Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1902 — Team Killed By Lightning. [ARTICLE]

Team Killed By Lightning.

During the thunderstorm Thursday afternoon which was very severe in Jordan township, Charles Danford who lives on the J. L. ▲dams place took shelter from the storm at Wm. Tanners, who lives on the Dan Waymire farm, 7 miles southwest of town. He tied his tqgqs’in front of Tanner’s house and about three o’clock lightning struck and killed both horses instihtfy. No one happened to be near at the time so no other damage was done.*’'Danford it will "be remembered was a blacksmith in Rensselaer for some time, end just recently moved to the country ’