Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-07
STORM WREAkS
GREAT DAMAGE
Telephone and Telegraph Wires
Down--Soo Train OFF the
Track.

New Salem May 1.-THE wind and
sleet storm last night broke down the
main telephone cable in this village
and the tangled mass of wires and
cross arms are lying on the ground.
City is without telephone service and
several days will elapse before unin4
terrupted service will be resumed.
Western Union Wires Down.
Almont, N. D., May 6.-The Western
Union and Northern Pacific wires are
nearly all down between here and
Glen Ulin. Also sixty per cent of the
poles between here and New Salem
have been broken down. Western Un-
ion has one wire working out of this
place and all trains are running on
local orders.
Wind so Miles an Hour.
Glen Ullin, May G.-The storm OF
sleet, wind and snow did considerable
damage in this section. Telephone
and electric light wires were damag-
ed and a number of the telegraph
poles along the right of way broken
down. The wind blew terrifically and
a velocity Of so miles an hour was
reported.
The foregoiAs reports were ~receiv-
ed at the Tribune office before noon,
Wednesday. Mr.. F. L. Shuman, man.
ager of the telephone company, stated
the damage was great and that the
reports coming in were interrupted by
crossed wires and other breaks In the
service. He left on No. 3 for points
ives of here to take charge of the re.
pairing of the lines and to get the ser.
vice in partial working condition as
quickly as possible.
The western part of the state re-
ported heavy sleet and wind storms.
Telephone, electric, light and telegraph
wires were damaged in many, towns.
The storm appeared TO have been gen.
eral and some points west report five
and six inches of snow.
Aerial Wire Down..
Later reports coming in from the
west state the sleet storm broke down
and rendered useless the aerial wire
between Judson and Hebron in Nor
ton county. At Hebron all lines were
down and the service practically out
of commission. The Western Union
put on a special crew and will have
special work train on the west line
of the N. /. until all damage has been
repaired. .... #a ...
Wires Coated Inch Or More.
From Garrison and the North 500
the telegraph and telephone wires are
all down. No commercial or rail mes
sages can get through. At Max the
sleet coated the wires until they were
nearly two inches in diameter and
broke many of them at their connec.
ton with insulators. ,
Train or Track.
During the storm and while coming |
Bismarck, a freight train left
the track at a point two miles south
Of Washburn on the North 500. The
earth became so soft that
The rails were thrown from position
and in the dark the train ran into
washout. No damage Of any co1-
siderable extent was done. No one
was hurt. Wrecker has gone out to
put train on track. g.
The entire territory embraced in
he margins of the states of North
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana. Min.
Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin.
md portions of Wyoming were visit
ID by high winds and an excessive =
leavy rain storm during the past three
lays and in some localities the storms
cached the force of a tornado, blow
ng down wires and small buildings.
The wind at this point reached a
'elocitv of 50 miles an hour. People
With difficulty could make their ways
long the streets, and great difficulty
vas experienced elsewhere or, account
I the terrific force of the storm. The
precipitation during the last tsixty
ours was PIG inches. g.
Covered Large Area.
At midnight the railroad company's
7ires were still out Of order and the
telephone company report three to five
avs work before their lines will be
l fair working condition. The West.
I'm Union state they had no informa.
on as to the amount of damage done
their lines over the territory visited
Y the storm.
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