Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1910 — BARN BURNED BY LIGHT- NING. [ARTICLE]

BARN BURNED BY LIGHT-

NING.

During the thunder storm Monday morning the barn on the John Poole farm in Hanging Grove township, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. A. A. Rusk, who occupies the farm, was returning to the house with his son from milking when the bolt came, knocking them both down and rendering the boy unconscious. The blaze following the lightning bolt at once, but Mr. Rusk succeeded in getting a horse out of the building which was the only animal therein. All the other contents were consumed.