Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1918 — WIND WREAKS MUCH DAMAGE [ARTICLE]

WIND WREAKS MUCH DAMAGE

Five People Killed and Millions of Dollars Doss in Ohio. Rensselaer and vicinity.was visited by considerable wind late Saturday afternoon and evening. In the vicinity of Lima, Ohio, the wind became a tornado, and Van Wert, Middlepoint, Convoy, Deshler, Hamler, Continental, Ottawa, Napoleon, Holgate, Miller City and Tiffin suffereft considerable loss. The total property loss in Ohio is estimated at $5,000,000, and five people were killed. Quite a little damage was done at different points in Indiana. Telephone and telegraph lines were blown down in several places, trees and limbs broken over, some outbuildings demolished, and at Lafayette four plate glass windows were broken in the front of the Baltimore clothing store and considerable other damage done to buildings.