The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-31

Langdon, N. D.. May 31.-Five
deaths and over score injured, with
a property loss estimated at between
s150.G00 and 100000. is the terrible
toll of the tornado which struck
Langdon Saturday night at about 6
o'clock. Sweeping before 1t the homes
of many of the most prominent people
in Langdon, leaving death and descla-
ton in its path, the cyclone was the
worst one that has ever visited North
Dakota.
The dead are:
MRS. j. B. BOYD, aged 40 years.
MRS. F. W. BLAKELEY, aged IS
MISS DONALDA sHEEHAN, aged 2
JOSEPH POWERS, JR., aged 12
years.
"BABY" Balm, aged 5 weeks.
The injured are:
Mrs. John Lee, leg broken.
Mrs. Ole j. Olson, back hurt.
John Diamond, arm broken, body
cut and bruised and internally in
jured. May die.
Richard Boyd, cut and bruised.
Kate Diamond, cut and bruised.
Mrs. Thos. Burke, cut and bruised.
Back injured.
Mary Boyd, servant girl. leg broken.
Mrs. j. H. Balm, slight bruised.
John Sheehan, bruised.
Mrs. John Sheehan, bad cuts and
bruises and back injured.
John and Mcdonald Sheehan, sons
of John Sheehan, aged and years,
bruised.
servant girl at sheehan
home, collar bone and one leg broken.
Mrs. w. B. Dickson, arm cut.
Dorothy Dickson, cut and bruised.
''Baby" Price, 4-month-old child
Geo. NJ. Price. bruised.
Storms Force Terrific.
A heavy rain storm of about half
hours duration preceded the torna-
do, driving people indoors. Many Of
the residents would have been at
their homes but for this fact, and the
loss of life would undoubtably been
much larger.
In two blocks of the residence por-
left standing, all the others being
strong that it laid the buildings fiat,
places, there being little or nothing
residences in Langdon grace the
spots but few hours ago.
The tornado first struck at point
It first struck the city in that Sec
houses belonging to Pat Kaiting and
hoir
The storm then jumped to south
destroyed. Two Of these, known as
other houses destroyed in this section
and Ed. Kainna.
Northern right-of-way. demolishing
$4,000 capacity, and the Armenia ele-
vator with a capacity of 10000. The
latter elevator had about 5000 BUSH
els of grain in it. The loss on the
two elevators is about $4,000 to
$4,000.
The Great Northern water tank was
wiped away next, the force of tho
storm being so fierce that even the
pump was torn out of the ground.
From the right-of-way the storm
jumped several hundred feet, the next
damage being done to the Andrew
Bostrum house, valued at $1,000. 1t
was completely destroyed. Then the
Methodist parsonage, occupied by
Rev. Benjamin, was demolished, the
loss being nearly $4,000. The Metho-
dist church followed with loss Of
nearly $4,000. This wreck is COM
plete.
Jumped One Block.
From this point the storm jumped
an entire block, but in the finest resi-
dence section of Langdon eight
houses were demolished. The first of
these was the NJ. Sullivan home val
ued at $4,000. This was followed by
the homes OF w. B. Gordon, valued at
$1,000; j. B. Boyd, valued at $2,50O;
F. w. Blakeley, valued at $1,000; Geo.
M Price, valued at $1,500; John
'sheehan. valued at $500 and James
Balm, valued at $4,000.
Besides these buildings that were
totally demolished tho William Boil
ton residence was very badly dam.
aged, as was the home of f. I. Dom
avan. The ]. Woolner home was also
very badly damaged, being nearly a
complete wreck.
There was no damage of any con-