The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-04-01

street, just east of US, / began to run
in that direction, and l hadn't trav-
cled more than a block than l began
to feel thankful. We got off lucky
A large double house at Ninth and
Lockport Road was fiat, and the
whole family in there somewhere.
"All the street lights were out and
live wires We're suffering everywhere
One could not tell where the storm
had hit, and it was everyone for him.
self. Poles, wires and buildings in
the streets made 1t impossible to get
into the storm district with wagons OF
autos. AS soon as they got this fam
lily Out-none dead started for the
distillery. and l had to pick my way
with care for the first five blocks from
u house. South Of us as far as
Simmonds, the storm took nearly ev.
cry house to an awful wrecking
Simmonds was Just on the outside
edge and was only damaged to the
extent OF a broken window.
Few Knew Of the Storm.
THE storm passed about 900 yards
south of the distillery. The men there
did not know that anything was amiss
until fire started in the wrecked
houses ear the Greenwood school
house. Had 1t not beer for the rain
which followed, I believe the whole
south end Of town would have been
burned. People up town did not know
of the storm until the fire attracted
their attention, n upon getting down
there they began to have some idea
of what had happened. The stree,
cars to the south end quit running as
soon as the storm struck, and I eX.
pect that nine-tenths of the people ir
Terre Haute did not know of the cy.
clone until the next morning.
Fixed Chimncys in the Rain.
Il slept in the house, and the mex
morning got hold of a brick masor
and two helpers inc started building
up the big chimney and putting roof
ing paper on where the shingles used
to be. 1t rained all that day, but by
3 O'Clock We got the paper on and
about three feet Of chimney up.
got a fire in the furnace. hut the
draft was toe weak and / couldn't &c
much service out of it. 1t rained al
that night. and hard. too, and con.
tinued to rain all day Tuesday unit
about 5 o'clock.
get up h chimneys, and 1 had three
fires going last night. We had a norti
wind this morning but no rain. and
found the house full Of smoke from
the furnace, the chimney not beinf
nigh enough. So I got a helper ant
put on five more courses of brick will
my W little trowel, and much to IN,
delight I found Is I worked that tn,
draft was working discovery brlcl
brought a little more smoke in m,
face. and it finally drove me off thu
roof. It's not a pretty chimney, bu
fts solid. and it serves the purpose TO,
which it was intended. and the part
put on looks as good, If not better
than the rest. because my brick ma
son did not like working in the rain
and the only way l was able to kee,
him on the job VAS by liberal drink
OF whiskey. and l had to watch hin
pretty close. because If I overdid tn
thing he would have fallen off tn
house or down into the crate.
Il got the house warmed IN II
good shape this morning, and will
keep the folks over to J~uergen's un
til Saturday, and give the house
n to dry out a little better.
Schools House Victims.
We are very thankful to be alive
and figure we are lucky. AS the result
OF all this rain. the river is hishe
than ever known. The school house
in the south end are full of homeless
cyclone victims and the rest of hen
are housing flood victims. There i
not a train running u of Terre Haut,
today, n they are expecting tn,
bridges to 60 out at any minute. s,
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