Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1920 — DAMAGE DONE BY GALE MONDAY [ARTICLE]

DAMAGE DONE BY GALE MONDAY

Benton County Area Swept by High Wind —Several Buildings Suffer. Several buildings were damaged at East Dunn and Dunnington in Benton county by a wind storm that passed over that section of the state at 11 o’clock Monday morning. At Dunnington the roof'of the Catholic church was carried away, and several houses suffered a like fate. The roof of the Fred Brau elevator and smoke stack wap wrecked. At the John Dwyer place the barn was wrecked and the house unroofed. Philip Klut figured among the heavi-> est losers. Every building on his farm was damaged except the house. Nearly every small building in East Dunn was unroofed. All telephone and telegraph wires were blown down and much damage wrought. No one was injured, but several head of livestock were reported killed.