That house was near NDSU just across from 13 th street. We went an toured the damaged area after it was over with and the thing odd I remember was one with its side peeled of and seeing the bath tub still there. I kept asking mom were he was as I guess he went up to watch. That got things going as he rushed us down the basement. It looked as it was coming straight at us. I was in the street in front of the house and then I heard a rumbling sound an then looked towards the northwest and I could see fast moving dark cloud with lots of debris floating around. I know our family did not know there was a tornado was coming. Our whole family was sitting out in the front yard as it was muggy but did not seem to hot. Diane Miller, Highland, CAĥ4) We lived at #1 South Terrace and I was 8 years old. There was one this week that wiped out an entire town in Kansas, I feel so sorry for those people. I still talk about it and think about it when I hear of tornado?s on the news. It?s funny that when you are young you remember only the significant things in your life I feel that that tornado was truly significant. You know it?s funny, I don?t remember a thing after that, the clean up etc. There wasn?t even a splinter around the edge where it was wedged in the wall. When we went into the bathroom the plank was sticking through the wall. There was water and glass all over the dining room table, including the cherry pie. When we went up to our apparent, everything was wet, my sister?s favorite teddy bear was soaked. When we looked up on the side of the building, we saw a 2X6 plank embedded straight into the wall of our apartment, which was on the third floor. His toolboxes were sitting on the sidewalk next to his truck. All the power lines were down the only vehicle on the street that didn?t have a scratch on it was my Dad?s pickup. When we went outside, the house across the street, I remember they had just finished remodeling it, was completely gone, only the front steps remained. ![]() I remember how still it was after it was all over. I remember after a time it got very still for a while, then started up full force again. It seemed like it went on for a long time. I remember holding my little sister, she was so scared. My Mom and Dad grabbed the mattress of the bed and held it up to the window, I remember them struggle to hold it in place, all the while the kids were crying. Since it was a basement, there were small windows up high. ![]() The wind was howling so loud it sounded like a freight train was coming through the wall. I remember everyone trying to control him, finally my Dad knocked him out and he fell to the floor, where he remained. There was a man there that was really drunk and kept trying to get out. We were all squished into a very little room, there was a bed and a crib in the room. There must have been at least that many adults too. We got to the basement, there were about 6-8 children, including my sister and me. I remember all of us running down the stairs as fast as we could, we didn?t take anything with us, just ran. ![]() All of a sudden the lady from downstairs, ran up the back stairway and yelled for us to get to the basement FAST that there was a tornado coming. My Mom had prepared dinner and we had just finished eating, she had made a cherry pie and had just served it to us. I remember my Dad was home, which didn?t happen very often as he was a long distance truck driver. ![]() We lived on the top floor of an apartment house that had three floors and three apartments. So as a 3 year old I donot where it was but I recall it was such destruction. - Roger Wimpfheimer, Power, Idahoĥ5) In 1957, when I was 7 years old, I lived in Fargo, North Dakota, with my parents, Bud and Helen (Bohlman) Quiggle and my little sister, Marilyn. I recall walking through damaged neighborhood & seeing the destruction. Our house lost some shingles is all I recall hearing mom & Dad had said. Sam & I were playing outside till started to Rain then came inside the house. Deke was out with friends playing Baseball. Dad worked for the Great Northern Railroad & so he was out of town. Static radio signal so she turned the radio off. Mom said she had the radio on & it was raining outside. Our family was dad Christ Wimpfheimer age 60, mom Hulda age 39, my step brother Robert (Deke)Diegel age 15, my brother Sam age 5, myself Roger age 3. Personal Accounts and Comments on the Fargo Tornadoĥ6) Some of this is after the fact recollections from my mother.
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