Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — Hail Damages Crops Near Virgie. [ARTICLE]

Hail Damages Crops Near Virgie.

Albert Helsel was down from near Virgie Thursday. A wind and hail storm passed through there Tuesday evening and cut his garden, two acres of pickles and about ten acres of corn all to pieces. About 40 acres of corn was also ruined on the A. H. Hopkins farm, occupied by a Mr. Harris, and Peter Wolfe also lost some corn. Fortunately the storm was only about one-fourth-of a mile in width, but it everlastingly riddled things Where it struck, and there was so much wind with it that Mr. Helsel feared for a time his house would be blown to pieces.