The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-07-03

house was b,own over and n alson was
crushed ben" ath the tilnbers and killed
instantly. Members of the Youngberg
family were injured, tho not seriously.
Nelson's own home was also blown
over and members of his family bruis-
ed but none were injured fatally. De-
tails Of the death Of Mrs. Saltcock are
quite meagre but Stahl reports that
! the Saltcock home was blown over and
she met instant death. Other members
Of the family suffered severely.
+. Hanson. another farmer, had his
home blown down and he was blown
+; $50 yards. He suffered broken arm
y nd badly sprained back. Knute Berg,
who lives in McGregor, was also Sc
verely injured.
! At the Oscar Carlson home near
McGregor, thirteen people gathered in
F., the house to get out of the storm. The
! Carlson house was blown over and
all were injured, tho none seriously.
In McGregor the K. Hanson home
was blown 200 yards by the wind, Mr..
and Mrs. Hanson going with it. Han
; son escaped uninjured but his wife
was badly bruised about the back and
shoulders.
|. Stahl says reports received in Nc
GregOr have it that two girls were
| lied at Hamlet but this report is not
verified
! In McGregor doctors from Powers
Lake. Wildrose and Ray are working
| eks(% L. ~
! jured.
Not barn in the McGregor district
! remains standing and many of the
! Gregor all the buildings were damaged
three large residences were completely
demolished.
Geo. Simonson of Wolf Point regis
tered at the Grarh Hoel. He came
from Wolf Point yesterday and re-
ports no damage there Sunday night
although points in eastern Montana
were touched, he says.
M. B. Larson Of Zahl reached Minot
from that district late yesterday. He
reports no deaths at Zahl, although
many were badly shaken up. Many
houses and barns were badly wrecked
and some stock killed.
L. A. Anderson, who lives on a farm
ten miles north of Tioga, arrived in
Minot and is attending the celebration
today. He could see the cyclone plain
~ as it passed his home about two
miles away. The storm divided, one
funnel shaped cloud as black as ink
going one direction and another in the
south. Mr.. Anderson travelled over the
Z noth nf tho syfnrnn M0n6ay
Every building on the Chris Larson
; farm south Of McGregor was swept
! away. The house, barn, gran tries,
threshing machine, ETC., we're smashed.
A fence about the hog pasture was
torn out, posts and all.
Larson's family was in the cellar
and escaped. He carried $500 insur-
ance.
At Oscar Peterson's place north of
Temple, big barn was demolished.
The barn, granaries, auto shed and
blacksmith shop on the Ben Iverson
farm north of Tioga were swept away.
There was some gopher poison in W.
erson's granary. This was scattered
over the ground and the horses gotsit
the next day, several Of them dying.
Chas. Christianson reports $500
damage to his farm buildings.
At White Earth two box cars were
blown from side track out onto the
main line. No. 81, the fast mail, ran
into the box cars and the engine and
two mail cars left the track, q good
deal of damage being done to No. %
and to the track. About five miles of
telegraph wire and poles west of Pal
ermo were blown down and the G. n.
could not establish communication
west for day or so. Engineer Green
halgh on No. p was not injured but
Fireman Alger suffered some bruises.
At Williston, windows were blown
in and barns damaged in the surround
At Zahl, the front was torn out of
the First State Bank building.
At Alamo the top was torn off the
Farmers elevator.
At Wildrose, the garage and office
of the Imperial Lumber Co. were
blown away. Many barns and farm
houses were blown down.
i At Corinth, school house was
blown over. More or less damage was
done all thru the western part of the
state from Parshall north to the Cam
adian line. Many barns were wrecked
in the vicinity south Of Crosby.
The storm at Minot looked very
threatening but no damage was done
here. A very heavy rain was reported
from point six miles north Of Minot,
to the Canadian line. A brig barn and
windmills west Of Donnybrook were
blown down.
Max johnson Fuel Co. Succeeds Wal
lace Coal Co.
Max johnson, local manager of the