The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-07-06
Roof Ripped From Fur
niture Building And
Water Pours In
BARNS DESTROYED
Many Barns in Town and
Country Are Demolished
By the Big Storm

sity struck Mitchell Saturday nigh
waste quite a good deal of property
and doing i%rrepalable damage t
hundreds of shade trees in all part.
of the city.
Saturday was an exceedingly he
cay. the government thermomete
reaching the point OF 80 degrees
Early in the evening Il storm va
seen coming up from the south, an
the nature of the clouds indicate,
that the storm, if it reached her,
would be a severe one. The win,
Changed to the north after five mir
utes Or more. Preceding the storl
came heavy gusts of wind, and carr.
ing clouds Of dust . up the street
This was Immediately followed L
rain, and then the wind came wit
greater intensity. Trees were beI
to the ground and swayed back an
forth, threatening to tear them OF
by the roots.
The severest part of the stoll
veercd off to the eastern pant of II
city, and just escaped the bushes
portion, but not before it attacke
tle warehouse of the Mitchell Fun
niture Co., on Railroad street. I'll
wind get under the roof on the Yves
side of the building, and carrie
, about one-quarter of it away, drol
! ping it about 200 feet f..stant and il
front of the Columbia hotel or Law
Ter street. The rain was falling ]
gusts and torrents at that time an
great volumes of water poured in O;
the unprotected furniture on the SCI
old floor. 1t streamed down throug
the floor and saturated a good POI
! ton of the furniture on the frs
floor. A force of men was put t
work as soon as the storm abated T.
replace the roof, and it was pract
cally finished Sunday afternoon. NJ
Hroadbent of the company state I'll
less would amount to about $4,000
Nj. B%roadbent stated he carried 81
600 tornado insurance.
Barns Were Demolished.
Over in the eastern part of II
city lumber from demolished barns
is strewn everywhere, the storm
seeming to travel in streaks, taking
barn Eere and jumping another ant
picking up a third. The loss i'll the
aggregate viii. amount to quite 9
large sum.
A barn on the property of ELI.
Curtis, at sol Fifth Avenue east
was demolished and dia ONE dam
age in that vicinity. a small shed
by the force Of the wind out into the
street and slammed into the large
pate glass window of the residence
of H.. A, Peterson, just across tho
street to the north. The crash OF the
g,ass and the noise of the lumber
falling created CONSERVATION in tho
house and the thought the
house was being carried away. Prep
arations were being maze for a we'd
ding to take place during the even
ing, the storm caused a p%ostponment
for an hour or more.
A barn on the place of August
Groeber was turned upside dowT
and neither of the two horses wert
injured, but they commenced to eat
Lay from the loft when the Other
side of the barn was presented tc
them. A garage belonging to Free
Donaldson was crushed to pieces, anc
in it stooS his automobile. The vino
shield was broken, the wheel guar6s
were bent and twisted, and the tire
was removed from one. Other thar
that the machine was not injured
and it was taken down town to tho
repair shop. A residence belonging
to Jarius Rowley, out on Third Ave
nue. cast, unoccupied except fcl
storing household goods, vas turn.
ed fifteen feet around on it's founla.
ton and badly wrenched. Quite d
few other barns in thai vicinity were
blown down, and the lumber scatter
ed to the four winds, while others
fell fiat with the downward force OF
the wind. f. C. Dickson's residence.
ia Third Avenue east, was struck
by lightning at the chimney, but nc
damage was done other than to teal
away a few shingles about a foe
square. The lightning CID not sc
down into the house.
Trees Badly Damaged.
A drive over the residence secticr
shows a great amount of damage t.
the trees. Great limbs were broker
from. the tops of the high cotton