The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-07-12

prsrRucTivE TORNADO.
loss Sc Iifs ana Property q Mortns
pakota.-rsrsoi II ths path q t' s's
storm.
Thu city 81 Fargo was struck byla most
tcrriac Wind storm, which lott behind ~
scene 81 wreckags never before witnesseu =
sthataection. II seelned mores.oia sornauo
nature than a cyclonie. and the mannsF Y
which the buildings are wrecked and tne 20
bris distributed bearsthis ont. ACCOMPANY
mn the wind. however, was q terrinc elecsEa'
cal storm. which undoubtedly played an I'M
portant part III vrecking the electric nglae
towers.
Al Northern Pacific train had just started
out consisting 81 eightpassengercoac ana
sleepers, Supt. MrCabsss private cor and tne
baggage. express and mail cars. The force
of the Wind rapidly increased until the tram
reached the roundhouse. when u became
necessary to put on every pound OF ateam e
order to keep it moving. ~ the time tne
last car had gone over the bridge across me
slough the train was brought to z standstili
81 the sheer force Of the wind and the ar
brakes were put on. It had been
49, .ta.t t;,.a ,vhen Aha ears began to
~. 8 Z y aaa. a. minutes later
t!iS oysi$ v. ~ a1s1 Z 49, csrs
the entire train was blown oysr, 'ne Isur go
going over first and the others in successlon,
..s-#9.S I4Ga- nynonf the
anpine even The tender being on ito side.
No. q ! 5,rb,a tract al this point. and
.nsre IS : $500 1870. - ~ a. rorth TRACK
1ne Tran was ~ ~ ~ so,,th nne.
ana was pioWH ovel. 800, ~ vnnld
dad ~ Oeen On ~ go anharLmon
nave gone oyel .he j. ni m az. and mas
ana one InIury posn Y : IN mora sar;nns.
sengers wou,u nav ~ Ss 49, M '.eral hadIv wrack-
as ~ was none .. sns cuas "s1g r@a rnmhar
ea ana ICY tIets .as !. ~ +ha,n nra
q passengers Gn goaru nuIs sr;,rad IL
tnougn6 70 20 danAerous'S nTa1,.ha
soon as the ufaln Wsns ~ 49, sIp. - IN.
VINO was ~ one ~ ne ,slost ~ 49, -
time, pullea hlmsel ouS .ulousm ~ ~ 80
the car ana hurried pAck ~ Oomn ~ t ~ 40.
slcians ana arrange lot ohe les.us 8 4 y Il
sengers. In the meantime some :. Saos ~, -
the smoking car nad succeeaeu ~ soos,ds ~
ana began az once .orclnH Ins = ann -
ting others ont. one 81 1le MosS isaIila.io
suits OF the storm occurreo az tI :. Lass ~ : . ;iss
OF the iate Capt. McCaTSny. y .am ~
sought shelter IN g narrow mole DeneASa ..s
kitchen, when me Dula,ng was az onon
ron, rom l1s Ioanaas . ~. S dnnth 4 s.vsr XII.
them, resulting IN the 1eatn Y. sever NJ
dren and the 9 1atai. inJuIy s.,Ia.n
Mccarthy, Mrs. McCartny teils sne ionoW-
ing story: 80
About o'clock during gne nelgnC ~ Dns
storm, the chlldren ur9ed !hat Ins n NM1
would surely blow away, 2 ManCsu ~ W
to the coal bin for SAFETY. Inc pin w. e
into the ground 3 couple 81 IeeO.sz ~ " Ivy !.
In the ground Was aDouv even Iun WIN
Q "a On the north slds 81 tn1s pr AZ = =
pantry about Jour or nye ieet Woe. m Es.
Mccarthy decided to go 20 TINS DIN, dhg ac-
cordinglv laid Competing on tne coaI. bei,e
and Mamie went in first and sat down, eacn
having o younger .one IN her lap MRS; ING,
upon her lap; the other child was on the carpes
between Mrs. Mccarthy and the older girls.
They were necessarily huddled close togetner.
Suddenly the house was felt 70 move ana 10
an instant every one OF the cnlldren we're
crushed together under the pantry, tne nous
having fallen toward the south: !,
Mrs; Mccarthy found herself nrmiy pinned
down BY q Sill which rested across ner riRnt
arm ana DOH legs she was aps0luteay
helpless. She was nela IN such e manner y
to be almost doubled mp ana 10 was
between and three hours before Ane
was released. She felu her strengtn
fast leaving her, when sne neard
the barking. OF q dog, conciuding tnat
some one was about she screamed Tor help.
1t was Q man looking for Q cow ne imme-
diately answe.ed the call and went for help.
She says h nh Q them died almost lmme-
diately. One OF the little ones means contln.
uedfora an hour OF more beforedeath relieved q
oflts suffering. then help at last arrived sne
pinned her down and subseuuently by mean
Al ~hen tSs i;tsIs.s fornn. ~ har seven ,a~ad
ones were one by one removed. Among the
more notable niaces destroyed was the fol.
lowing: The Great Northern freight depotia
in ruins. The walls collapsed and the twist
ed ana severed roof settled down over tne
ann p.o;sc 3 'ot s;, ,os Inc f,o;rh,
denota are aiso sadIv demolisbed
The damage to the Northern Pacific machine
shops is estimated at $780, 900. The Ply.
mouth Congregational church is scattered
to the Tour winds OF heaven covered by tor,
0aQU insurance. Inc First