The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-04-28
The STORM KING.
SNOW Billiards, Bis Blows, Heavy Rams
and the Deadly Cyclone.

notable DAYS ia the almanac of 1855 lOrI
extraordinary disturbances throughout theI
country in the realm OF the storm KING
In wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska, asI
well as in Northern New York and NcrI
mont, they had heavy snow storms, accom-
panied with destructive winds; in Iowa
and Illinois the halcful winds were accom-
panied with a cold, heavy rain fall and
down south the disturbance" assumed
the form of the deadly cyclone" strew
ing its track with devastation and death.
WYOMING, COLORADO, NEBRASKA.
A Cheyenne despatch oil Sunday, says i
One of the sevorest snow storms Of the
season struck Wyoming and Nebraskal
Saturday, prostratlng telegraph wires inI
All directions and biGckadlng the railway
cuts. There Is blockade of snow ncarl
Sherman station, the highest point of the
Union Pacific road, east and west passen
ycr trans are lying at Cheyenne and
Laramie City, respectively. The storm
was a blizzard and was severe for the
time. 1t extended over most OF Wyomlngl
and Western Nebraska. The cattle loss Isl
nominal btChUst tHt Snu" IN pISolDS away
rapidly with the wind
A Denver despatch of the same date
says:
During the storm liz The mountains yea
terday a passenger train on the South
Park railroad was blown from the track
near Como, and the baggage car and three
coaches turned over on Their sides but nc.
body vas seriously hurt m storm was
very severe, the wind attaining Il velocity
of sixty miles an hour, and the snow badly
drtlod.
A Des MONIES, Iowa. despatch Of the
same date:
The storm that swept oyer iowa last
night assumed The feature Of cyclone I'M
some sections. Along the line OF the Ma
PIC River extension OF The Chicago and
Northwestern railroad it seems to have
been the scvorest, as the Catholic church
and three houses were blown down AZ
Danbury the stock of a lumber dealer was
carried away, intlcting a damage that Isl
estimated at $4,000 There was heavy
rain during most of the night, covering a.
large area Of the Northwest territory.
One incident of the blow in Iowa Is thus
related
Near Dunlap, Harrison county, the cy-
clone dropped on J. T. Green's barn.
There were sixteen cows in Il row on one
side of the barn and three horses on the
other The barn WAS torn all to pieces,
and the horses were blown thirty yards,
but none were killed. The floor was taken
| from under the cows and carried one hun
bred yards, but all the cows save one were
| left standing. One COW was carried 100
| feet, dashed to the earth, and killed. Mr.
Green's fine greenhouse was entirely car
ried away, together with $700 worth of
plants His ice house was next taken, and
not vcstige of 1t remains, although the
ice itself stands there unmOved, with the
sawdust over it, Mr.. Green's wagons,
buggies, rcapers, seeders, plows, etc, are
scattered everywhere. Nothing remains
but his house.
And despatch from Montgomery, N.
Y, of Monday says: "a heavy snow storm
set IN this morning and is raging general.
ly over Northwestern New York and
Northern Vermont"
IN ILLINOIS.
While in this part of the state the dis
turuance" manifested itself only IN a cold
and disagrecable ram from the northeast,
! accompanied with considerable thunder,
lightning and wind, terminating with a
cleanup and warmer weather on Tuesday,
100 to 100 miles south Of liz, IS at Clinton,
Mattoon, &c, the cold rain changed INTO Il
snow fall on Sunday night of from to q
inches, together with hail that did some
damage,
DOWN SOUTH.
! But this outbreak in the Northwest and
i Northeast was trlling compared to the
terrible work of the storm king in portions
Of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
The cyclone appears to have touched
!, ground little west of NaichC2 and TO
have ragged IN an easterly ana northeastern.
l. direction, dividing on the east line OF
, Mississippi, one branch eXpending Its
force little beyond Chattanooga, and the
other raging across Georgia to Savannah.
The towns that suffered mostly in its track
were Bcaurega rd, in Copiah county, Miss.
on the New Orleans, ST. Louis Il Chicago
; railroad; Wesson, on the same road, enc
mile further south; Tillman, on the
Natche2 and Columbus road; Lawrence
on The Vicksburg and Meriden road
West Point, on the same road; q few small
towns IN Alabama further north, and last
ly Chattanooga on that route, while dozens
; of towns and plantations were devastated
, on the route across Georgia 10 Savannah
/ The storm had been ioreshadowed by
heavy gales for three or TOUR days, and on
, Sunday lowering clouds indicated Its near
D approach by deep, rumbling SOUNDS, The
E windows OF dwellings shaking with such
. violence that many thought there was al
r earthquake, tue thuader roaring and light
ming flashing with alarming force and
. vIyldncss. Throughout its course fence,
0 were torn down AID trees uprooted and
c cast hundreds of feet away.
About 4 O'Clock in the afternoon i
1 struck Beauregard. The depot was blowr