The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-08-02

Lisbon, July 29.-The possible loss
OF one life, serious injuries to mum
Der of persons, practically 100000
property loss and the killing of many
head of stock is the toll taken by a
storm Of cyclonic proportions which
swept over this section of Ransom
county this evening at about o'clock
Starting near Englevale and sweep.
Ing everything in its path for dis.
tance of about 20 miles the storm GOV.
cred width of about 10 miles. It is
estimated by conservative people who
passed through the section hit last
night that at least so barns are total
losses and that hundreds of smaller
buildings are destroyed. .~
-- The Injured
- Miller, (frst name unknown)
son Of Alvin Miller, living near Lis.
bon. Injured about the head and legs.
-Sahlsing, (frst name un-
known) son Of Fred Sahlsing, living
two miles southeast of Lisbon. Legs
crushed and amputation probably nee
essary. Situation critical.
~-Stickley, (hrst name un-
known) farmer living near Elliot, ser
1ous injuries about the head and body.
There are undoubtedly many others
injured but up to a late hour this
morning it was impossible to secure
the names.
Canning Factory Demolished
In Lisbon the canning factory is a
total loss, the Monarch elevator was
blown down and is now obstructing
the tracks Of the railroad, telephone
and electric light wires are all down,
houses have been moved from their
foundations, great plate glass windows
In the store buildings are broken and
two thirds Of the trees in the city are
blown down. ~. ~.. - .-
At the soldiers home the beautiful
park is said to have been almost to-
tally destroyed, but none of the build.
ings were wrecked The hardware
warehouse of the Parker firm is a to-
tai wreck and the loss is considerable.
Seven freight cars on the tracks of the
N. P. railway we're blown onto the
right-of-way and the roof Of the newly
constructed warehouse of the Thomp-
son lumber company has been torn off
and blown away.
Much Stock is Killed
Reports brought to the city tonight
are to the effect that a large amount
of stock had been killed and that crops
In the path of the storm have been
driven into the ground with little pros
pect that there will be any salvage for
the harvester. w.
Weird stories of freaks Of the storm
are being brought to- the city every
hour. Chickens stripped Of their feath-
ers, houses and harms lifted from their
foundations and moved several feet
with little damage to the building,
great masses of earth moved hundreds
of feet and the vast cloud of dust
ahead of the starm are some of the
stories told by eye witnesses.
Freaks Of the Storm
At ane place it is stated that every
building with the exception of smoke
house was destroyed, on another farm
haystacks were left intact while more
substantial objects were totally an
initiated. Trees stripped of their bark
horses and cows with halter straps
still attached to posts to which they
were tied, and fence wires in tangled
masses are common sights in the
country near here, according to the
Information brought to Lisbon tonight.
While it is still impossible to make
an accurate estimate of the total prop
erty loss it is a certainty that it will
run we'll over hundred thousand dol
lars outside of the crop loss.
Reports at Variance
rfo Il IN
storm was regular "twister" or a
head on wind. The clouds of dust
blown up by the wind made it i'm
possible for the residents of the Sec
tion of the state to ascertain the exact
nature of the storm. In some localities
the character of the damage would in
dicate that the twister was at work,
wreckage being distributed in such a
manner that whirlwind was un>
doubtedly present, while in other in
stances buildings we're blown in a
straight line with the storm. It is
probable, it is stated, that there were
two distinct storms travelling in the
same direction. In some places large
amounts of hail fell, while other re.
ports state that heavy rain, unaccom-
panied by hail, fell.
The damage at Englevale, Elliott
and other small towns, at first report
ed to have been heavy is not of ser.
ious character
The property damage in the city ia
placed at well over $4,000 but it is
not known that any of the residents OF
the city were seriously injured.
Sudden Demise of