Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1920 — DROUTH EFFECTIVELY BROKEN [ARTICLE]

DROUTH EFFECTIVELY BROKEN

Tuesday Afternoon and Night When Over Two Inche* of Water Fell.

More than two inches of water fell in Rensselaer Tuesday afternoon and night, the best rain that we have had since early spring and one that effectively broke the long drouth here. While rains had Callen all about us during the past few weeks, up to within a half-mile to a mile of town, they had almost missed us completely, barely enough falling here to lay the dust a few times until these rains came Tuesday. There was quite a little wind Tuesday afternoon, in fact, a couple of miles north of town and up in Barkley township a number of trees are reported to have been blown over and the oats were knocked down badly In many places. There were several showers during the afternoon and most of the night, and they were accompanied by a great deal of lightning, more perhaps than we have had altogether during the entire summer. These rains were quite general and were unusually heavy in various sections of the state. Considerable damage was done in many places by the lightning and wind, while some sections that had recently had heavy rains got too much.