Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1909 — HAVOC PLAYED BY HAIL [ARTICLE]

HAVOC PLAYED BY HAIL

Lightning Kills Driver and Horses— Grain and Fruit Hurt. Indianapolis. May 7. —A storm of rain and hail swept Indiana from Terre Haute north to Fort Wayne. Lightning struck in many places. John Misch, a young farmer of Wheatfield, driving a team, was killed. His two horses also were slain. Crops of grain and fruit 'were tfeaten down and damage of thousands of dob lars was caused In the farming die trlcts.