Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1917 — HEAVY RAINS WITH LIGHTNING [ARTICLE]

HEAVY RAINS WITH LIGHTNING

A very" heavy rain fell Friday afternoon over in southwest Jordan and northwest Carpenter townships, accompanied by quite a bit of hail in places. The rain was by far the heaviest that has fallen there this season. Monday afternoon there was quite a rain in north and east of Rensselaer which was accompanied by some wind. We did not learn of any particular damage being done. The rain was not very heavy in Rensselaer. During this storm Emmet Fidler of Jordan township had two horses killed by lightning. The horses killed were two of. his best ones. They were insured and the loss has been adjusted at a valuation of S4OO.

Yesterday was a very bot day, the mercury at noon registering 92 degrees in the shade. A shower, accompanied by considerable' lightning came up about 1 p. m. This rain seemed quite general all about the vicinity of Rensselaer but was heaviest, perhaps, south of town. During the storm lightning evidently ° struck one of the electric light wires in the city and run into places using electric power. It burned out four fuses in The Democrat’s lead wires, putting our plant out of conrmission until new fuses were put in to replace those burned out.