Plateau gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Tenn.) 1883-1884, 1883-04-21
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p"t'rn"' ~ pui rsin Storm In the
ia.stn.d south.
OZARK, Ak, April 10.
~. 'oco', Saturday morning
Gi",t"i n; = y struck White Oak, a sta
TO-, "a 80 i.t.!e III k I; Fort Smith
!. ivy. to. mixes VI Of this town, The
vi Ky ti1ia thl sout west, and the forcs
was beyolil TIE power OF description. Tho
SIDES Of the mountains, which before the
storm. were covered With trees, now show none
standing, even the oaks being snapped in
twain like pipc-stems. After this came
hail-Storin, which lasted till the ground was
covered with ice. Many stones were nearly
as large as hens eggs. F. II. Risor, this
postmaster, 10 t his store and residence and
probably most O. the mail. Three hundred
dollars IN currency was also scat.
tnd ly the winds eighty dollars being
iound. lie was seriously injured about
the spine. L. Il. ii. Wallace's resi-
dence, stable and store, occupied by J. +.
Cox, were leveed. as were also the resi-
dances OF j. c. w. Murray and all others al
t.at place. The storm averaged three miles
In width. 1t came from the south Of the
river, at a point near White Oak. The tel
egraph wire was blown down for nearly our
MIS-, and no fence can be- seen anywhere.
Trees two and three feet in diameter
were up'ooted, broken and twisted like
twigs One more than two feet thicl; lay
over the railroad track, the iron rail beneath
It broken in pieces. Pile after pile Of greet
RAILROAD ties ere found blown around as II
they had been matches, and a carload of
lumber had been. empticd, the side-stakes
broken short off. Reports OF destruction of
property and loss OF lie come from every
direction.
At Gays Mill, two miles west, one small
residence Is all that remains standing. +.
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, OH the same railway, at
three p. M, from the northeast. No one
was killed, but several were badly injured.
OMAHA, Ncb., 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 cOMmuLi-
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 10.
A wind-stOrm of more than usual
violence prevailed here for thirty six hours
blowing down trees and unrOoting 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 r lin,
the air being very cold. A few miles west
Of here boy named McGOnigle was stuck
by lightning and instantly killed
DAv. MORT, Ia, April Is.
A very severe storm of wind AMI rain, &C
companied by vivid lightning, swept over
this region Saturday afternoon, doing some
damage to fences and outhopses. A section
hand employed Oh the Chicago, Rock Island
d Pacific Railroad, one mile southwest Of the
city, attempted to seek shelter I'M Ter a
freight-car standing on si,le-track, and was
IN the act Of crawling beneath II when he
} was struck by lightning and instantly killed
| JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, April ~.
! A wind-stoum here Saturday afternoon
unUofed the residence Of the TALLER and tore
away the porch and tin roof of one Of the
largest business buildings in the city. Nc
injury to lite or limb is reported. A heavy
rain fell at the time OF the wind, which
SEEMED to be a part Of cyclone that may
have done much damage elsewhere, as I
roaring high in the air seemed to indicate
that the firrceSt part Of tile storm, m,lSt have
passed over sis and struck elsewhere. .ss-5
/ ST.. PAUL, Mimi. April Ia.
The storm has cut OiT all telegr,phc com
n,uhlicati0n with the West and North fur
tier than Br;linerd, in this State.