Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — WINO DOES SOME DAMAGE [ARTICLE]

WINO DOES SOME DAMAGE

Roof of Donnelly Coal Sheds Blown Into Mrs. Gorham Home. A high wind that developed Thursday afternoon with continued violence reached almost a hurricane stage here about 11 o’clock at night and considerable damage was done to shade trees, outbuildings, etc., before it abated in velocity. A heavy rain and considerable lightning accompanied the wind, following a day of the highest temperature of the season. In Rensselaer the more particular damage done was the lifting of the roof off the Donnelly roal sheds on the north side of the Monon railroad and carrying it a block north, where it crashed into the front of the residence of Mrs. George Gorham. The roof first JStr&Sk a tree in the yard, splitting the tree in twain and a part of the roof crashed into the front of the house, breaking out the front windows and doing considerable damage to the front of the building. A large tree near W. H, Parkinson’s residence was uprooted and fell across the street. The big sign board near the Sharp photograph gallery was demolished, and broken limbs from trees littered the streets in various parts of town. No specific cases of serious damage had been reported from the country at this writing, but minor damage was done in a number of places, it is said. Over in central Illinois and lowa considerable damage was done by the storm before it reached us, especially in Morgan county, Illinois, and Davenport, lowa.