“My dad was just sucked out and ended up underneath a grain truck. He held on.” – Lorrece Usselman Werner talking about her father Pius, who took shelter in a creamery during the Fort Rice tornado. She was quoted in an article in the Bismarck Tribune.
This massive tornado traveled 15-20 miles (there are discrepancies in the record) through parts of Morton and Emmons counties. Most of Fort Rice was destroyed. Per newspaper articles, the population of this village was approximately 50. Thomas Grazulis noted, “A large church was leveled at Fort Rice. Its pews jammed four feet into the ground.” He also documented that parts of a car were carried a half mile.
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