The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-07-05
ST0RMDAMAGES
UCHPR0PERTY
AROUND 0AKES
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Cyclone Sweeps Through Dis
trict, Tearing Down Barns
and Removing Roofs
RAINS IN OTHER PARTS
Reports to Weather Bureau Say
That Heat Wave Damage
Not Great
RAINS IN OTHER PARTS

A terrific storm swept through part
OF LaMoure county and the northern
part Of South Dakota Saturday night,
according to Information reaching
here by wire and 500 line trainmen
who have come from that section.
Rains in the last three days in other
parts of the state have been reported
doing great good to crops. Damage
from the heat wave of last week was
not as widespread as had been feared,
according to reports to the weather
bureau here. .,.-.e~ @a.-
The cyclone which swept through La
Moure county was particularly severe
between Forman and Oakes, it is said.
Roofs of houses were blown off and
many barns In the country were de-
molished Some hail accompanied the
storm in one section.
Wires Were Down.
Telegraph wires we're down at Oakes
Saturday night, delaying the receipt
of information about The storm. Re-
ceiving reports of considerable dam
age to the 500 line, Superintendent
S. w. Derrick, Of this city, went to
Oakes, by way of Jamestown. Mr.. Der
rick wires last night that the roof was
blown of an elevator at Oakes; the
c. and N. w. had an elevator on their
main line at Luden, south Of Cakes;
a windmill at Oakes was blown over;
the smoke jacks on the engine house
were demolished and part of the roof
ing on the 500 engine house, pump
house and coal house was blown away.
The N. A. creamery lost part of it,
overhead porch, the mill lost smoke
stack. the N P. lost wind mill and
engine house, and considerable dam
age to roofs in town and to telephone
and electric light wires was done.
Barns Blown Over. .
500 trainmen who came through the
district said that they saw many barns
blown over. Mr.. Derrick wired that
a report that an elevator had blown
across the 500 tracks at Oakes was in
correct.
The storm strip covered width of
about II miles, and was lighter six or
seven miles each side of this path. In
several instances box cars were blown
out on theemain railroad lineAf and
trainmen used extraordinary caution
In making their first trip through the
district, after the storm. No one was
killed, 1t is believed.
Where Heat Wave Hurt.
Reports received by o. w. Roberts,
weather observer, say that the effects
of the heat wave last week are seen
in most Of Morton county, Burleigh
county, western half of Kidder county
and northern part of Emmons county.
Adams, Hettinger and Stark counties
are in good shape, as are counties
northwest of the city, he said. There
was a big rain on the Ft. Berthold
reservation in northern Mclean county
few nights ago. There also was rain
northeast of the city, which was bene-
fetal in the northern part of Kidder
county and around Darlington.
Rainfall in the state since Saturday
morning at o'clock follows:
Armenia, so; Bismarck, .O1; Devils
Lake, .36; Dickinson, .22; Dunn Cen
ter, .16; Glendale, 2.57; Grand Forks,
.5S; Larimore, 6.3: Lisbon, 1.25; Napo.
leon, 50; Pembina, .33; Williston 1.O2;
Moorhead, 80; Minot, none; Bottineau
none; Wahpeton, 2:2O; Langdon, 81.
Receive Hail Claims
Approximately one thousand hail
claims were received in mails by the
state hail insurance department today.
Most Of them, it was said, came from
vicinity of New Rockford, Sheyenne
and Oburn. Reports were received Of
small hail storm in Benson county,
some hail around Fredonia in Nc
1ntosh county, some claims came in
from Mckenzie county and there were
"straggling'' claims from other coun-
ties west of the Missouri river.
At the close of business Saturday
there had been 3,454 hail claims re-
ported thus far this year. It was stat
ed that this number is about the same
as last year and that reports did not
indicate any abnormal damage from
hail.