Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 May 1911 — ICE COMING DOWN. [ARTICLE]

ICE COMING DOWN.

At Least the Side of the Ice House Fell Out. The whole south end of the walls of Frank Kreslers big ice house gave way Sunday morning and for a time it was thought much of the ice would be lost. The east wall also broke away to some extent at the bottom, but this has been braced and will probably get no worse. The house was nearly full of ice at the time of the break but it remained in place and Mr. Kresler with a force of men started in to temporarily repair the damage to the building, which was done by boarding up the break and filling it in with straw where the sawdust had fallen away. The damage will probably not be over S3OO or S4OO, and' wfcs caused by the foundations being too weak, it seems. The cement foundation gave way and the frame walls followed.