The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-06-26

electric linemen and 10 bricklayers
were needed and the crews, obtained
in st. Paul, left on the first train.
Lake Alice is filled with debris and
was searched for dead and injured.
One unidentified girl was found in the
lake.
Several bridges over the Red river,
Of steel construction, were destroyed.
Dumont, a village in Traverse coun.
ty on the Milwaukee line to Fargo,
was hit about Z p. M. by a heavy storm
coming from the southwest.
Farmer Killed at Dumont.
The only loss of life reported is that
of Nichol Didlot, a farmer. in the out
skirts of the town, killed when the
wind demolished his home. The pub.
lie school building, the Lutheran
church and several residences were
blown down. Edward Burke was seri.
ously injured, when caught under fall.
ing timbers of his house. Several 9th.
ers were slightly injured.
A congregation had left the Lu.
theran church only a few minutes be-
fore the storm broke, which saved con-
siderable loss of life at Dumont.
Heavy crop damage is reported from
the Dumont district, and much dam.
age is feared to crops in Otter Tail
county. Many bridges were washed
out by the heavy rain which came with
the wind. and roads were made almost
impossible. The rain extended over
a wide area, and washouts are report.
ed from the region of Brainerd and
Walker.
Hospitals Can Accommodate Injured.
Late reports from Fergus Falls say
that all of the injured there can be
cared for in local hospitals, with the
aid of the relief doctors and nurses
who have gone from st. Cloud, Alex.
andria, Elbow Lake, Wahpeton, Fargo,
and from the Twin Cities. Six physi-
clans and II nurses went from Alex
andria.
Several citizens of Fergus Falls to.
day corroborated statements that three
funnel shaped clouds were seen, and
the assertion is made that 8 separate
storms struck the city in quick sue
cession. The first storm, they say,
struck the town from the northwest
and tore through the Lake Alice dis.
trict. This was the one that wrecked
the Grand hotel. The second storm,
which brought driving rain, APP.
preached from the southwest. A third
storm, it is claimed, swept over the
eastern portion of the town from the
southeast, but did less damage.
Governor j. A. A. Burnquist, Adju-
tant w. F. Rhinow and a National
Guard detachment left St. Paul on a
special train for the tornado district.
The train carried doctors, nurses and
supplies.
Appeal for Help.
An urgent appeal for help from
Mayor George w. Frankberg of Fer.
gus Falls, in a telegram sent from De-
troit to Governor Burnquist, was the
first official message to come out of
the stricken district.
Mayor F%rankberg said the loss of
life will be large and hundreds Of
homes and business blocks are de-.
stroyed. The city was in darkness
and the situation is extremely urgent,
the telegram added.
Carpenters and electricians are
needed at once. Help from the adju.
tant generals office also was asked.
The military company is at work and
a in St. Cloud went to Fer.
gus Falls.
10 Buildings Reported Destroyed.
The Dumont storm path first ap.
pears a mile and a half southwest of
the town. 1t swept through the east
end of the village and for half a mile
beyond, when it apparently lifted.
Several barns outside the city were
razed. Thirteen buildings in the vii.
lage, according to the latest reports,
were destroyed, including a livery sta
BILE, in which a number of horses were
killed or manned.
Known Dead.
w. A. Fraser, Florence Austin, Viola
Nelson, William Forsen, Mrs. ]. Mel
oOA, IL OO4AuoOII, Eu uOulp-
son, w. A. Daugherty,- S. Shetted,
August Palm, Mrs. August Palm and
daughter, liner Hoaberg, Mrs. Will
lam Forsen. l.. E. Larson.
The missing: Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M.
Johnson and son, George Woodhouse,
proprietor of the Grand Hotel, Alonzo
Brandenburg, president of the First
State Bank, Nichol Didlot, at Dumont.
List of injured; S. c. Strand, both
legs broken, Edward Burke and four
others, at Dumont.
Editor Makes Statement.
Harold Barker, editor Of the Grant
County Herald. reached Fergus Falls
from Elbow Lake at 3 a.. m.
THE tornado hit the town at the
northwest corner" he said, land
crashed down Union venue. It swept
everything before it. Most of the
buildings destroyed were homes. They
were crushed to kindliing wood in the
flash of a moment.
THE tornado seemed to break when
it struck the Grand hotel. The build.
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