Fergus County Democrat., 1906-06-19
CYCLONE HITS
TOWN OF HAvRf
Great Damage Is Done at Havre and
Fort Assiniboine-. Many Build
ing Are Destroyed.
WIND BLOWS " MILES AN HOUR
Damage to Property Said to Be
Something Like O,OO0--No
Fatalities Reported.

Havre, June 12.-At ten minutes at
ter 2 O'Clock this afternoon Havre and
Fort Assinniboine were visited by
small sized cyclone, which, while it
caused considerable damage and loss
in buildings, from all reports now OBJ
tainable occasioned no loss of life,
though many hair breadth escapes
were noted.
Shortly after 2 o'clock two clouds
could be seen approaching from the
west and eye witnesses say that they
were twisters.
The handsome cement block build
ing of the Havre Commercial compa-
ny's store received the brunt of the
storm and is almost an entire wreck.
Witnesses from across the street say
that the wind struck the southeast
torenr OF the building and just rolled
the blocks over one another and then
followed by the roof. That portion
which was last built, 5OX9O feet, was
blown off to the first floor.
The employees, to the number of 25,
escaped without injury, except Geo.
Travis, teamster, who was with his
team in the ally and was struck by
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crushed into a pulp as he held his
head to keep him from running away.
Two other horses We're buried in the
debris and killed
The loss on the building and stock
is estimated at $4,000 and there is no
insurance.
Many plate glass fronts and every
| window facing west and south in the
city was demolished
| At the Great Northern shops alone
there are 300 pans of glass and 200
skvlights out.
| Some idea of the velocity of the
wind, which the weather bureau re-
ported as being 70 miles an hour, may
be understood from the fact that a
box car was picked up bodily and car
ried ovver two tracks.
| The falling Commercial building
nearly demolished Peter Des Rosters
residence. The family was in the
'front.' Doom. The back rooms were
%I,n
The storm was equally as severe at
Fort Assinniboine, seven miles west OF
here and wreck and r,lin can be seen
on all sides.
Telephone lines are down and re-
ports are meager and somewhat un-
certain, though it is learned from re-
liable parties that the commissary
building is badly wrecked.
The back end Of the store room Is
leveled to the ground. The building
is of brick, 5Ox150 feet.
The shooting gallery was demolish.
ed.
The brick stable, in course of con
struction by Combs & Dunsan, J:
down, as is also the recently com
pleted frame shooting gallery.
The roofs were blown off all thu
corral sheds and all glass on tn
south and west sides is out.
| Troop "B's" quarters was struck b.
tightening and wrecked, also the civi
, liam employees quarters.
horse was killed by tightening un
9 der Color Sergeant Connolly and n
was taken to the hospital, but will re
cover.
Two soldiers We're knocked dow
, and slightly injured.
A report, which cannot be verified
says that mules and horses stamped
!. ed and that over 20 We're drowned.
The ranch house of Mr.. CLARK, Sr
was blown all to piece, but none c
: the family were injured.
FROM ASSINNIBOINE
Special to the Daily Tribune.
Assinniboine, June 12.-One of tf
most QlSaSlTOuS rain anu nan otO1 II
experienced in many years occurre
this afternoon, commencing at thrt
o'clock, and lasting about 20 minute
i. A dark, ominous-looking cloud al
peared in the northwest, in an almo
4 cloudless sky, and in a very sho
u time obscured the horizon.
Accompanied by vivid lightenir
and an absence Of thunder, a fer
gale. of fearful velocity, was speedil
). the lowering clouds in an easterly
rection, toward the range of the Be
Paw mountains. A moments lu
then hail of an enormous size al
!. sheets of water, leveling everythil
in the path.
er At Fort Assinniboine, many hun
I'll reds of panes of glass on the sides