The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-07
TERRIFIC HAIL
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ably the fiercest hail storm that has
ever been experienced in the history OF
Grand Forks county, and certainly the
most damaging that has occurred in
recent years, covered a wide range of
territory in the north central section
Tuesday evening between and 9
o'clock, finally crossing the Red river
valley into. Polk county, where 1t con-
tinued its work of devastation.
In the path Of the storm trees were
stripped from foliage; the earth was
robbed Of all signs of vegetation;
telegraph and telephone poles were
torn down. small outhouses and
barns were twisted and demolished;
windmills were torn down and de-
stroyed while windows in residences
and stores were smashed out before
the terrific onslaught of the elements
McCanna and Inkster on the Han
nah line Of the Great Northern; Meki-
mock and Honeyford on the Northern
Pacific valley line, and Marvel on
the boundary line of the Great North
ern, appear to have been in the storm
region, although Marvel was just at
the outskirts of two heavy hail storms
and did not suffer any damage.
Mekinoek Storm Worst.
Honeyford and Mekinock were in
the hubs about which the worst storm
seemed to cener, and in both of those
places damage to windows, small
buildings, trees, etc. is very heavy,
while the crops in a district which it
has yet been impossible to bound are
total loss, the ground having the
appearance of never being seeded, so
black and bleak Is It since the fierce
fall Of the balls Of ice from the sky.
Damage on no fewer than 100 sec
tions Of land has been done, and on
the great majority Of those 1t is total.
The territory over which they spread
reaches from a point west of Nc
Gamma and Inkster to the Red river.
In Polk county, Minnesota, vast
damage has also been done. After
leaving Grand Forks county the storm
struck Northland township, about
eight miles north of East Grand
Forks and there it has caused a
total loss on between thirty and forty
farms. The next reports of damage
come from Tabor, Mimi, in the east
ern section of the county, where a
strip about a mile and half south
OF that place was struck and the
crops moved down and pounded into
the earth.
"Sixteen Inches of Hail"
Michigan, Nelson county, had a ter
rife hail storm a few minutes before
9 o'clock and an excited telegraph
operator, during the length of the
storm, notified Grand Forks that there
was sixteen inches Of hail on the
depot platform" On the street levels
there was about an inch of hail. but
1t came down in such a manner that
windows did not suffer destruction.
Bottineau county also had a little
hail, but no very great damage was
done in that section.
Rugby, Devils Lake, Churehs Ferry,
Petersburg, Niagara and sew
eral other points report rains and
high winds, the first of the rains oc-
curing early in the afternoon and
the last at about 10 o'clock at night.
Rains also accompanied the hail
storms in this county, and Gilby
where they had no hail, had a splen-
did rain. Grand Forks city had a fair
shower, as did practically all Of this
portion of the county. Thompson had
a high wind and threatening condi-
lions for a few minutes Tuesday
night, but no rain. Northwood had a
slight sprinkle, as did Larimore, but
that was ALL Grafton, Pembina,
Cavalier, Lansdon and Park River
did not have anything but very light
showers during the evening.
Telephone Poles Torn Down.
From Mekinock to Honeyford the
storm seems to have spent it's great
est force. Thirty-four telephone
poles were torn out of the ground
along the Northern Pacific right-of-
way between those two towns, while
in both of the little villages very
heavy damage was wrought.
The storm came from the north
west. the fall of hail being preceded
by an extremely high wind which
tore and twisted at smaller outhouses,
rocked larger buildings and gave
alarm of the approaching storm.
Then came the hail. Chunks of ice as
large as hen eggs fell, and windows
on the north and west sides of prac-
tically every building in both Mekin-
ock and Honeyford were smashed out
The terrific fall continued for ten
and when it was over the
ground was covered white with the