Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-27
NAroRMDo.
instructive Gale ana Rain-Storm In the
~ - Nest and South,

negtruCtiye -Gz8fe ana kt8ln-Storm IN tuc
81. West and South.
- Ozark. Ark, April 10.
At nearly one o'clock Saturday morning a
disastrous tornado struck White Oak, sta
.tion on the Little Rock & 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 a,ue
'haii-storm, which lasted TIL 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 mine dollars being
found. He was seriously injured about
the spine. l.. r. III. Wallace,sp resi-
dence, stable and store, occupied by j. f.
Cox, were leyeled, as We're I, 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
were uprooted, broken and twisted like
twigs. One more than two feet thick lay
over the railroad track, the iron rail beneath
it broken in pieces. Pile after pile of great
railroad ties were found blown around as il
they had been matches, AID a carload of
lumber had been emptiett, the -side-stakes
broken short off. Reports of destruction of
nrn IF fa f,.or
direction. - - - y
At Gays Mill, two miles west, one small
residence is all that remains standing. F.
J. Lewis house anil llan adozen others are
in ruins. - ~ = @zas :
A storm of such severity was never before
known here. The tornado reached Conway,
Faulkner County, on the sanie railway, at
three p. M, from the northeast No one
was killed, but several were badly injured.
- s.. OMAHA, Neb.. April Is.
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 commune
cation little can DC learned. Several build
ings in this city have. been undernfiaed by
pletely wrecked.
TOPEKA, kaS, April Is.
| A wind-stom of more than usual
violence prevailed herefor thirts>six hours,
blowing down trees aud unronfing many
light buildings. Reports received here In.
dictate that the storm has extended to the
interior of the State, and in some localities wa.
| very severe. The wind was accompanied
| by sharp lightning with light falls of rain
! the air being very cold. A few miles weS
of here boy named McGonigle was struck
by lightning and instantly, killed. . TT 2
DAVENPORT, Ia, April Is.
| A very severe storm of wind and rain. &C
| companied gby vivid lightning, swept owe
this region Saturday afternoon, doing som,
damage to fences and outhOuses. A section
hand employed OH the Chicago, Rock Islam,
II Pacific Railroad, one mile southwest of tin
city, attempted to seek shelter under
treight-car standing OH side-track, and wa
in the act of crawling beneath it when h,
was struck by lightning and instantly killed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April l6.
\ wind-stom here Saturday afternoon
unrOofed the residence of the jailer and tor,
away the porch and tin roof of one of tn
largest business buildings i'm the city. N
injury to life or limb is reported A heav,
rain fell at the time of the wind whic
seemed to-be a part of a cyclone that ma
have done much damage elsewhere, as
roaring high in the air seemed to indcat
that the iiercest part of the storm must hay
passed over us and struck elsewhere.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April l6.
The storm has cut off all Geographic com
nunication with the West and North. fun
Their than Brainerd, in this State.
a Meteor Story from Texas.