The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-14
HEAVY LOSSES AS
STORMS RESULT
TELEPHONE COMPANIES HAD
ABOUT 1000 LINES DAMAGED.
Storm of Saturday Conferred in the
Twin Cities-MinneapoHs Had Heav-
lest Rainfall-Wind eRached a We
locity of IS Miles an Hour. RS.

OF little over per cent Of the totai
number Of lines in the city, were dam
aged. There was some damage to coun-
try lines, but the wires in tho city
seemed to attract the lightning and in
vite damage. Six cables We're burned
out, putting a large number Of phones
out Of order, and many instruments
were burned out.
The officials say the strike of the
line and construction employees has not
tied up the companies as the strikers
had hoped it would. Tho the strike
was handicap, the crews that are
working came to the rescue and by
working all day Sunday, repaired fully
rest of the W work o was cosnpletei toiay
and the managers of the two companies
report practically everything in good
order.
One Helped the Other.
The agreement under which the two
strike proved beneficial in the repair
work and an equal amount of repairing
was done for each company. The
Twin City company had reports Of dam
age from more than 400 lines, but re-
ports that practically everything will
be repaired today. The minor cases were
1umber Of mcre dyu Rn one ees eared for
today.
The Northwestern company had about
as many lines out Of order, but has
been able to attend to them in the same
manner as the Twin City company. The
greatest difficulty encountered was the
lines burned out in large office build
ings where many Of the wires are in
side and have to be traced thru the
walls. The toll lines were tied up for
Go+r i~h$ ~
day, but were reported in working or
der today.
Conferred in Twin Cities.
The storm Saturday night seemed to
center at the twin cities. It extended
over Minnesota, eastern South Dakota,
Wisconsin and northern Michigan, but
the greatest precipitation Of moisture
was at Minneapolis; Here the rainfall
less, 1872 inches. At Grand Meadow
the rainfall was but .22 inches; at La
Crosse, Wis, .86 inches.
was from 9:45 p.m. to 1901, during
which few moments half inch of rain
fell. At 9:45 the wind was most Sc
we're, reaching a velocity Of thirty-fve
miles an hour. The wind at st. Paul
was slightly less, reaching at its high
49,. 1.-The 3! WIND VELOCITY was as. not e 3
server for the local branch Of the
weather bureau: ''It not infrequently
reaches the velocity it did Saturday
evening. The precipitation, however
was rather heavy during a short period
of time. The storm seems to have been
most noteworthy on account Of its
electrical severity, especially in view
this Rsns f fhF Wes RS
however, secures no reports relative t(
damage by storms Of this character. .
! Captain Osborne's Condition.
Captain Charles W. Osborn of engin,
company No. %, fire department., VIII
was struck by lightning while return
ing from a fire Saturday night, SHOWED
some improvement today and there i
hope Of his recovery. His condition il
still critical, however, and it will b.
several days before he is out Of dan
ger.
It was thought at first that he woul,
live only few hours, but there wa
change for the better yesterday. Hi
right side is paralyzed and is causin.
!. worry.
Students Save Barn.
Good work on the part of the stu
dents volunteer fire department save
the main barn at the state experimen
farm, St. Anthony Park, from destruc
the flagstaff of the cupola Of the bar:
about Ills O'Clock.
s s. The engineer at the. electric light sta
J tion Of the farm noticed his lights g
/ out, and stepping outside he saw flame
= shooting from the cupola. He sounde
= a fire alarm on the station whistle an
j soon scores Of students turned out i
= the rain, scantily dressed, and name
- the emergency hose, and looked afte
getting the twenty horses and sixt
. cattle out of the barn.
$ The amateur fremen fought the fir
!, from the inside Of the cupola. III
: height Of the fire, but so we'll did tn
!. boys fight that the fire was PRACTICAL
+ under control by the time the St. Al
: thony Park fire department could max
the run and get water on the fire. III
Park fremen fought from the outsid
not knowing that the students were i,
side the cupola, and some Of the youn
men were almost knocked to the fioc
below by the force of the stream.
The farm school boys are takin
~ JUNCTION to themselves because of the
work in putting out the fire. The lie,
Z islature was somewhat slow in gran
u ing an appropriation of $1,000 for tt
# purchase Of hose and the installatic
$ Of a water plant, but the boys are no
s pointing to their work in saving tt
;, big barn as ample justification for Il
y appropriation. A new and higher tan
d is under contract, and when that is
n service it is believed that the stude1
IS fremen can handle or hold in chez
e any ordinary fire. -. -....z-s
It 5000. The stock in the barn at the tin
: were simply turned out of the bal
e and the animals seemed to regard Il
# whole thing as a joke. The studen
o had harder work to catch and retul
n the horses and. cows than they had
= fighting the fire, and there was n,
le much as glory in it.
. Beer as a Fire Extinguisher
: Two kegs Of beer took the place
night. when the lightning started Fl
in Frank Noethen's saloon at Sixth a
enue NE and Marshall street.
When the lightning struck the bull
( ing, small blazes started in all par
! Of the barroom. One man threw b
Z glass Of beer on the fire and seeing II
4 effect the proprietor placed two Ike
2 on the bar and by means of a fauc
turned two streams on the blaze, viii,
: was easily extinguished without Il
J aid Of the fire department..
. %tt:5s rs s} 55t
s BLUE EARTH's CONTRIBUTION.
Blue Earth city sent a. check for 81