Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-24
Several Buildings Blown En-
tirely Away in and Around
Villages.
SMALL CHILD IS
BADLY INJURED
Reports Say the Damage to
Property Will Run Far
Into Thousands.

Eyota. Mimi. May 24.-Reports
from Saturdays STORM. were still COM
ing to light today and show that the
country northwest of this village was
hard hit.
On the farm Of Walter Burdick,
large barn. recently erected. was en-
trely swept away. only small portions
of the foundation being intact. a ga
rage and machine shed on the north
end OF the barn were untouched. On
The farm of Ambrose Madden was a
scene of devastation. The barn, one of
.the largest in this vicinity was crush
ed like an egg shell. Five horses quar-
tered in the basement We're smothered
TO death when the barn collapsed,
several tons of hay falling upon then,
and burying them in their stalls.
Further west the barn on the farm
OF Enos Daily was blown from Its
foundation
Chester Hard Hit.
In the village Of Chester a few
miles west the storm struck with great
turE and large barn on the Bach
property was blown entirely away. An
other barn was partially wrecked and
the home badly damaged. A barn on
the HNslop place was torn from it's
foundation while the house was scri-
ously wrecked and several loutbuild-
t'-oS HV~' NhhiaESp. DeSluSS ud1RdSS
TO property hundreds of shade and
fruit trees were destroyed. many Of
them being torn up by the roots.
Only one person. small child by
the nanae of Anderson, living in Ches-
ter, was injured. The damage cannot
be estimated today but wifi run well
into the thousands Of dollars
Man Injured.
Winona. Mimi, May 24.-Thousands
OF dollars damage was caused in the
county, and vicinity on Saturday aft
ernoon.
Christ Keller. who had gone to
Minneika for road work supplies was
injured when he took refuge in the
Oscar Lindstrum. lumber shed. The
tornado blew the roof off the shed and
flying timbers injured Mr.. Keller.
Mrs. John Heaser was also injured
erty. About $500 worth 81 glass WA wss
destroyed ins> and around Minnesota.
,-pn the farm Of John Hcaser all the
buildings except the house were
wrecked and the residence damaged.
On the Joseph Heaser and Nick
.Stebbin farms buildings were wrecked
and livestock injured. On the Henry
'IIusser place a large barn was moved
hiite HiCleS. OIL tne IOunQatlOn and
most Of the smaller buildings were
wrecked.
In the village the Lutheran church
was blown six inches off the founda-
tions and damaged. The new residence
of Henry c. Baab, in course of CON
struction. was completely demolished
and the flying tim bers sent crashing
into the s1acob Wold house nearly
badly damaging that building.
.. Windows Blown Out.
Windows and doors were blown out
of the Grand View hotel The interior
was swept by wind and rain and was
much damaged. The front of the
frame building occupied by the Farm
ers' State bank was blown in and pa
pers scattered about. The roof was
blown off the Weaver and Genskow
garage and thrown onto the adjacent
residences Of Charles Lorenz and
George Fo.ansbee which suffered
much damage. The Winter store was
moved on its foundations the Chin
ney thrown down and subjected to
further damage. The John Peshon
store was injured and the stock dam
aged by rain. John Drenckhorn's resi-
dence was almost completely. demol-
ished. Other buildings were more or
less damaged