Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-29
The Storm KinR.

A terrible storm passed through Green,
Christian, Sangamon and other counties in the
state OF Illinois, on the night Of the 24th, des-
troylng an immense amount of property and
killing dozen or more people, besides injuring
At Lorraine, Iowa, on the night of the 2sd, a
cyclone destroyed seven houses and number
of outbuildings besides injuring several persons.
most protracted storm that has visited that por-
ton of the country for long time. In the
valleys the rainfall was almost constant, over
flowing rivers, sweeping away bridges and wash
ing away levees and railway tracks. Fortunate
ly the rain changed into snow on the Sierras,
otherwise the whole valleys Of Sacramento and
San Joaquin would have been devastated by the
flood. In the mountains some idea of the Sc
verify of the storm may be obtained when it is
known that over sixteen feet of snow has fallen,
while In some places on the line of the railroad
it has drifted forty feet deep. Avalanches have
ing snow sheds, burying the track and carrying
away telegraph lines. Near Alta q landslide
buried and tore away the track and road-bed.
Snow-plows,. each driven by ten engines,
were pushed through the gathering drifts with
out cessation, and hundreds of men have toied
wi w3th shovels where the plows could not go.
The storm has now ceased, and the track is
virtually clear with the exception of the land
slide, which is being removed by mining.
Advices from Fayetteville report the storm of
the 18th, as having been p4pgecasntsay g osvere
Kitton. Dr.. Paddock, fremont house, three
story brick hotel, killing Mrs. Glass, wife Of the
proprietor. DR.. BOles and Baum Bro q stores.
the east end Of the Mountain house, jennings
stable and Coffees two story bricks were utterly
wrecked. Eight or ten frame dwellings, east Of
the town were lifted from their foundations and
torn to atoms. Many houses are unroofed,
quite . number of people were wounded and
one child killed. The horses in jennings stable
were killed. ~ -
Latest advices from Texas county, NO., says
the town Of Licking, is entirely destroyed, ex-
ceptng three houses, by the storm on the night
of the 18th. Three hundred persons are home
less. One life was lost and seventeen persons
wounded, five Of them seriously. Damage
fully $50, 900. The tornado did immense injury
to al kinds of property in the county.
:, Morgan county, suffered very severely from
the same storm, the track Of the destroyer being
strewn with demolished houses, barns and other
farm property: The little town Of Barnettsville
wss %s.t torn nearly 70 pieces and several people
"A report from Panther valley. Is miles from
-MaSshtield states that seven people were killed,
numerous deaths are reported from Green
The northern portion of Arkansas suffered
severely by tornado on the 18th. The town
Of El Paso, in White county, about fifty miles
north OF Little Rock, was destroyed, and DIR.
Hainston, his wife, MI. Paul, his wife, and four
etteville and Dardanelle, much damage m was
done, and loss Of life is reported.
hock coqntv, Wis.,, suffered severely by
storm on the afternoon Of the 18th, the village
Of shopiere being severely handled. The ad-
joining townships Of Turtle, La Prairie. Brad
cattle, buildings, fences, ETC., the total loss IN
the county reaching probably $1OO, 900. Among
the chief losers were: Hon VIM IT S%ark,