Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-06-03
Narrow Escape.

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A narrow escape from injury or
worse was that OF Miss Anna Vogel,
who was being driven by Preston
Hughes. Of Aliens livery stable, 20
Ypsi1anti. They had crossed the
Wells bridge and were about two
miles from the stream when the
storm struck them. They endeavor-
ed to reach the barn Of Mr. Husen-
feldt's, which was, as above stated,
totally destroyed. Had they been
able to reach the barn there Is no
telling what might have occurred.
AS it was they jumped to the ground,
after seeing that they could proceed
no further, and in small ravine
awaited the passing of the tornado.
They lay down fiat, hung on to the
grass and escaped unhurt. The
buggy was blown away and smashed
to pieces, and the team ran away.
It was caught afterwards, tangled In
the harness, and but slightly injured.
Miss Vogel remained in the city and
resumed her trip south Monday.
After leaving the river and wreck
ing big trees along the Pipestem, the
storm again struck the north bank of
the river at the residence occupied
by Engineer Cederholm, whose wife
and infant child we're in the house,
story and half dwelling. The
house was completely overturned and
carried across the adjoining lot and
landed crushed and demolished in the
middle of the street. Furniture was
broken and piled in a mass and Mrs.
Cederholm and baby escaped death or
injury by q most fortunate circum-
stance. They we're found in one of
the front rooms on the first floor pin
ned down beneath partition wall,
which had only been prevented from
falling upon and crushing them by
the frame of q bed spring catching
and holding up the wall. One of the
house chairs was pressed down over
them, and had to be sawed out and
wrenched apart before they could be
rescued. There was nothing but q
slight scratch on the baby's forehead.
The house is a complete wreck. the
front door being left high In the air
and the roof and sides of the dwell.
ling, which turned completely on It's
side, are crushed in and broken be-
yond salvage.
At this point in the path while the
destruction was the greatest, the
path itself was not over Is or 30 feet
wide. A dozen huge Trees we're
smashed into kindling wood or up.
rooted entire.
The next dwelling struck was that
owned by sister of Sheriff Nels Ro-
mer. The house was rented to James
Hubbard and no one was home at the
time. The house was completely
carried of its foundation and broken
and scattered across three lots west.
Nothing was left on the site but the
cellar, and the furniture included
heavy piano which was split In two
in the middle and covered by brick
chimney and a load of hay, the latter
from the barn on the James Flanni-
gan lot. James Flannigan's house
lost MANY shingles, most of the plas-
tering, the chimney, was flooded by
water and damaged by falling tim
bers. His wife, father and other
members Of the family were In the
house at the time, expecting to be
killed at every instant. The house
was moved eight inches of its foun-
dation. The Sorenson house was also
badly damaged, and the barn COM
pletely demolished and scattered to
the four winds, including the con-
tents. The house Of HI. Nelson, q
small cottage was damaged, the shed
was destroyed and the yard covered
with litter. The front door of the
G. L. jeffrey house, north Of the
road, vas blown off, and has not been
found. Damage to roof and chimney
and destruction of large trees in the
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yard followed. Mrs. jeffrey: said the
storm appeared to her like . cloud Of
twisting sand and dirt and was over
in less than . half minute.
At the Round House.
The N. P. round house Was direc-
tly In the path Of the hurricane.
The soutl, wing, . frame steel cover.
ed structure, was unroofed and the
north wing. partly frame and partly
of brick, was also unroofed. There
we're ten stalls totally uncovered and
II stalls where the roof and sides
were either mostly or partly destroy
ed. The engines were piled up with
rubbish, and the headlights broken.
The sand house and oil house, east
Of the round house were both leveled
to the ground. The large brick store
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