Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-05
HEAVY HAIL
DAMAGE IN
VALLEY DISTRICT
Estimated 100000 Acres of Grain
-. We're Destroyed Thursday
IL. Id Evening:
TRAIL, BENSON AND
RAMSEY HIT HARD
Thousands of Dollars in Proper
ty Losses Are Re-
ported. ~

Fargo, Aug. 4.-NOt less; tnan nail
million acres of grain were destroyed
by hail Thursday evening, while
wheat crops over a tremendous area
in northeastern North Dakota and
northwestern Minnesota, were laid
fiat, most of it completely destroyed,
in the fiercest wind, rain, hail and
electric storm those sections have
known in years.
Estimates of the damage today are
varied, but the aggregate of losses
entailed runs into the millions of dol.
lars. ,.
Two distinctive storm areas are de-
fined by reports that have been made
available today. "aa
One of these storms covered Ram
sey, Nelson, Grand Forks and portions
of Benson and Trail counties, in
North Dakota.
The other includes Polk, Kittson,
Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake Falls,
Roseau, Mahnoman and Norman coun.
ties, in Minnesota.
Wheat production in 3 the seven
northwestern Minnesota counties has
been reduced to practically nothing
by the wind and rain, which drove the
grain into, the ground.
TN Trail county, and in portions OF
Benson and Ramsey counties, North
Dakota, two distinct hail storms clean.
ed. up between, 100000 and 100000
acres .of', grain that was just ready
for the reapers. . 4.g,,.s g..
No loss of life has been reported up
to the present time. M -; ,a.,a
Two local cyclones are also report
ed in the storm area, one cutting
path through the outlying residence
district of Grand Forks, the other
passing through Neville, N. D. At
Grand Forks, the roof of one resi-.
dence was carried 500 feet; the base
ball park bleachers and fences were
wrecked, barns torn down, while the
university campus is strewn with
broken trees.
The North Dakota storm had its in
ception somewhere west of Devils
Lake, dividing, however. One branch
of this. storm swept south through the
southern end of Nelson county, across
the Northwestern :. corner: of Traiil'
county, and" back Into southern Grand
Forks county. Ahother branch of
this storm swung northwestward from
Leeds ito Edmore, N. D., thence to-
wards Grand For ks county, through
southwestern Walsh colnty, and
thence down to the city of Grand
Forks
Minnesota's storm originated near
the extreme northeast corner of that
state, sweeping east, then south and
back toward. the Red river, spending
its force south Of Crookston.
HAILsToRM COVERED
900 SQUARE MILES
Portland, N. D., Aug. About 300
square miles, an area 20 miles long
and fifteen miles wide, was swept al.
most clean of crops by hail last night.
The district covered lies west, north
and east Of Portland, this city lying
near the southwest corner of the
storm belt. Hatton also was within
the storm area. Nearly 100000 acres
were hit BY the hail.
Hail fell in tremendous quantities
and the storm is defined as "the worst
in Is years." Hail stones about the,
size of fllberts, fell in remarkable
number, covering the ground, while
hailstones were picked up measuring
as much as eight inches. in circumfer-
ence-those, of course being the ex-
ception.
Heavy wind accompanied the. hail,
knocking out windows and doing
great amount of damage to buildings
generally. There was no loss of life
or injury, so far as reported.
The Anderson barn in this city was
hit by lightning and burned during
the worst of the storm.
eENsoN-RAMsEY
COUNTY ICE STORM
BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Devils Lake, N. D., Aug. 4-Hail
damage covering an area from Leeds
northeast through Garske, towards
Edmore. causing an immense loss, ac-
Cured last night. In the Garske re-
zion hail fell for 40 minues. The Sam
uels. Jorgenson. Mikelson. Kelly,
Jones, Kitsch, Keough and Regan
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