The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-26
GREAT DAMAGE
| DONE BY STORM
RECORD RAINFALL AT WILLIS
ToN-SEVERAL ARE HURT BY
LIGHTNING - NORTHWESTERN
PART OF STATE SUFFERS FROM
LIGHTNING AND WIND.

A record rainfall, 2.72 inches of wat
er. fell in the recent storm at Willis
| ton in the northwestern part of the
| to much property and the crops in
that section, '.
The residence of DIR. Krieger was
struck by lightning and burned a little
| Several persons in the house at the
| time suffered from the shock, but none
| was seriously injured. The storm,
which occurred during the latter part
OF last week, did hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars worth of damage The
crops in some sections were laid fiat,
| but will probably be saved. "
At Granville the several barns of the
| McHenry County Fair association were
blown down by the wind and are to-
| tai loss. At the same city the w. B.
Loomis residence was hit by lightning
and the interior badly wrecked. The
s. Carlson residence also was hit by
lightning, Mr.. and Mrs. Carlson being
| knocked unconscious as was their
| baby. Mrs. Carlson was first to regain
| consciousness, finding that she had
been thrown out of bed. as had the
| others. lGI7
Near Kenmare the HI. l.. Peterson
residence was hit by lightning. The
| roof was torn off, clothing was burned.
but members of the family were unin-
4 jured. ~ ag ~.
!; At Tappen M. j. Sweeney's home
was hit by a bolt, and he was slightly
: shocked, The damage to the building
was heavy.
] Near Sentinel Butte great deal of
! hail fell. covering several thousand
1 acres and doing much DANA sc.
J Four Residences Hit.
! Pour residences in Lisbon were hit
by bolts, but in no case was the dam
+. age great nor was anybody injured.
| The district between Cando and
! StarkWeather was hit by hail and
much damage. resulted.
| Ray mad the heaviest rain in years
which did considerable damage to
| standing crops.
1 Near Sheldon a large barn, owned
! by Frank Nagel, was destroyed, light
| ming starting al fire that caused q
| heavy loss. There were 1,7OO bushels
| of wheat and 1000 bushels of oats in
I the barn at the time.
! Mandan and Cleveland Hail.
4 In the Mandan district considerable
I hail fell, but the damage is in isolat
! ed spots, small strips being hit yery
hard, but no general damage result
| ing. "A
Near Cleveland, in Stutsman county.
HeaVy damage was done by a. storm
that spread over a big district. Losses
4 average from 25to 40 per cent.
II A school house near Lawton was hit
by lightning, the roof being torn Of
\ and other damage being done.
/ The Brinsmade school also was hit
by lightning, damage to the interior
being done. a very heavy wind pre-
/ vailed there.
Near Jud much damage by hail was
Gone, many farmers reporting loss 81
running from 80 to rs ner cent.
4 Near Ludden several barns were
i blown down. 2 3s H s8S
Southwest of Dickinson another hail
i storm did heavy damage, the losses
4 running from 10 to SO per cent 81
total. III
Enters Over Wires.
lightning. which entered the til
4 Wagenaan horne, near Darlington, over
1 telephone wires, set fire to lace eur
II tains but was discovered In time to
prevent very much damage.
4 AT New Rockford the residence of
q MRS. g. 2. Stark was hit by lightning,