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

at the Jamestown round house was
confined to a strip between the coal
shed and the machine shops. The
iron stacks of the boiler house were
somewhat bent but not blown down.
Dwellings at the west end of End
street near the river where the cy-
clone struck heaviest were lifted fifty
feet from their foundations: the
home Of Mis- Nelson was twisted
/, and partly demolished, the 81. F. and
Peter Serenson houses were struck.
James Hubbard's house was shaken
to kindling wood. q
The cyclone after leaving the fair
ground struck the Russell Miller mill,
twisting the sack house and barn
completely around, Other houses hit
there were those OF J. Gilbert, Albert
Clemens. J. Kulewatz, g. Marlett and
L. Obermueller. ''
By this time nearly everyone In
Jamestown and vicinity is familiar
! with the destructive work Of the tor
|.nado5 that swept, sin . narrow path,
over . distance Of about twenty
miles, forming near Ypsi,anti satur.
dsy afternoon, May 10Th, and extend
ing in q generally northwesterly 5di-
rection.. the storm appeared to
spend it's fury on the open prairie .
few miles northwest Of Jamestown
and after leaving the Northern Pa
cific round house, did comparatively
little damage, and injured no one.
altho there were several narrow
escapes.
Fred Wolfer, at his farm about q
mile and half from Ypsilanti, sa"
the storm form in the upper air, at
least the tornado part seemed to
gather about three-quarters Of . mile
from his farm. Mr.. Wolfer describes
the formation Of the tornado as two
clouds moving in opposite directions,
!! high in the air, and appearing to ap..
proach each other rapidly. They
presented an ominous appearance,
and there were streaks Of what seem
ed like light, starting from the clouds
and gathering together In the shape
5ofa funnel, which approached the
ground, and appeared to take on 9
rotary motion, and to travel towards
the farm. Inside Of i've minutes his
barn was overturned and he and three
men barely had time to get into z
small granary nearby. The granary
was slightly damaged, but neither his
companions nor himself we're injured
In tho slightest. There we're mine
horses In the barn and none OF them
were injured. altho two or three were
knocked down.. The barn was 4 shed
built structure and the ;roof and sides
we're badly demolished and scattered
for some distance. n /.
The whirlwind then travelled to-
ward the town Of Ypsilanti and here
the only fatality and loss Of life %.
Cured. Mrs. George Graves and two
children, Florence AGED two, and Ber.
tia aged four, were In small frame
house, an old dwelling, short dis.
tance from the river. Mr.. Graves
/ was plowing in the field and absent
from the town some distance. The
house was molished: almost instan-
taneously BY the wind and Mrss.
Graves Gl,veas and the youngest child were
killed, the former not instantly, but
died soon afterwards from Injuries re.
5ceived on the spinal column. near the
head. Bertha was carried BY the
wind into the river and dro owned,
and her body soon afterward recover
Sed. a special train was sent from
sJamesto with Doctors Art and y 4
Gefrish but no need Of their services
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