The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-30

A terrific tornado swept the coun
ty just to the north of Mnot abou
$3.50 o'clock Wednesday evening. do
ing a great deal of damage.
The Slocum farm Jared the worst
This farm was provided with the mos
ideal stock buildings in this part o.
the state, and practically every one
of these have been blown down, or sc
badly wrecked by the wind that they
will have to be rebuilt.
Mr.. Slocum was at the farm during
the storm, having gone out in his auto
late that afternoon to superintend
some work. Eddie Nehr, the official
umpire for the Magcians, accompan
led Mr.. Slocum and was quite serious,
ly hurt by the tornado When the
wind grew the fiercest, Mr.. Slocum
was in the cattle barn trying to holu
the door shut. The wind tore out
the door and Mr. Nehr accompanied
1t. He was blown several rods to the
hog house, and must have slid along
the ground for distance, on his back,
for that portion of his anatomy is a
mass of bruises. His arm was badly
bruised also and has been bandaged. .
Mr.. Nehr, by holding to a fence, was
q m h hoo +~ %L1
and crawled into the cellar where he
was found later He said that at one
time he gave up, and thot If it was
the will of Providence that he should
go, he was ready. His escape was
a narrow one, indeed, .r..-..
Mr., Slocum took refuge from the
wind first in the pump huse, but when
the wind grew stronger, he went with
difficulty to the horse barn. The
wind was so strong that it was posi-
BILE to go that distance only by taking
= route diagonal to the course of the
wind, which was so strong that 1t
was difficult to breathe. Fortunate
ly, the horse barn did not blow away,
and he came out of the ordeal safe.
y.
Frank Brodin was badly bruised
and can scarcely walk.
It is believed that the damage to
Mr.. Slocum's buildings will amount
to $4,000. He carried an insurance
against wind of $4,000, consequently
the loss to- him is quite seriours.
The Large COW barn, 65x70 feet in
size, was wrecked. This building
would have blown away but for the
ract that tes inch cement floor holds
the sil.s to the ground. A large part
of this barn, however, blew away,
considerable of it being in the field,
forty rods from the original location.
The house was badly wrecked, the
damage being fully $500. The house
waa blown six inches out of line, and
the shingles of the northwest gable
blown off. The cave trougns were
blown off.
The tool house was blown over, mar.
rowly missing the auto which was
standing near.
Mr.. Slocum had hog house. 1890
feet, nearly completed, this was prac-
tically wrecked. The old hog house,
which is a low building, was not dam
aged much. The hail broke 500 WIN
dow lights 12x14 inches out of the
chicken house, and 100 chickens, and
a large number of ducks were killed
":iher w the wind or the hail. The
hal which fell. covered the ground
III many places, eight inches deep.
The eyes of some of the chickens we're
beaten from the heads Of the fowls.
E'.e rooster lost practically every fea-
ti,er that he had, presumably stripped
by the wind, but Is strutting around
81 grea. shape today. One little pig,
four weeks old, was blown forty rods
away and lodged In woven wire
: "'e 'wr feet from the ground, where
!" was found after the storm. The
zig did not seem to be hurt much and
js coming out all right. Two horses
IN the north pasture were KILLED by
tho storm. The hail may have been
The cause of their death. The horses
40 not belong to Mr.. Slocum.
Mr.. SIocum lost 100 acres OF corn
~ the hail, forty acres Of which was
choice. Every bit Of crop on the
rs,m wit, the exception of a few rows
Ct corn. on the north side, were ruin
ed. The grass in the field Is beaten
right into the ground. A half mile.
CT s,,ou strong fence which was put
up last year was blown down, some
Of the posts being nearly buried in
Tie owed ground.
The wind carried board nearly
mile to the home Of VIM Slatky ana
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