Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1919 — FOURTH BARN ON SAME SITE [ARTICLE]

FOURTH BARN ON SAME SITE

Strack by Lifchtning Near Oxford Last Wednesday. Oxford, August 13. —A barn struck by lightning, four miles northeast of Oxford, was burned today. Corn, hay and many farm implements belonging to the tenant, Roy Ellsworth, to the value of s>oo, were destroyed. This was covered by insurance. The barn was owned bx, Mrs. Wall of Lafayette. This is the third barn, built on the same foundation, that has been destroyed by fire from lightning. Four barn's have been erected on the foundation and each one has been struck by lightning, but one failed to catch fire.