The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-10
Terrific Storm Broke Over the
City Friday. Night and
/: Works Great Havoc
MASSIVE CONCRETE CORN|CE
WORK TORN FROM :'Y' BUILDING
Trees Uprooted and Other Damage
Great Northern and Brick Corpora.
ton Sustain Losses Reports Indi.
cate That Unsettled Condition Was
Wide.

Cyclonic proportions were attained
~ q storm that broke over Grand
Forks shortly after 8 o'clock Friday
night, holding sway nearly q half
hour. The force Of the storm was ter
ridc. and great clouds of rain de-
ecended. Tho rainfall In Grand Forks
during the brief period was 1.02
inches.
Heaviest damage by the elements
was done at the Y. NJ. G. A. building
Wnere the massive concrete cornice
work was torn down with q roar. The
tremendous weight Of the falling cor
nice can best be judged by the fact
that the ten inches granite slabs used
u the big steps were broken into
pieces.
Allanson Kopps. aged 15, had Just
passed over the steps of the building
and was still in the doorway entering
the building when the crash came. A
few moments before he had just mar
rowly missed being struck by a rough
box that was picked up back Of the
Ashley undertaking parlors and
whirled through the air at terrific
speed.
Three Of the great sheds at the Red
River Valley Brick company's yards
just north Of the city were partially
destroyed by the gale.
Trees were uprooted everywhere.
and today the streets presented an
unusual appearance. Great boughs
were found everywhere, and hardly
Q city block is to be found In which
one or more trees were not blown
down.
The engine house at the west end
OF the Great Northern coal chutesswaa
blown down and blocked traffic oyer
the main lines of that road Just q
few minutes previous two cars had
been blown out Of the shute, coming
down the incline and smashing into
an engine that was being run to the
round house, having pulled the Orien-
tai Limited into the city. This mix
up had just been cleared when the
coal shute engine house came down.
Passengers aboard No. 1 getting of
in Grand Forks were held on the train
ten minutes by the wind and rain, and
then they had to get off into a sea of
water.
At the state fair grounds the Nc
Goey-Kenworthy aeroplane. anchored
just north Of liberal arts building.
was damaged by the wind. part Of the
frame work being broken in two.
Down town the big sewers were
unable to carry of the water fast
enough and they clogged, several
Easements being flooded as result.
Telegraph and telephone service
was entirely disrupted. Not tele-
graph wire was working last night
after the storm, service being resumed
this morning. The seat of the trouble
was near p. A. power west Of the city,
where one or two poles had been
jsrked out. The long distance lines
worked badly and many of them were
still out this morning.
The storm travelled from the west.
and the clouds were admittedly cy-
clonic in their appearance. Two great
funnel shaped clouds. one above the
other, werc to be seen. while the
tumbling clouds took on livid green
hue for time. They passed Just
southwest Of the CITY,.
The force Of the storm seems to
have been heaviest in the city. Re-
ports from the nearby rural districts
Indicate heavy rains, high winds and
general storm conditions prevalent.
Small buildings were more or less
damaged In several of the neighboring
towns. windows being blown out and
trees blown down, but no reports have
heen received indicating that fatali-
ties resulted. or even that anyone was
injured.
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