Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — TERRIFIC STORM HITS KNOX. [ARTICLE]

TERRIFIC STORM HITS KNOX.

Crops and Fruit Trees in Path of Gale Suffer Much Damages. A cyclonic wind, accompanied by a torrent, of rain __ and hail, struck Knox Tuesday afternoon and did ruinous damage to crops and fruit trees. The deluge was accompanied by frequent lightning flashes that did minor damage to several residences, the postoffice and a business block. The storm covered a strip of only about 12 square miles but was the hardest storm there in many years.