The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-01
Will Not Be Able to Resume Work for
Several Days, Putting Many Men
Out of Work.
MANY NARROW ESCAPES MADE
A. P. Ritchie's Silo Demolished and
Several Farmers Suffer Losses
When Barns are Wrecked.

General havoc was caused by a Sc
we're wind storm which visited Benz
idji and vicinity yesterday afternoon.
Display signs were blown down and
large trees unearthed. Several mar
row escapes were mace
Damage caused by the storm will
run into the thousands of dollars, the
heaviest loss being felt by the Crook
ston Lumber company, Bemidji Box
Factory and several farmers.
Among the signs damaged was the
electric one of Barker's, which was
blown from the building, and down
the street, landing in front of the
Northern National Bank.
Trees in all parts of the city were
lifted from the ground by their roots,
and caused no little damage. Some of
the trees destroyed were on the lawns
of the following: T. A. Mccain, DR..
D. L. Stanton, Deputy Sheriff Denley,
Moses LaFontisee, Mr.. Lucas and the
park.
Considerable damage was done to
the house recently purchased by At
torney G ". serutchin from Andrew
Warfield, which was being moved to
the Scrutchin property on Bemidji
avenue. The porch was torn from
the main part of the building and the
chimney blown from the kitchen.
Work at the box factory was
brought to a stand-still and will not
be resumed until Friday, when it is
believed the damage will have been
repaired Several hundred were put
out of work. The electric lines lead
ing to the factory were thrown from
the poles and the plant entirely shut
off from power. The sawdust storage
bin was blown down. 1t holds three
car loads of sawdust. -.
The roof of the lean-to of the dry
shed was lifted from it's foundation
and carried nearly a hundred feet. It
was lifted entirely over the dry shed,
breaking a telephone in half when it
hit. A box car was tipped over and
wrecked when hit by the sawdust
box.
The silo on the dairy farm of A. P.
Richie was entirely destroyed when
it was blown to the ground, striking
the barn which was partly wrecked.
The barn on the farm of Mr.. Patter-
son was wrecked, causing a large
loss. Eight trees were destroyed on
the Richie farm, two falling on the
house. :-
Ruby Morse, the nine year old
daughter of Mark Morse, was slight
ly' hurt when a tree fell on her. The
large branches were all that saved
her from being severely injured.
Pieces of lumber at the Crookston
and Bemidji mills were lifted from
their piles like feathers and several
lumber pliers made narrow escapes
Chester Riddle, the small son of J.
P. Riddle, was playing marbles in an
adjoining lot, when the shed in the
rear of the B. X. Lakin property was
lifted from its foundation and carried
to- within a few inches of where he
was kneeiing.
A. O. Kroken and Otto Moen were
catching minnows at the inlet to Lake
Bemidji when a large tree fell mar.
rowly missing Mr.. Moen.
w. F. Marcum, of the Marcum
Printing company, was driving hiE
car down Fifth street, when a large
pine tree in the rear of the Masonic
hall lot fell, flying branches striking
the machine. The car was not dam.
aged. Fl s..
The big boom belonging to the
Crookston Lumber company gave way
and about million logs are now
floating about the lake. Superinten.
dent B. W. Lakin was Immediately
on the scene with a launch and stated
that the heavy chains held safely, but
the big oak blocks were ripped Out
from the end of one of the boom logs
A large number of plate glass win
dows were broken.
Mrs. Given MCGEE received twt
cuts on the arm during the storm yea
terday. She was standing in th,
kitchen door and the front window
40x40 blew in, which caused til