Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-04-26
WIND AND WATER.
Destructive Gale and Rain-storm In the
West and South.

OeSEruSt1FS Gale and ESatn-Storm In the
West and south.
OZARK, Ark, April I6.
At nearly one o'clock Saturday morning
disastrous tornado struck White Oak, sta
ton ON the Little Rock s. Fort Smith
Railway, ten miles west of this town. The
wind blew from the southwest, and the force
was beyond the power of description. The
sides of the mountains, which before the
storm were covered with trees, now show none
standing, even the oaks being snapped in
twain like pipe-Stems. After this came a
hall-Storm, which lasted till the ground was
covered with ice. Many stones were nearly
as large as hens eggs. F. II. Risor, the
postmaster, lost his store and residence and
probably most of the mail. Three hundred
dollars IN currency was also scat
tered by the winds, eighty-nine dollars being
found. He was seriously injured about
the spine. L. r. II. Wallace's resi-
dence, stable and store, occupied by J. E.
Cox, were leVeled, as were also the resi-
dences of j. c. w. Murray and all others at
that place. The storm averaged three miles
in width. 1t came from the south of the
river, at point near White Oak. The tel
egraph wire was blown down for nearly four
miles, and no fence can be seen anywhere.
Trees two and three feet in diameter
NS1S upiOOJCO, DTOk6n anu JW1Steu ike
tWlgs. One more than two feet thick lay
over the railroad track, the iron rail beneath
1t broken in pieces. Pile after pile of great
railroad ties were found blown around as if
they had been matches, and q carload Of
lumber had been emptied, the side-stakeS
broken short off. Reports of destruction of
property and loss of life come from every
direction.
At Gays Mill, two miles west one small
iS all ms
j. Lewis house and half dozen others are
in ruins.
A storm of such severity was never before
known here. The tornado reached Conway,
Faulkner County, on the same railway, at
three p. M, from the northeast. No one
was killed, but several were badly injured.
OMAHA, Neb., April 10.
The storm has Frustrated nearly every
telegraph line west of the Mississippi River,
and in consequence railway trains have to
run cautiously for lack of orders, and have
failed to make time. Some damage by
hail and wind is reported from different
sections, but owing to the lack of communi-
cation little can be learned. Several build
ings in this city have been undermined by
washOuts, and one brick building was COM
pletely wrecked.
TOPEKA Kas., April 16.
A wind-storm of more than usual
violence prevailed here for thirty-six hours,
blowing down trees and unTOofing many
light buildings. Reports received here in
dictate that the storm has extended to the
interior of the State, and in some localities was
very severe. The wind was accompanied
by sharp lightning with light falls of rain,,
the air being very cold. A few miles west
of here boy named McGOnigle was struck
by lightning and instantly killed.
DAVENPORT, Ia, April 16.
A very severe storm of wind and rain, ac-
eOmpanied by vivid lightning, swept over
this region Saturday afternoon, doing some
damage to fences and outhOuses. A section
hand employed on the Chicago Rock Island
& Pacific Railroad, one mile southwest of the
city, attempted to seek shelter under q
freight-car. standing on Side-track, and was
in the act Of crawling beneath it when he
was struck by lightning and instantly killed.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April Is.
A wintl-storm here Saturday afternoon
unrOOfed the residence of the jailer and tore
away the porch and tin roof of one of the
largest business buildings in the city. No
| injury to life or limb is reported. A heavy
rain fell at the time of the wind, which
seemed to be part of a cyclone that may
have done much damage elsewhere, as a
roaring high in the air seemed to indicate
that the fercest part of the storm must have
passed over us and struck elsewhere.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April Is.
The storm has cut off all telegraphic COM
munication with the West and North fur
ther than Brainerd, M this State.