Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1896-08-13

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was penetrated by tho larger stones.
Among the losses Mr.. Tompkins re-
ported were the following, oil within
i've miles Of bic place: j. e. McGillivrsy
400 acres, VIM. Richards $50, II. Cowsn
200, Theo Weiss and Aug. Koehn lao
each, Fred Hoenhouse and John Hehney
l2b each, Thos. O'Donnell 115, Fred
Waeeonsr 100, Jos. Duchine, Hens
Ksllsson aud jas. Bare 70 each, Richard
Vssesy IS, L. w. Smith so, and Wm.
Tompkins 20 acres. It is estimated that
not Is per cent Of the grain wss insured
and the loss will be heavy. Some 10
tended to out thor grain today, others
would have done 90 shortly. Mr. Tomp-
kins had his wheat cut and shocked
with cap sheaves, and he thinks his loss
will be light.
Manager Masters and John Canham
OF the electric light company left late
last night for the west to repair damage
TO the telegraph lines on the Northern
Pacific all communication being cut of.
They vent as far as Bismarck and sue
ceeded in getting two wires in working
order by IL o'clock last night. There
we're thirteen telegraph poles destroyed
by the wind and the lines were
Gown IN great many places. The regu-
lar line repairer, Joe Moody, was en-
gagged on work on the jamestown &
Northern branch, in the northern part
of the state. At Crystal Springs the
operator said that some Of the stones
were az large as base ball.
Will Doughty Of Ypsilanti reports no
damage to grain or stock. Hail stones
nine inches in circumference fell, but
few IN number. When they struck the
ground, be SAID, they would bound and
rebound for several rods.
John Puth Of Adrian said very little
rain fell there last night and no damage
by the big LsMoure county storm oc-
Cured north Of Dickey. AZ be ap-
proached jamestown, however, the
evidence Of heavy rain was seen, but
little damage 10 grain.
Theo Doede, six miles southeast, has
65 acres of grain about halt down; oats
and barley injured, but not to q great
extent.
Considerable rain fell at Sanborn and
Valley City.
Jack Holden's grain, six miles east,
vas hit hard.
Msny who had carried insurance for
five or six years were caught this time
without it-of course.
The insurance was mostly in the Al.
lance company and the st. Paul Fire &
Marine.
The roaring Of the hail could be heard
for twenty minutes before it fell, and the
strip Of hail in tho storm could at . dis.
tsnce be plsinly distinguished from the
rain.
The above 10, no doubt, only small
part OF the losses.
Victor Maxine, four miles south Of
the city, said the storm lasted about ten
minutes and badly injured his grain.
The hail did not fall thick but come of
the stones were 40 large as goose eggs.
He hsd so acres insured.
The damage around Dawson is great.
Alex Gill6llan reports damage one-half
to ripe wheat on his farm five miles east
Of the city.
ON THE GREAT NORTHERN.
Tho storm yesterday afternoon along
the Great Northern road did great
damage. Near Bartlett, N. d., 100 acres
Of grain was destroyed IN Is minutes. A
strip Of country two miles vide, extend
ing from Ardock to Minto was laid
waste.
At Larlmore the storm was very
severe, running almost the entire crop
three miles west Of the town. Edison
and Taylor were the principal sufferers.
At Csndo it hailed As mlnutes-stones
very large. Damage to growing crops
Between Larimore and Devils Lake
crops have suffered-no details can be
learned.
OVER MILLION BUSHELS.
1t is conservstively estimated that the
loss north and west of Grand Forks
amounted to million and bali bushels
If grain. The figures are based on an
Of seven bushels to the acre,
which is extremely low The storm
struck first at Crary and then cams east,
spreading from width of two miles to
:en by the time it reached Larimore
The towns visited along the Great
Northern are Bartlett, Lakota, Michigan
Jity, Petersburg, Niagara, Larimore and
Arvilla. The last town escaped with
,ut much damage. The others suffered
Ilmost total loss of all crops
About the same time a storm struck
Con way on the Langdon branch Of the
treat Northern, starting fran there and
.oing due east about five miles wide
triking Forest River, Pisek, Voss, Mlnto