The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-06-10
DESOL ATION MARKS STORM AREA


DESOLATION MARKS STORM AREA
Fargo, June 9-Travelers coming from various Parts
of the state where communication has been wrecked oy
the Storm bring stories OF great properly oage
from wind and rain Editor P. R. Irubshaw coming IN
this morning from Valley City, saw line OF desoa0n De-
tween here and that town. The storm passed over Valley
City, sheltered in the valley and hit Orska, where one wan
of the new state bank torn down. several small 6ulld
ngs destroyed the lumber yards scattered ana tee
phone poles and trees broken.
At Tower City, several small buildings were blown down
and telephone poles and trees snapped off, One woman
traveller boarded the train at this point that tor
ing Neither this report the report of woman killed
south Of Sanborn have been confirmed
Damage was done to small buildings and store fronts
at Buffalo, At Pery, Mimi, four box cars, half full of
grain, was moved across the track At Dilworth, Mnn
the top of the N P round house caved n few minutes
after the workmen had left the building Wire commun
cation Devils Lake. New Rockford and other points are
entirely demoralized.
The heavy part of the storm worked north and south of
Fargo Hail fell here between and o'clock after hot
day. The high wind which accompanied cloud burst
about five O'clock broke trees and plate glass Win
dows
St. Paul, Mnn June 9-Two deaths and scores of in
ured reported today from the storm area that prac
ticaly covered Western Minnesota and eastern North Da
kota last night The storm developed in the north and
swept Minnesota to the southeast wreckng homes
and cutting all communication and delaying what few
trains able to pillow through the uncertain road BEDS
Meager reports said the town of Foxhome near Fer
gus Falls, Mnn. was wiped off the map.
William Hokner, II, killed near Fergus Falls
when the barn in which he had taken refuge crushed
His father, Robert Hokner, seriously injured
William Roedner, farmer Gardner N. D., was ia
tally injured when his house picked up by the wind
and dropped in the field He crushed beneath the
floor and died few minutes after reaching Fargo hos
ptal
At least 100 passengers injured when the four
coaches of the N P train No. 1855 blown from the
tracks few miles west of Foxhome TWentysix of the
injured rushed to hospital in Wahpeton, and
eral were reported in critical condition. The coaches
overturned in the ditch and caught fire. Passengers
less seriously injured worked frantcaly to extrcate the
manned from the blazing ruins.
The caboose of Great Northern train was blown
West Union, and eight unroofed Two
brakemen were injured
Many houses were wrecked at West Union. A school
was unroofed and depot damaged Some damage
ported at Osakis Sank Center and Alexandria,
Evansville Elbow Lake, and Battle Lake were in the
path Of the most storm The greatest damage
reported between Fergus Falls and Wahpeon ~ D. At
St. Cloud Minn the tents of street carnival blown
in the storm. The storm very severe near Fer
gus Falls and followed almost the path of the
nado that year ago snued out 81 lives in Fergus Falls
alone was the second storm within three weeks play
havoc in Minnesota Five killed recently in series
of storms that swept ten counties in southeastern Mime
sota causing losses estimated at nearly million dollars
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