Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-01
STORM STRUCK
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G. A. building which faced on Central
park. One side OF the building was
torn out, the roof whirled away and
the windows blown In, and most Of
the furniture was wrecked. How the
girls escaped was q miracle. Miss
Norton, the secretary, said she saw
the storm approaching and ran up
stairs to close the windows. Il had
Just got the windows down." she said,
when the storm NIT us. The win
dows came through with q crash and
we thought the building was going.
1t shook like q leaf. i ran into the
street, and drove several girls in with
me. It was all over in a minute. /
thought surely the girls were all kill
ed. Most of them, however, had run
to the park where they hid under
bushes. How they were not killed by
flying debris ! cannot understand.
Only three are injured; and these not
seriously"
Lizards Large Loss.
Probably no citizen Of Regina, was
as hard hit as ex-MayOr H. w. Lizard.
His home, his big forwarding com
pany waternouse and his Wholesale
house are either totally, or partially
wrecked. Liard's magnificent resi-
dence on Victor avenue was badly
wrecked and the expensive furniture
destroyed. The forwarding company
establishment was completely wreck
ed, and the wholesale house Is Who'll
ly wiped out. Lizard said today:
1T is a hard blow. estimate my
total loss at $125,O O0. Tomorrow we
begin the erection of temporary quar-
tiers next to my ruined Wholesale
house, to house the various compa-
MES which the wrecked building left
homeless.
1.-The forwarding company win re-
build at once. Everything 10 . total
loss, as the insurance policies did not.
cover q loss from this cause"
Telephone Building Wrecked.
The telephone exchange, nothing
but a pile of disheveled bricks and
mortar, and a tangle Of wires. This
was n of the first buildings attack
ed BY q band of rescuers. First .
hundred men, then two hundred.
worked ~frantically to rescue the girls
from the wreck. Means and screams
from the debris directed the efforts
of the rCscners. One by n the girls
were reached, and 1t was found that
only one wal injured. Miss Russell
is hurt internally, and will probably
die.
James Sutherland, superintendent
q the telephone department, wal one
of those who strove heroically In the
work Of rescue. Today Sutherland
declared it would be three weeks be-
fore the phone service would be re-
stored. * a~t. - i
Boys Wers Alone. $50
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Smith were IN
the section Of the city apart from
their home when the storm broke.
Their two sons, Hartley and Gilbert,
aged 8 and 16, respectively, ere In
the house at the time. The building
tumbled about them but they were
saved from death when pinioned un-
der the furniture. They crawled out.
and were safe when their parents
reached the ruins of the home.
\ felt SUI our boys were killed."
said Smith today, "and started hunt
ing through the ruins. l was over
joyed when the boys turned up safe
and sound. l have lost all the prop
erty had. My loss is $20,Ovo."
Park in Ruins.
Central Park, In the heart of the
city, is a mas OF ruins. Every tree In
the place Is levelled. Great piles Of
timber driven two feet or more
into the ground. The credit Foncier
building, facing Central Park, was
bad yldamaged, though the walls are
still standing.