The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-08-24

nel .ecame terrific mile and haif
southeast OF town AMI literally tore TO
| splnters the lngemar Nelson's builu-
lngs. The family escaped to the
prairie and lay in the grass. At
Elmer Carlson's, mile further east
! en- Cutbank creek, it destroyed q fine
two-story house, his barn and grana-
ries, scattering them on the banks
and in the stream. The 3-year-old girl
was killed and the 7-year-old girl in
| jured about the head. Mr.. Carlson
| had TWO ribs broken and cuts about
| the face and head. Ed. Anderson,
hired man was not hurt and other
children were not hurt. Math JAMS
shack was torn own and he was hurt
some by a stove falling on him. East
ten miles the Art and Sam Smith
| buildings were destroyed Mrs. Con-
| rad jackson and Roy Smith were
slightly injured. In Sherwood the SUN
! was shining and there was no wind
and part Of a rainbow was visible to
the northeast.
Hottineau, N. D., Aug. 21.-Lator
| eports from the western part OF Bot
! u4neau county, which was visited by
six separate cyclones between and
7 o'clock last evening, have added
nothing to the total of the dead which
is still reported as two In number,
Tut each additional detail is OF in
| luries to persons and of destruction of
property. In many sections com
munication is cut off by the blowing
OF telephone wires and news comes
slowly but up to this evening 1t is fig
ured that more than two score persons
are injured and the property loss Will
total thousands Of dollars. Besides
the houses and barns destroyed there
is heavy loss of live stock. In some
| high into the air. One passenger on
an eastbound train this morning said
it rained poultry and live stock ana
lumber. s
! The greatest number OF Injuries are
at Antler where the twister struck
y Awnings Grove, a mile and a half
north Of the village of Antler, and
/ buried large party of picnickers I'M
J der the debris of the bowery and other
! buildings, and under the trees which
were plucked out Of the ground, as
tho they we're. weeds. Twenty-Five
persons were injred, four of them ser
! iously.
Another cyclone swept through the
country north of Westhope and did d
great deal of damage. One man Is
dead and three seriously injured as a
] result of it's destructive force. A
twister struck eight miles northeast
of Westhope, destroying the farm.
building on the John White farm. A
fourth, seven miles southwest Of West
hope, wrecked large barn on the G.
Hoskins place, blew the debris into
the house and badly Injured one Of
the children A fifth demolished a
barn of the John Patterson farm, four
miles south Of Souris and killed John
Patterson, Jr., fine young man aged
Is, and injured another boy quite SER
ously The sixth tore through the
| 80 fol
victims in HOFFMAN township and
three in Wheaton, and doing a lot OF
property damage.
! The cyclone which struck Antler
turned north and passed into Canada.
where it is rumored heavy damage
was done Another Of those agents
of destruction came down again north
! Of Kramer and wrecked the large
barn on the j. b. Cameron farm, car.
/ ried away lot Of wheat shocks and
then lifted high in the air and passed
eastward.
! Patterson was struck on the head
by flying timber while endeavoring
i to close barn door and was instant
ly killed. Fryberg was tossed high
in the air and dashed to the earth
but will recover.
], Details in the other cases have not
been learned. Among the seriously
i injured are Mrs. Bradley Of Superior,
Wis, who was visiting at the Frazer
home near Antler. Mr.. and Mrs.
TIutchins OF Ant!er were crushed be
meath tree In the Manning Grove.
Mrs. spry Of Antler was hurt in like
manner. A son Of Giles Hoskins wal
struck by flying timber. William