The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-08-08

Winona-In North Dakota n Few
Houxcs Are Demolished and Poo
pie Are Injured.
Winnipeg, Aug. "a severe storm
passed over a small portion of the
province last night, and many farmers
wills be sufferers thereby. The hail
arena appears to have been about
twelve miles wide and to have trav-
eled from northwest Of Glenboro across
Cypress river, and southeast into Tiger
Hills, destroying everything in its
path. From Cypress liver, Holland n
Glenboro the reports are that hail
has totally destroyed the crops of sew
cral farmers and severely damaged
others. At Morden also there was
some damage done, but the extent is
not yet known. Considerable glass in
the Canadian Pacific depot there was
broken. There was hail at Gretna,
Altoona. Rcsenfclt, st. Jean, Somerset
and other places, but no damage to
crops in these localities is reported.
At st. Jean the Northern Pacific depot
was considerably damaged, the plat
form being torn up and the roof part
ly blown off. At Baldur several farm
ers will lose nearly all their crops.
At Brandon Miss Tomlin was struck
! by lightning and badly injured.
Grafton. n. D., Aug. "a cyclone
did considerable damage to buildings
about one mile south of Grafton at
1:3O o'clock this morning. Peter Peter
sons house was entirely destroyed.
There were nine people in the house,
but only two were injured. most of
them taking the precaution to go into
the cellar. An old lady was blown out
in the wreck and badly shaken up.
Her shoulder was injured and she re-
| ceived wounds OH the face. A boy
four years old was badly cut OH the
head. The house was a total loss. An
| old man attempted to hold the door
from blowing in. The next thing he
knew he was still holding the door but
it was on the ground forty feet away.
A heating stove was carried 100 feet
and demolished. A barn a block away
was blown to the ground. The horses
were jerked out of their halters and
were found uninjured in a pasture.
Going east the cyclone turned a school
house and granary round and did
more or less damage.
Mr.. Peterson. whose house was de-
stroyed. arrived home from a trip to
the mountains half an hour after the
storm undid his place. His house vas
gone and a neighboring physician was
sewing up the wound in his boys head.
To-day the children are climbing
around over the demolished house
which was once their home. Every
| thing is smashed. and the little ones
look homeless, indeed.
Further reports from the storm are
coming in. Fred Hankhe just drove
into town. His house was blown fiji
| teen rods. and he lost his entire crop
of wheat by hail. Hans Moe has just
arrived in town. He brought back the
Irvine he bought Saturday. He lost
175 acres of wheat and fifty of barley.
Many more farmers in the vicinity lost
their crop by hail. A report has
reached here that at Warsaw much
damage wa: done by hail. julius liver
sons barn was struck by lightning and
consumed. He lost four horses. Tit
storm was the worst that has ever
struck this vicinity.
Winona. Mimi, Aug. 5.-The elec1rlc-
al storm which visited Winona this
morning was one of the severest ex-
perienccd here this season. and was
accompanied by n very heavy fall Of
rain. Reports received from the coun-
try are as yet somewhat meager. III
the vicinity of Bethany considerable
damage was done to flax by hail. Tel
ephone connection with there was de-
stroyed by the storm, and exact par
~ticulars are hard to obtain. Some
damage was done to telephone and
other wires by lightning, and several
buildings were also struck but no seri-
ous damage resulted.
A very high wind prevailed. blowing
many limbs from handsome shade
trees of the West end. A Flagstaff on
the Pos block was struck and shat
tered. A bolt went down the chimney
of Kinssbury's West end grocery,
causing three sharp reports which
quickly brought out of the house the
residents of the upper story. No dam
age showed inside the building. the
lightning having passed down to the
cellar through the interior of the CHM
ney. At the Winona Young Ladies'
seminary the lightning passed down
tire elevator shaft. 1t was seen by sew
cral and described as a ball of livid
fire. Two sisters, members of the fac
ulty, were near the shaft, and for an
instant were enveloped in apparent
flames. A flag draped on an adjacent
wall was framed with the fiery fluid.
The sisters escaped unhurt and the
flag a unscorched. The damage
done was nominal.
Willmar, Mimi, Aug. 5. = Reports
come from the towns of Edwards,
Whitetield and Holland, in the south
ern part of the county, that a severe
hailstorm passed there, lasting about
an hour. early this morning, destroying
thousands of acres of grain. Aesevere
rainstorm prevailed in this vicinity.
which laid the grain and injured it to
a great extent. This is the hottest day
of the year and it will aid in greatly
injuring the crop.
MOurned as Dead,
st. Paul, Aug. 5.-The relatives of
L (Ll1Stny Won Gnotzon tho wol Enou,n