The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-21
Loss Is Detailed

Loss ls Detailed
Loss in the tornado which struck
Dickinson and vicinity Wednesday is
estimated by the Recorder-Post OF
that city at half million dollars.
Among the losses listed by the
newspaper are:
Henry Cutkay farm buildings
blown over, smashed.
Experimental station buildings
damaged and electric wind mill
blown down.
Farm buildings of John P. Berrin-
ger, east of the city, were practi-
cally all destroyed, including the
large. barn which was leveled to the
foundation.
In the city the property loss ex-
tended mostly to torn roofs and
broken windows. Hundreds of Chin
neys and private garages were blown
down, and some of the finest old
shade trees were uprooted.
The Nazarene church loss is heavy,
the foundation crumbling away on
one side. Some of the material can
be salvaged.
DR.. S. Chernausck reported light
ming struck power wire and enter
ed into his X-ray apparatus ana
burned out some high priced instru-
ments.
The entire tin roof of the Elks
building was blown off and some OF
the bricks forming the cornice were
blown down. The Partridge Grocery
lost large window. Rain came
through the roof of this building
and did considerable damage to the
ceiling and stage on the third story
The Dickinson Grocery Company
lost heavily when part of wall was
blown in on top of their warehouse
The old Case building, owned by
L. Petricka, was totally wrecked, and
the N. P. freight office was dam
aged when part of the roof was
blown away.
Tent Blown Away
The opening performances OF th'
1924 chautauqua had gotten undel
| way when the storm struck. f
large crowd was in attendance bu
no one was seriously injured whei
the tent came down. Falling ten
poles bruised some people, and man!
were drenched.
When the storm struck all powe
| and light wires were disconnected
at the power house. Failing trees
, and other obstacles hurled by tn
wind and broken poles demoralizet
the service in the residence sector
until Thursday afternoon. Service
on the white way and business
places on Willard street was resume
| the same night.
The only building on the Star
county fairgrounds not damaged l
the brick pump house. The build
ings are insured.
The Walton and Davis lumbe
shed in which two men lost thel
lives, was wrecked.
Three workmen of the Russell
Miller Milling Company were insid
the company,s water tank when tn
storm came. They expected tn
tank to be blown over, it bein
swayed considerably, but it held VI
The wind tore off the tin on the roc
tof the company elevator.
William Brown reported all thu
was left on his farm was part {
the house. All other buildings wei
completely wrecked and wagons wei
Tipped over and piled up and twiste
beyond repair. He had $50 chicken
and only found % after the storm
! Louis Brodman, south of Sou'
Heart, reported that his farm buil'
were wiped out. His building
were demolished and his farm M
chinery piled up and badly twiste
Some cattle also was killed.
Two Killed
The two men killed in the lumb'
shed were Joseph Friedt and JOSEF
Froelich. The Recorder sa,
the men were near the shed wht
{ the storm came up. Friedt was
/. draymen and Froelich a farmer.
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