Grand Forks herald., 1916-08-04
THOUSANDS OF
ACRES0F GRAIN
AREHA|LfD0UT
Strip Is Miles Wide and 20
Miles Long Near Port
land Leveled.
NEVILLE STRUCK BY
TERRIFIC TORNADO
Tolna and Territory Raked
by Cyelone-Many Build
ings Razed.

A series OF wind, hall, rain and
electrical storms last night raked
Eastern North Dakota and North.
western Minnesota, leaving path Of
damaged crops. overturned buildings
and impossible highways. The crop
damage in various sections of the
state and Minnesota is enormous,
while hundreds of farm buildings
were demolished. No casualties occur
ed, although some injuries are report
ed.
Portland, N. D., suffered most from
hail. The hail storm cut a swath is
miles wide and 20 miles long, level
ing the grain on 100000 acres. 1t is
estimated that 800 square miles of
crops were entirely wiped out, re-
ports from that section indicate. Hat
ton also was in the hail storm belt,
in the vicinity of Portland.
At Portland, hail fell for many min
utes. Some Of the stones measured
over eight inches in circumference.
During the storm, a barn was struck
by lightning. and burned up.
cyclone. which did estimated damage
of $1U0,D to buildings, most of
which were on farms. It is impossible
to estimate the damage done to crops.
Many head Of stock we're killed.
There are no reports Of fatalities or
A hail storm swept the territory
from Leeds, northeast through Cars
Ike. toward Edmore, causing an i'm
mense loss. In the Garske region hail
fell for 40 minutes. Samuelson, Jorg-
enson. Mikkleson, Kelly, Jones,
Kitsch, Keough and Regan were In
the hail belt. Phone lines east of
Devils Lake are out of commission
today.
At Mohalls in Renville county, a
hail storm did 80 per cent damage to
the crops. The Lansford territory also
was visited by a bad hail storm.
Great Damage at Neville.
Neville and vicinity suffered more
damage than any of the other COM
entire section swept by the storm. Not
q single house escaped damage. AT
least two persons were injured. The
storm dipped down from Aneta, lying
fiat crops in the immediate vicinity.
The big barns on the farms OF
Archie Mcmillan, ]. j. styve. Paul
jacobson and Q. H. Larson were COM
five miles south Of Neville was de-
stroyed. Granaries and small build
ings were carried long distances by
the terrific wind.
On the farm Of Ole K. Kjorbestad.
UcIWcou hAOIoA aHu tAIetd, IAc OdII
was wrecked and 18 head of horses
and cattle were killed. In the city of
Neville, two livery barns and a ma
chine shed were demolished. The
store fronts Of practically all the busi-
ness places were blown in and wind
mills were tipped over.
It is reported that a total Of fifty
horses were killed in the vicinity OF
Neville. most of them by lightning.
The true extent Of the damage in this
locality will not be known until tele-
phone service is restored, most lines
being down today.
The country to the northwest of
Grand Forks suffered heavily in the
storm. The region in which lie the
towns Of Hatton, Neville, Northwood
Reynolds and Thompson was visited
by storm which partook Of the ma
ture Of a tornado in part Of the region
and was heavy hail storm in other
portions.
Telephone service to Hatton, Rey-
nolds and Thompson was disrupted
and these places could not be reached
over the long distance this afternoon.
Rural lines from Northwood were
down this morning and reports as to
the exact extent Of the damage from
hail in that vicinity were not obtain
able. About seven miles east Of town
the fields were hattened by hail and
wind. In the vicinity Of Blanchard
the fields are reported completely
razed.
From Inkster, the report is that a
25 per cent loss was sustained soutf,
OF town in hail shower which lasted
for Is minutes. The wind did but
very little damage.