Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1912 — Friday's Wind Done Considerable Damage. [ARTICLE]

Friday's Wind Done Considerable Damage.

roof of a large barn owned by C. U. Garriott at Parr was blown almost entirely away by a heavy wind that swept over this section again Friday. The damage will probably reach SIOO. During the heavy wind of Friday a large poplar tree in front of the stock farm residence was blown across the wires -of the Jasper Co. Telephone lines and broke eighteen wires and several cross-arms, also pulled several poles out of line, causing considerable inconvenience umtil it could be repaired. In the storm a week ago Sunday evening, both the Bruner and the Jasper Co. companies suffered considerably.