Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-20
DAKOTA CYCLONE.
THE FATAL BLAST WHIOH BLEW
LAST TUESDAY NIGHT.
A Record ofthe Terribly Destructive Storm
Houses, Barns, Tires hing Machines and
Crops Swept Away-Hair- Breadth Escspe
Freaks OF the TOrnado-List of the
Injured, Dead and by ing.

Crops Swept Away-Hair- Breadth Escs pes
Freaks of the Tornado-List of the
Injured, Dead and by ing.
The Fargo daily Argus, of the 10th, comes
laden with the details of terribly destructive
storm, which swept through the Bed river val
ley on Tuesday night, doing great damage to
life. limb and property. The storm seems to
have commenced about Casselton and the fol-
lowing from theArgus gives details of damage:
Six miles south of Oasselton, the house, barn
and grain stacks of G.. A. Medberry were
blown down by the wind and completely de-
molished. MIR. Medberry was badly hurt in
the back, Mrs. Medberry was seriously bruised
about the chest and head, one child badly cut
on the head, and another sustained a sprained
ankle.
In the same neighborhood, the house, barn
and grain of O. L.. Medberry were wrecked,
and he loses nearly the total product of his in
tiustry, but no one was injured.
A. B. Medberry, near by, had his house and
granary blown into the river, and lost seventy
five acres Of wheat.
William Weaver and -- jerks each bad a
house blown down, and sustained heavy losses
Of crops.
MR. aUpTML's REPORT.
Mr.. A. B. Guptill who was in the city, re-
turned to his home by the Wednesday morning
train, expecting to find sad havoc on hia farm.
Judging from runners which had reached Fargo
from there. He found everything all right in
and about Wheatland. MIR. Guptill saw Mr..
William Weaver, who resides eight and half
miles south of Casselton, and one half miles
east MIR. Weaver stated that the water spout
struck on his farm, and as it reached the earth
spread out like q fan, mile In width, carry
ing everything before it; he had new dwell
ing nearly completed, which was totally demol-
lshed and carried away; some four thousand
sand of wheat was also de.
stroyed. Mr.. Viewers separator was
torn into numerous pieces and scattered about,
but no stock was killed or persons injured on
his place. MIR. and Mrs. Medberry. adjoining
neighbors, were both badly bruised, but not
seriously hurt. Mr.. Brown, east of Mr.. Weav-
er's, was most seriously injured. So far as
Mr.. Guptill could learn the above are the only
serious results in the vicinity mentioned.
SOUTH OF MAPLEToN.
The hurricane passed south of this village,
wreaking its fury upon everything on the sur.
face of the country. Its path in this locality,
as elsewhere, was not more than quarter Of
mile wide, but within that range everything
that was not buried felt the terrible effects of
its force and violence. The house
recently built by John Lowell was
torn down by the tempest. and will be total
loss; valued at about 81 500. Serious damage
is reported to the crops, but the exact per-
centage of loss it will take several days to fig
ure.
ALONG THE SHEYENNE.
Mr.. Hendrick CIemensen, an old settler on
section 26-13S so, twelve miles south of Fargo,
on The Sheyenne, came in yesterday and re-
ported that his house was blown down Tues
day night and one hundred and twenty acres
of wheat in the shock scattered as not to be
found. His son, Christian, living one and
half miles south of him, had his house un-
rooted and fifteen acres of crop destroyed.
Five other houses in the neighborhood were
blown down and general destruction of crops
reported.
ONLY DEATH REPORTED.
The only fatal accident yet reported occurred
at the farm of A. Brunei, beyond the second
crossing of the Sheyenne, about FIVE miles from
Norman. The house at this place contained
Brunei, his wife and two farm hands, Cne of
the latter named Octave Rois, was instantly
killed by the falling in of the walls, while
Brunei, Mrs. Brunei and the other hired man
were badly bruised, the last having some of his
ribs fractured besides. altogether eight houses
are reported blown down in this locality, and
the crops almost destroyed in the pathSof the
tempest. Shocks of wheat were lifted bod
lily by the whirling winds and scattered far
and wide over the prairie.
TERROR AND DESTRUCTION
Edward Thompson, living about twelve miles
! southwest of Fargo on the southeast corner of
town 1873, range so, was severely injured in the
back between the shoulders; his brother Will
lam, who is living in the same house, had his
arm broken in two places and had his head cut.
The account that Mr.. Thompson gives is, that
before they were hardly aware of the presence
OF the storm, having retired, they found them
selves houseless and homseless. Every stick of
timber was whirled out of sight; out of eleven
head of horses only one was found in the
morning. reaper that stood by the barn was
blown into Thousand pieces, and nothing of
it could be found next day. few spokes of
wagon and the bent and twisted wires of q
rake were all that was left as an
evidence of their former existence. The
clrthing, furniture and other household acces-
soriss were blown nitherward. None of the
liam, were injured.
SAMUEL BAssERToN,
whose house is On the same section as Thomp-
sons, lost everything he had on his claim.
1t is reported that his wife had her arm
broken. They were married about three
weeks ago, when they moved to the farm.
HAKD LUCK.
Frank Lefevre, who has q claim on the
same section with Mr.. Thompson, went out
there from Fargo Tuesday to see about cut
ting his wheat; he was in bed at the time
the storm came up. and had only time to get
to the door, when his house was raised
up by the force of the wind and
blown about twenty feet. striking on the
corner, and in less time than it took to tell it,
he found himself on his back, and not yes
tige of the house to be seen; he lost all his
clothes and pocket book with $45. 90. He
was bruised SO that he could not walk, but
crawled to a hay stack, where he lay all night;
he was brought to town by Ross Frederiokson,
a neighbor; who went out yesterday morning
to see the ruins, and discovered Lefevre.
EUGENE MoNTIeNY,
living IN section 32-13S-49, which is twelve
miles southwest of Fargo, reports his house
blown down and scattered, and everything in
it carried away; his wagon was broken badly,
and his wife Somewhat injured, but not seri-
ously. His stable and stock were uninjured.
MIR. M. had $50 acres of wheat, mostly in shock,
only about five acres of which was touched.
PHILLIP DUBOIS,
a neighbor of Montigny, had his house carried
49,