The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-30
DAMAGE TO
PROPERTY is
VERY HEAVY

1erfe0 TO rooms IN other parts OF
the building not touched by the
storm, and the damage does no,
affect the operation Of the dinins
room and kitchen.
Concrete Slab Protects Hotel
The eighth floor of the structure,
which was walled up and roofec
over three years ago, had as vet
been unfinished beyond that, al.
though E. G. Patterson, the pro.
prietor, had planned to make this
floor into apartments this summer
1t was the roof from this floor that
was wrecked by the storm, prin.
cipally by the weight of the water
on it, and when it caved in it pulled
the brick walls in also. Beneath
the eighth story, however, is the
buildings permanent roof-a nine.
inch concrete slab, and this saved
the rest of the structure from more
extensive damage.
Announcement that he will prob
ably rebuild the eighth floor this
summer and carry out his plans of
making it into apartments was
made today by Mr.. Patterson. The
lobby and dining room Of the hotel,
as well as all sleeping rooms which
were damaged, will be redecorated
at once. The entire building was
completely redecorated this spring.
Two taxicabs belonging to the
Yellow Cab company, parked across
Fifth street from the Patterson
hotel, were damaged by the falling
debris from the hotel roof. One
Of the cars was completely wrecked
and the other had the top smashed.
The drivers had just left the cabs
and gone into the cab company's
office when the huge piece of roof
came down on the machines.
Phone and Power Limbs Down
Trees in all parts of the city
were blown down and some streets
were nearly blocked by debris.
The Bell Telephone company re-
ported $50 telephones out of order
in Bismarck and that it was impos-
sible to establish communication
with points east and north.
Telephone communication had
been established this morning with
points west to Dickinson and south
west to Hettinger. Those cities re-
ported heavy wind and rain but no
damage.
Power lines radiating from Bis
marck were still in working order
but local service was cut off in
some cases because of damages to
wires caused by poles being blown
over and falling trees.
Officials of the state hail de-
partment said the hail loss in this
vicinity was comparatively slight
and that apparently the hail was
only local in extent. A few losses
were reported this morning, some
Of them running as high as 100
per cent on corn and potatoes.
Telephone company officials said
that much Of the trouble on their
lines was caused by damage to
large cable at Sixth street and
Avenue A where lightning struck.
A large tree near the home of DR..
E. P. Quain also was shattered
and blown into the street. Other
wires were down in the vicinity Of
the Country Club and near the
Northern Pacific depot and Patter-
son Hotel.
Not a Tornado
Although the storm was of al
most tornado-like proportions, it is
not classed as tornado by the
weather bureau, which lists it simp-
ly as "heavy gale" The wind
reached a maximum velocity of 72i
miles an hour, and a velocity of
more than 100 miles an hour is nec-
essary to be called a tornado. The
wind storm was the worst expert
enced here since June Is, 1924, how
ever, local weather officials say.
At that time the maximum velocity
was 70 miles an hour.
Reports received at the weather |
bureau during the forenoon indicate
that there was little. hail in the
immediate vicinity of Bismarck out
side of the city limits. Very little
hail fell at the penitentiary and
practically none at Fort Lincoln. i
Mandan, while experiencing
strong wind, had practically no hail
and not much rain. Damage from
the storm across the river was
slight.
Gardens, Flowers Ruined
Hail fell heavily in the west half
Of the city, and between the city
and the river, and garden stuff and
flowers were completely ruined.
People coming over the Mandan-
Bismarck highway at 9 o'clock this
said that the hail stones
were still lying two feet deep in
the gully between the city and the
river.
reports to the weather bureau
from Moffit, Menoken, Mckenzie,
Wilton, Hazelton and
Sterling indicate moderate rain,
some wind and no hail. The only
report of severe hail so far re-
',clved is from a strip one and one
half miles wide and six miles long, [
IL miles south Of Mandan, where
.r0ps were completely destroyed.
Windows in all parts of the city !,
were broken, either by hail or wind.
Plate glass fronts in many BUSH
ness places were blown in, causing
much damage to stocks. Consider
able damage was done to the Hos
Gins Meyer greenhouses. Eleven
windows were broken in the state ;
sapit0l-tw0 in the governors of ,
ice, four in the highway commits
non offices, four in the senate
.hamher and one in the office Of s
he tax commissioner. These were I
II broken by the high wind, as !
screens prevented the hail from
'caching them.
Dairy Ram Wrecked Il
The large dairy harm on the
FISCHER farm near the Country
lub was wrecked by the wind. and