville, Ind., Sept. 4.—A severe electrical storm passed over southern Indiana, doing considerable damage. The storm was especially severe in Knox county, where much corn was ruined. Houses were unroofed and four structures were wrecked by falling trees, but no loss of life repoited. Death of Cyrus M. Allen. Vincennes, Ind., Sept.'4.—Cyrus M. Allen, 63 years old, of the bestknown men In the cohnty, Is dead of paralysis, with which he was stricken six weeks ago, while at Lipton. Fell Off a Wagon and Drowned. Vincennes, Ind., Sept. 4. Louis Grant, 20 years old, was drowned at Emison, Knox county, by accidentally falling from a wagon into a deep gravel pit. s ———————— Had Buried 15,000 Persons.

Torre Haute, Ind., Sept. 4. Bal!, sixty years an undertaker of Terre Haute, where he has burled 16,000 persons.