The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-06-20
STORM DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
WEST OF RIVER
Crcp Loss Ranges From 25 TO
100 Per Cent-Plains Sta
tiCn Hard Hit

Lightning. gale blown hail, and rain
IN torrentlal quantities that flooded
roads on the praires inches deep.
sent creeks over their banks and
caused heavy crop losses. struck
Morton county Sunday afternoon. An
extensive check conducted this morn
ing indicated loss Of from rs to
loG per cent on grain crops IN band
tour to 10 miles wide. extending from
the west Morton county line south Of
Hebron, Glen Ullin, through Sims,
Almont and Glen Ullin to Mandan.
The country between Glen Ullin
anc s.. Joseph and the area around
Sims seemed the hardest hit At
Sims trees were torn out. small
buildings were blown over and farm
machinery tossed about. A telephone
in the house of the Northern Pa
cific agent 1T Sims was torn from it's
moorings and deposited $50 yards
away on the railroad track.
Scores of windows were broken by
hail in the city of New Salem.
Station Suffers Damage
At Mandaa the hail was badly
spotted. Farms here and there suf-
fered "a 25 per cent loss from hail
but others escaped entirely. The
United States northern great plains
field station was hard hit Windows
in the buildings were broken. rye ex-
perlmental plots are 80 per cent
loss: wheat is damaged % per cent,
while the heaviest loss is to the fruit
crop which is 80 per cent knocked
from the trees with the remain ing
fruit on the trees badly bruised
Flasher had terrific. cloudburst.
while on the Custer Flats. an area Of
100 square miles south Of here, there
was comparatively little hail although
the rain fell in torrents that flooded
roads from ditch to ditch
Bolt Knocks Boy Unconscious
Three boys from Harmon, II miles
north Of here. two Hanson brothers
and a youth named Hayd. took refuge
in a railroad bunk house when the
storm broke up ball game being
played near Sanger. Lightning struck
the center of table in the room
where they were eating their lunch.
All three were rendered unconscious,
one receiving a bad burn on the arm.
but they were recovering today.
At New Salem the territory to the
northwest Of the city and to the
southwest was hit by the hail, caus-
ing 81 loss ranging from 20 to 30 per
cent on wheat to total loss ION rye.
Most Of the farmers carry state hail
insurance. few in that area having
withdrawn. Northeast of New Salem
the loss was trfling, according to
bankers. The city was hit by the
storm, scores Of windows in resi-
dences and business houses being
| broken.
. VI. s. Tschida of Glen Ullin states
| that farmers in strip eight miles
| vide between that city and st. Joseph
| had had anywhere from so per cent
I; to total loss on wheat. The rye crop
| is total loss. Flax, MN Tschida
! said, was not seriously damaged. The
loss north Of Glen Ullin was not SO
there was no hail. although rain fell
in torrential quantities.
Telephone Lines Out of Order
Telephone lines to Center, Sanger
| and other points north in Oliver
Mercer and Dunn counties were Out
of order today. Southern Oliver
county had heavy rains but very
little hail. This is believed to hold
true Of the country farther north.
Wind in northeastern Grant county
caused some damage. The Siou,
county reservation country had .
heavy rain and some hail. The Loss
from hail to the south was not gen
erals Hail stones the size Of hens
eggs tore through the tops Of cara ioi
Sunday cutters in the Thinner are,
along the Cannon Ball river. Th(
Rice while Schmidt suffered cloud
burst.