The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-06
Destructive Hail Storms.

Friday and Saturday last there were
several very destructive hail storms
ranging over strip of country from two
to SIX miles wide running southeasterly
from Walhalla through Leyden, Backoo,
Cavalier, Glasston, and thence to Acton
in Walsh county. The Walhalla storm
came over from Manitoba Saturday af-
ternoon doing much damage there, with
line of battle six miles wide ON the
boundary line, thelce gradually narrow
ing so that at Walhalla city it was about
one mile west and two miles east, thence
southeasterly coming to a point about
five miles south east of there Within
this triangle of ten miles long and six
miles wide the loss is very near total and
will be at least 25 per cent of the grain
tributary to Walhalla. In this locality
the grain was of magnificent promise.
Friday storm came across from
Cavalier county after considerable dam
age there. and passed through the Cava-
lier, Tyner country and through Hamil-
ton and Bathgate townships, nearly to
B'thgate village. This storm was of
wide extent and did considerable harm
but dId not result In many total losses.
| Another storm on Saturday came ov-
er the Pembina mountains tapping over
track OF part of the above storms, and
went southeasterly to Acton and across
to Minnesota. The path Of this storm
was somewhat irregular but was from
one to four miles wide and very destruc-
tive for most of that distance. though at
places it seemed to be lighter and skip
ded some farms either partially or Who'll
lily.
At Cavalier city and immediate local
ity the storm was not quite so heavy
though much damage resulted, while
both moth and south the loss was total
in large strip. 1t passed four miles
west of Hamilton.
At Glasston the path was about two
10 three miles wide and mostly total
within these lines. At both Glasston
and Walhalla windows were broken by
the hail. At Glasston it hailed nearly a
half an hour and the hail lay in heaps
after the storm.
! The storm crossed the G. N. track be-
tween Glasston and st. Thomas.
/ Details of individual losses are natur.
ally indefinite as in many cases only the
thresher will give the particulars. We
give few names as Indications of the
path and extent rather than any at.
tempt to give the whole list of losers
The figures are acres destroyed generally
total: ! Eks t
SMcCabe Bros. 1880; j. Krak 48O, E H
Beckstead 4sO R Stull $40, H Rickbell
$50 A Kraak, Fred Farrow, T: G Thomp-
ON VIM Burns j. w. Bechtel, N. Leigh
ton, Chas Miller T Mcconnell, H. A.
Williams ] Scluchter A French, Ed
Forbes H Weeks B Hughes VIM Mich
olson and N McKechnle each lost $40
acres; ECook 24O, A Gibson, w Davy
d Myers, d Ruby,R Mckenzie N Thom-
pson, Levi Bechtel each 100 r McFad-
den 80 A @ Disbrow 100, Mrs. Talbot
go.
!, Southwest of Hamilton some lozers
are H Scluchter 4sO G Bluhm 32O, Hen
| ry Steiger, 400, I Moritz 32O, Hood,
( 2O96) 14O, D H Kippen 80, H Sanders
total. Ed Armstrong $50 r Stull 100 Ray
tStull $40, Geo. Stull 100, R. Armstrong,
800, Thos Armstrong 900, NJ Campbell
Il5O A Webster 800.
Garnett Bros lost large part of the
home farm in Midland township of sew
teral sections. AS we said this is but
partial, many neighbors of these suffered
lpartial and total losses. The Armstrong
elevator a1Glasston figures that practi-
Icaily all the wheat that usually comes to
that elevator is destroyed. Cavalier es-
Inmates that from 1900 to $1,000 BUSH
els tributary to that point is gone.
Ten years ago ON this same day july
31st. similarly destructive storm went
|across the county, traversing much Of
the same country but gong more east
|erly.
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