The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1892-07-15
A SEVERE TWISTER,
Surrounding Country Severely
Storm Swept on Last
Monday Night,
A Strip of Country South of this
Place Suffers the Most
Severe Damage,
WRECK AND RUIN WROUGHT

A scvene wind aud rain storm swept this
country last Monday evening taking in, as far
as we can learn, a strip of country about twenty
miles wide, extending from few miles north
OF Sherbrooke to short distance beyond Col.
gate south. Considerable damage was done
10 pr pcrty about Sherbrookr, tho extent OF
which wo have been unable to learn, hut the
most severe part of tho storm was experienced
in the vicinity Of Colgate and west and east Of
that place, where tho storm seemed to have
developed cyclonic tendencies, tearing to
pieces houses and barns, and smashing IN
Thugs in general. We arc Informed of the
damage done hy the storm in that vicinity by
cur friend &, II, Williams. as follows: The
dwelling of c. l.. Williams. on section 81, Col.
gate township, was literally torn to pieces,
and the furniture carried away or badly wreck
cd. straw tick was taken from tho bed in
one CT tho rooms aud has not been seen nor
heard Of SINCE, The st. Anthony Il Dakota
elevator building In Colgate was wrecked con-
sideraby. The dwelling Of VIM. Orscr the
Colgate merchant, was partially unroored and
number of telegraph coles near tho town
NS't w" ~ u"Nh. II hC" bUl u VII llb tdlIIl
OF Geo. W. Foster, Just lately Gniahsa was
completely wrecked. Vim. FurlOng's barn
was blown down and he had mule hurt by
flying debris. A buggy was also broken up
for him. Fred StuIlz buggy was standing out
and was completely demolished G., II.
Williams harn WAS partially unrooied. The
barn at the Colgate school house was COM
pletcly wrecked as WAS also Herman Harness
barn ard the thanty and barn on Andrew
Kings place. Frank Gragis gtanary and
snany also suffered the same fate The old
Lee store building in Colgate was Consider
ably damaged, tho entire front being blown
in, and IS far east and west as eau pa hoard
!EoM |l&a damage Was done 10 barns and
dwellings. Hector Mckay and tho Dodd BROS.
Of Willow Lake township had new barns torn
to pieces, as did also Clarence Carpenter,
about three mlcs south OF Hope. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the damage done by the
storm, hut it will swell up in the thousands OF
dollars. The storm came from the northwest
and was OF an hour or moro in duration.
Fortunately no hail accompanied tho atorm,
OK 4 much gfeaier amount of injury would
Lave resulted in the loss of growing crops.
1t was, however, the most severe wind storm
experienced in Years in this sect;on on-,s-,,--,.--
1-,--,IcT tho commissioners, aching In tho
capacity OF board OF equalization, struck off
from tho assefsmcnt rolls the damaged wheat
whicl, had teen assessed, they found that they
had brought down the assessment of the county
to the extent of about $G0,6C0 AS they have
not the power 10 reduce the assessment in the
aggregate they were compelled to raise the
assessment in The different Townships on per-
sonal Pr pcrty to make up the deficiency
This may seem TO some an unwarranted pro-
cecding, but Tho mistake was made in tho as
SCISSORS assessing the wheat 1t should never
have Eccn doIc, and our ouy remedy now for
relief is by the state board of equalization,
which viii meet shortly: Let us hope that
they will remedy the defect and bring our az
scSSDent down where il bclOigS