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Mother and Baby Escape <br />The house most damaged was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hunt, just across <br />the road to the northeast from the Walton home. Mrs. Hunt was home and upstairs <br />was a five months old daughter, Delores, asleep. The mother rushed up the stairway, <br />grabbed the baby and started toward the cellar, clasping the little one tightly. Every- <br />thing went black. The house was torn off the foundation and piled a mass of broken <br />boards, timbers, furniture a hundred feet away. When the writer arrived at the scene, <br />there was little debris in the basement, but rows of canned fruit in glass jars were <br />exposed to the elements. A call was put in to Anoka and Chief A. W. Chase of the <br />fire department went with the driver to the scene and mother and child were given <br />first aid and the doctor found no serious injury, just bruises. The barn and out- <br />building were wrecked. <br />Storm Loses Force <br />Here the storm seemed to lose force and no more serious damage was reported. <br />When the news reached the Union, representatives rushed to Dayton, and later to <br />Nowthen. Telephone, telegraph and power lines were down. Reaching Dayton, a <br />highway patrolman was on the job. A truckload of soldiers going west stopped to <br />give help if needed. In the Warneke barn was a dog, chained. A young man went to <br />release him and was bitten on the right hand. Cars stopped at the scene as traffic is <br />heavy on No. 10. Soon railroad repair men appeared; electric power workers and <br />telephone men began the job of untangling the news nerves. The REA crews started <br />repair work at once. Sheriff Olson was on the scene, and Harold Blewett was watch- <br />ing men clear the debris from the roads. <br />Hail and Heavy Rain <br />The Elk River Star News said: <br />There was a heavy rain, and a hail storm accompanied the twister, hail stones of <br />record size being reported. Hail as big as goose eggs or doorknobs fell, some measur <br />ing as much as 21/2 inches in diameter and over seven in circumference. <br />The clouds were so heavy that it became almost as dark as night, and local <br />citizens were genuinely alarmed at the prospects of a disastrous storm. However, by <br />late afternoon the storm was over, the sky cleared and the sun came out nice and <br />bright. <br />52 <br />