Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-26

! ne injured rM.. ..
Mrs. Carl Mortenson, skull frac-
tured and shoulder dislocated. May
die.
Carl MOrtenson, crushed and bruis-
ed, but will recover
Hazel Mortenson, leg fractured.
Audrey MortensOn, bruises and cut
James Vendier skull fractured.
DR.. w. B. Wanner, shoulder dislo-
Gated and bruised. ..-..... +.
The complete destruction of the
Wimbledon opera house and the par
tial destruction of other business
buildings, coupled with the raising of
about forty big barns in the district
surrolindingthe city, indicated the
fierceness Of the early morning tor
nado. Members of the Mortenson
family residing five miles from VIM
bledon we're injured when their home
was completely destroyed by the tor
nado: Rescue parties brought the yicr<
tins TO Wimbledon and they we're ta-
ken ito Valley CITY aboard special
500 Line train that had been sent out
of Enderlin with relief parties.
The fact that the local doctor was
himself injured hindered relief work,
DE- ,Wanner being hurt while return
ing from a night CALL his buggy be-
ing overturned by the wind two miles
from town Vendier was injured when
a Cook cat in which he. was sleeping
was thrown over.
Storm damage also is reported at
Page, Armenia, Ayre, Erie, Argusville,
= Hunter, Rogers, Leal and several in
termediate points, the storm crossing
the Red River at Georgetown and
spending itself on the Minnesota side
with little additional damage. In the
North Dakota district several hundred
barns were raised and other damage
done.
Etter Garage ltveled
The Etter garage in Wimbledon, in
which twenty-five automobiles were
housed, was leveled and all. the ma
chimes badly damaged. One elevator
was badly damaged. The Frank Pick
residence was unrOofed and partially
demolished, the family escaping by
taking refuge in the cellar. The glass
taken out and the food Of the water
and hail carried before the high wind
caused heavy damage. Many small
buildings and barns were razed.
Page was another center of the
fierce storm. The opera house was un-
rooted, the roof being carried two
hundred feet. The light plant was un.
rooted and partially demolished, the
exhaust pipe being driven three feet
through the wall of a residence near.
by. The opera house roof was drop.
ped onto the front of q butcher shop
end bowling alley, completely wreck
ing them. The Catholic church was
moved six feet off it's foundation and
left standing without daraging tbs
interior. All telephone poles on th
$4,000.
Around Ayre over thirty barns were
leveled and many small buildings were
damaged. Nobody was injured. At
Argusville the wind had terrific force,
wrecking small buildings, tearing
chimneys off houses, wrecking store
fronts, and causing about $1,000 dam
age. A hundred telephone poles be-
tween Argusville and Hillsbor0 were
down. Around Huntr many big farm
barns were wrecked and some live
stock killed. Wild reports about
Armenia being leveled are without
foundation. That place suffered some
damage, being confined almost en-
tirely, however, to small buildings,
barns and elevator. The Chaffee farm
was damaged somewhat by small
buildings being overturned, but tie
loss is nominal. The storm district
seems to run from point northwest
of Wimbledon and thence in an east
erly direction to the Red River, the
storm spending its force in Clay coun-
ty.
Storm Crosses to Minnesota.
After crossing the Red river into
Minnesota, near Georgetown. Mimi,
the storm spent itself and little dam
age was done.
Rain Storm at Center.
A heavy rain storm was experience
ed at Center late Wednesday evening
and early yesterday morning. accom-
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