Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-22
T0RNADOES IN
NORTH DAKOTA
NORTHWEST CORNER OF STATE
FEELS THE eRuNT OF A
TERRIFIC STORM.
SEVEN DEATHS ARE REPORTED
jured.-Loraine, MohaIl, Souris
and MccIusI<y Hit.-Property
Damage Heavy.

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west of this city killed two people
man and girl. and caused sew
eral thousands Of dollars worth OF
property damage. The storm Travelled
east. A dozen or more of farm build
ings were demolished and several per
sons are reported injured.
Minot.-A terrific storm SWEET over
Northwest North Dakota, killing sew.
eral people and devastating prop
erty and placing the lives of many
people in jeopardy. A child was kill.
ed and several picnicers injured near
Antlers The picnickers were enjoy.
ing an outing at a grove just out of
town. The pleasure seekers were
picked up in the air and landed hun
dreds of feet away in all directions.
Several Of them were badly injured.
According to the best information
obtainable twenty-four persons were
seriously injured. Telegraphic and
telephone communication with Ant.
Ter Is out of commission and direct in
formation is not to be held.
All of the physicians and surgeons
from Westhope and other neighbor-
hood towns have been rushed there.
From Antler the storm swept south
and . trifle TO the west. where It
again came TO the earth. uprooting
trees and doing untold damage at Nc
Clusky. Three people are reported
dead there in collapsed buildings.
McClusky is on the Turtle Lake
branch of the Northern Pacific.
The storm was the heaviest near
Sherwood and Antler and the report
comes that thousands of dollars worth
Of property was destroyed. Heavy
property damage is reported at Lo-
raine, Mohall and souris.
Two cyclones struck In the vicinity
of Sherwood. Tho first took path
southeast of Sherwood. striking the
farm homo Of Ingemar Nelson, where
all the buildings were destroyed. Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson and the children
saved their lives by lying nat in the
wheat fields.
While Elmer Carlson and wife Of
Sherwood were out milking their
cows they noticed . heavy black cloud
approaching from the southwest and
started for the house. which was
about quarter Of a mile distant,
but before they arrived the house was
swept away and their 61year-old child
killed.
Mr.. Carlson sustained injuries about
the head and two-by-four scantlins
vas driven into his side. breaking sew.
raj ribs and leaving him in an un.
conscious condition. Mrs. Carlson was
hurled several feet into the air, and
while suspended was struck BY . ny.
Ing missile. which rendered her IN.
conscious. It is believed that her in.
3szfes will prove fatal.
John Jeneves. hermit who resides
in the Same neighborhood, was severe.
y injured and his house was entirely
demolished.
The second cyclone struck north
west of Sherwood. demolishing the
buildings Of Ole johnson. Mr. and
Mrs. johnson were slightly injured.
At Souris boy was killed and at
West Hope two are reported killed.
Several farm buildings were blown
down in the vicinity Of Mohall and
Lorraine.
McClusky, Aug. 81. = Olaf Lee is
dead and his wife and infant daugh.
ter probably fatally injured as a r.
suit of tho storm which crushed their
farm home ten miles from this city.
Lee was found by the rescue party
lying nearly 300 feet from the resi-
dence. unconscious and with his skull
fractured and he lived only short
time. Mrs. Lee was conscious but
was SO badly injured that she could
render little aid. even having to let
her infant baby shift for itself, al.
though the babe, too, was very badly
injured. Lee was member of the
McClusky lodge Of Masons.
Winnipeg, Aug. 21.-Winnipeg was
struck by the tail-end of a storm &C.
companied by vivid lightning ana
heavy rain which apparently has
swept over much Of Saskatchewan and
grees in some localities and appar-
emily most severe along the inter-
national boundary line. Hail is re-
ported from Perduc, Sask, and farm
buildings were demolished at Gilmore,
Sask., with one person seriously in
1ured. Further south In North Dakota
conditions appear to have been worse
and reports indicate a cyclone with
several fatalities.