Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-05
HEAVY RAIN
STORM / HERE Il RI
!. ! LAST NIGHT 1
Red River '! Valley Secured
Drenching Of an
Inch Fell Here.
Stutsman County Reports
so Per Cent Crop Loss
S. In One Section.

A rain. wind and electrical storm.
accompanied in some sections by hail
which did considerable damage in i'm
tied areas, visited North Dakota late
yesterday and last night.
The rain fau was heaviest in Grand
Forks, 1.33 of an inch falling IN
comparatively short time, flooding
Easements in the downtown district.
and extinguishing the street lights by
accompanied by terrific electrical
storm, which caused two small fires
and temporarily damaged local and
long distance telephone lines.
"A heavy hail storm struck between
Windsor and Woodworth in Stutsmaa
county, causing a fifty per cent loss
to crops according to reports received
here this afternoon. Hail fell in other
areas, but SO far as could be learned
did no damage. #
Two Small Fires.
The fire department was called to
; the home of DR.. c. S. Marsden, 20s
Reeves avenue, to extinguish small
; blaze in the. ceiling of living room.
Lightning apparently struck an cleo
trio light wire. in the vicinity of the
Marsden home and entered the build.
! ing, causing a short circuit just ABOVE
|
The home of VIM. Rutstein, 624
Oak street, was struck by lightning.
which caused small fire. The b;aze
| was extinguished before much Cam
age was done. The lightning bolt is
said to have travelled across the
raftcrs of the house and to have gone
out window, striking a tree. in the
yard
Several Easements on Third street
and DeMers avenue were flooded with
from one to four inches of water,
causing some damage in every in
| stance. The rain came down so hard
and SO rapidly, that the sewers could
not carry It off, and the water backed
up into the Easements.
| About 100. local telephone lines and
q few long distance lines north and
west OF, the city were put ont OF or
VI rhss zsrRd rsia Abd SfSved of :con.iderasl4
beneft rs the crops in this vicinity. II
MAS said ,isso far there has been nu
daYhake reported to the rye fields, al
though. it was said here today that
some harm may have been done
where the stands were heavy.
Picnic Parties Caught.
j Picnic and Fourth of July celebra-
ton parties were caught unawares
I
in automobiles along the road or in
the ditch. There was big celebra-
ton at Faddens grove near Arvilla
! and reports received here today said
{, car after car had slid intosthe ditch
along the road between Grand Forks
and that city. ',1s,t.A..,7 -
H.. People at the fair grounds. seeine
.atsthe storm coming up, made WILD
dash for town. Some got to, the city
ahead of the rain. but other autoIsts
! were caught on the road. and a mum
ber Of them had to be pulled out Of
the ditch. Those who had no cars
rushed from the grand stand anc
bleachers to the dancing pavilion.
| Official Reports.
The Red River Valley got the
heaviest soaking. There was heavy
rain at Fargo. but not nearly as heav,
as the one here. Fargo reported q
l fall of 80 inches. Jamestown report
ed ..56 of an inch:
H. Following are official figures fol
1 other North Dakota points from The
United States weather station at Bis
\ inarck:
I Larimore, 40: Pembina. 10; Fes
sender. 10; Dickinson, .07; Amelie
.O5; Lisbon. .01; Minot- of: Bot
tineau. .O2; Langdon, .05; Devils Lake
.O2 and Williston, .04. -
t., Valley City reports very high WING
but no damage.
4 No damage from lightning or hail ha:
been reported in the vicinity Of Fargo