Bicentennial Story #66-Building collapse at Richardton

Bicentennial Story #66-Building collapse at Richardton

Account in The Dickinson Press of the collapse of the Catholic seminary being built in Richardton in September 1899.

7/31/1975

Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort

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BS-066

Richardton, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

In the summer of 1899 some Richardton people helped the Benedictine Fathers and Brothers to build a large frame building which would serve as a residence, a temporary church and a school. In early September the Dickinson Press reported: "The frame of the Catholic Seminary was blown down last week. The laborers were all at work inside and barely got out before it fell. Several of the men were scratched and bruised by falling timbers. Father Vincent received the most severe wounds, but is now around again. The building will be rebuilt." The Father Vincent mentioned later on became the first Bishop of Bismarck.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 66, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller, for the Stark County Historical Society.

Dickinson Press, Sept. 9, 1899

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Bicentennial tape #2, Bicentennial stories 46-66