The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-05-11
ANIMALS burned TO
DEATH IN BIG!
FIRE
Storm Did Much Damage
Barn Struck by Lightning
Other Damage

Word has been received giving de-
tails OF two terrible fires near Ada
Tuesday night which destroyed two
barns and twenty-seven head Of stock
together with harness, machinery and
nearly 1000, bushels Of grain.
Nine miles southwest Of Ada the
big barn Of Peter Thomas was burn
ed to the ground, the fire started be-
tween 9 and 10 o'clock. This fire Gre
mated nine horses, two colts, five
cows and five calves and burned $50
bushels Of wheat, 5000 bushels Of oats
and a lot of harness, machinery, etc,
making his loss close to $4,000, par
italy covered by insurance. There
was no storm there and the origin of
the fire Is complete mystery.
Victim Of Lightning
Twenty miles northeast Of Ada, in
the town Of Spring Greek, the fine
barn Of Henry Mulder was struck by
lightning about 9 o'clock Tuesday
night and burned to the ground, to-
gether with I'VE horses, harness and
other contents. His loss ID total as
he carried no insurance.
Mcdonald Barn Blown Down
The heavy wind Tuesday night did
considerable damage throughout Polk
county. The large barn on the d. II.
Mcdonald farm which was rapidly
nearing the stages Of completion was
demolished, one COW killed and 9th
ef damage done. The walls and roof
Of the barn had been constructed and
the carpenters were laying the shin
giles. The loss viii amount to about
$4,000.
A largo sflo on the farm Of George
Coulter was blown down and con-
siderable damage was done.
At Fisher a livery barn was nearly
wrecked when large portion Of the
front wall was taken ont BY the wind.
The CrookstOn Times had the fol-
lowing to say about the storm:
.''The hardest windstcrm. reaching
almost hurricane proportions, expert
enced in this section for many years
occurred at 9 o'clock Tuesday night
and did considerable damage, hut re-
suited in no loss of life.
Both big smokestacks Of the Crook
ston sawmil1 were blown down, box
cars at Carman were nnroofed and
blown OF the track The dying shed
OF the Croohton Lumber company
was damaged and outbui1dfngs were
blown down all over tho city. The
warehouse Of the Maple Bay Wind
stacked company was also badly de-
molished- 4
Farmers lost outbuildings and has
ket racks were hurled and smashed
to pieces. Some hail fell doing nc
damage, followed by good rain
The large barn on the J. u. Ste
phens farm was moved from Its foun-
dation and partially wrecked. but the
loss Of about $500 is covered by a
tornado insurance policy
Many shade trees were broken of
or uprooted. One fine cottonwood
was demolished at the corner Of Lin
coin avenue and Jerome street, fine
tree was broken of In the Arnold
front yard on Bridge street, big
tree on the Mclean property on
Bridge street was blown over and in
SIMPSONS addition and another Sec
ton Of the city there was great dam
age done to trees but the instances
are not very numerous. The other
damage is all confined to outbuild-
ings, there being score or more OF
them on the hill blown down. Many
sign boards were also blown down
and In Carman the lumber was blown
all over that section Of the city.
"Masnus Lundberg's buggy shed