Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-08-12
STORM did I'M.
MENSE DAMAGE
EXTENDED FAR INTO SOUTH DA-
IN KoTA, CARRYING WRECK
AND RUIN.
WINDOWS SMASHED AT LINTON,
AND CROPS THEREAWAY CUT
TO PIECES. q
.BuRLElGH COUNTY LOSSES ARE
"A Y GREAT-iNDIAN SCHOOLS
e. DAMAGED.

increases In list OF disasters and as |
to the length and breadth of the blow
and hail ,@. l - i ~s5s; as ge
The Hotel DeMars at Mandan is |
practically a total wreck, not a room
in the large three-story brick building
having the plaster left intact, and Ed.
DeMars is left in bad way. He had
spent a large sum of money getting
the house in good condition, and had
only had it open for business under
his management for couple of
months. rsf. d. -,~.$i. ..I il. .e+@ .4
A story is told of a man in this
house who had retired to sleep off al
celebration. His apartment was in
the third story, and he failed to awak-
en- when the roof blew off and left his
room uncovered. Then huge brick
chimney toppled down into the room
and went through all the floors to the
cellar, the bricks just grazing the
foot Of the bed, and still he slept
Finally the hail came in good force
and battered him on the head, and
he awoke to the realization that some.
thing had happened, and in his excite
ment he nearly fell through the hole
into the basement. ~.
The lumber yards of Mandan were
scattered all over the country, and
many small buildings of lighter con-
struction were levelled. It is said
the storm was so hard that, a big en-
CINE in the yards was nearly upset,
and the, crew was about to jump off
when she settled back on the rails.
At Linton the hail broke most of
the windows on the windWard side
Of the buildings, and a number of
structures were more or less democrat
lied. Crops in that section were
ruined, as they were about Stras-
burg, further south.
The storm seems to have jumped
the Hazelton neighborhood, as that
section escaped with only =, a. good
blow Gs K. =
AS far as heard from the storm ex-
tended as far south as .Artas,,S. D.,
and an offspring of it swept crops off
the earth for a circle of eight miles
around Fullerton on$the 500 in Dick
! ey county. LaMoure county also suf-
Efered. F.: 2. ~ .,.,@.--
I Up the 500 they had hail at Max,
but none at Washburn or Wilton,
though the latter had plenty Of wind,
which did considerable damage
| On the east the hail storm extend
ed only a few miles, the old Bentley
place being the, last place reporting
damage that hurt much. Here crops
uncut were cleaned out In that
neighborhood John Hoagland lost 200
acres OF uncut grain and 800 acres
in shock were damaged some. He
had S. an acre insurance. j. D. Nc
i Donald suffered considerable loss of
fine wheat at Lincoln, but the amount
1 could not be learned.
Il Down at stewartdale the hail took
all it struck Will Stewart and John
! A. Stewart lost ali their crops.
4 Messrs. Birch and Irwin lost lao
acres OF grain each, and it is pre-
sumed their neighbors suffered as
badly. The latter report that corn
was cut off even with the ground as
though moved down, and Tuesday
morning the hail lay in drifts two feet
deep in the ravines.
n Tom and Mike Morris lost all their
1! crops. but had a little insurance.
Fred A. Nelson lost his crops that
we're uncut, Fred Stone lost 100
acres and Nels Johnson lost every
thing in the way of crops.
John Robidou had a mare and colt
killed by lightning, and Billy Robidou
lost horse by the same means. John
and Phil Flanagan lost their grain,
but had little insurance, and Gus
Hogua had coed barn wrecked and
10 dSiSS a0l " STAIN 81 ucntIOySu. III OL-
doubtedly there are great many
more sufferers vet to be heard from,
but the above list is bad enough.
Il AT the Indian school the storm
Il seemed particularly wicked. and as q
result the roof Of the stable was taken
in three sections and twisted into
kindling wood. part OF It landing half
q mile distant, Part OF the brick
work was also crushed. At the laun-
dry the doors were smashed to bits,
and the steel shingles were twisted
into corkscrews. The damage will
amount to $500.
The roof Of G. ]. Keenan's big barn,
near the capitol, went sailing DER the
lea, and viii furnish kindling wood
for the winter months. Verify II
blew some.