Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-07-03
NEAR CYCLONE
KILLS SEVERAL
WEST OF MINOT
Railway Car. and Buildings
Blown About-Towns Hit

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killed in the region along the Stan
ley -Grenora branch of the Great
Northern railroad. The reports Of
the storm damage coming out Of
Crosby over telephone wires that are
in bad condition are vague as to
actual extent of the storm area.
while there ie little available as to
property damage.
The real storm center. however,
apparently was about forty miles
south of Crosby.
Zahl, Alamo, Grenora, Corinth,
Wild Rose, Hamlet, McGregor,
White Earth, Parshall, Palermo are
included in the list of towns through
which the storm swept and from
which only meagre reports are avail
able today, nearly thirty hours after
the storm hit.
Second Storm Monday.
Beach, N. D., July IA terrific
hail and rain storm driven by high
wind struck this district last night.
Hail smashed many windows in the
city, but did little other damage.
The rain which reached proportions
of cloudburst came too late to be
Of help to the winter wheat or rye
but will make half crop Of spring
grains and will help pasturage,
which has been in bad condition.
Golden Valley. South Mckenzie,
Stark, Slope and Bowman counties
were in the path of the storm.
Minot, N, D., June 3O.A wind
storm which bordered on a tornado
swept northeastern Montana and
northwestern North Dakota late last
night and early this morning. killing
several, injuring many others and
causing great damage. to buildings
both in towns and in Enral seetionA.
wire are all down vest of affinsot,
and only meagre details are avail
able tonight. Miles Of telephone and
telegraph wires are down from Stan
ley to Williston. ..
At Williston windows in fronts of
stores were blown out and several
barns In that district blown down.
At Zahl. which is on the Stanley
branch of the Great Northern, the
front was blown from the First State
bank, a garage blown down, several
windows broken in fronts of stores
and lumber Office blown away.
Box cars standing on a siding in Zahl
were blown over.
Two Are Killed.
Sweeping on southeast, the storm
damaged the elevator at Appam and
damaged number of barns in that
section and at Alamo killed a mother
and daughter named Helgeson, liv-
ing a short distance out from the
village. Details Of the fatality are
not yet available. A school house
was blown down at Corinth, while a,
garage, the Imperial Lumber com
ipany's office and five barns were
blown down at Wild Rose. A farm
ler living south iof Hamlet, the first
station east of Wild Rose was killed,
but details are lacking. Another far
.mer is reported killed near McGreg-
ior, but no details are available. Ear
" this morning McGregor residents
sent out calls to several surrounding
towns for physicians expecting many
were injured in the rural district.
White Earth Hit.
& It seems as tho the storm swept
due south again from McGregor,
striking White Earth, and blowing a
car from the siding onto the main
line Of the Great Northern. The car
was struck by q fast mail train go-
ing west early this morning. Fire
man Algers on the fast mail was
slightly injured but the rest Of the
crew we're unhurt. The wreck tied
up traffic on the Great Northern
west Of here several hours. a. pas.
senger train due here from the west
at #6 a. m. did not arrive until $50;
tonight. It brot the only informa-
$tion available but those who were
aboard left the storm area so early
this morning that details OF damage
In rural sections could not Hbe learn.
cd.
4 From White Earth the storm evil
.dently went southea striking Par,
shall and other towns on Bertholds
reservation. Several stores we're
damaged II Parshall and g. AZ.
Pierce, local agent for the 1nterna-:
stional on company suffered INJURIES
when the Office In which he was
working vas blown Over, The Wind
1bievsa ! heavy safe across the street