The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-28
BIZ WIND AND FLOOD.

eral Lives Lost and Much Property De-
stroyed-Thousands of Acres Flooded
and Many Lives Destroyed in Louisiana
by Reason of High Water in the Missis-
sippi.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 26.-Late dis
patches received here say that cyclone
struck the town of Colemansville, in Harri-
son County, yesterday afternoon, almost
totally demolishing the place. Eight or ten
| people are reported killed and a number
injured. The hurricane then passed across
the railroad, between Berry and Boyle sta
tons, going east across Licking River, over
turning and destroying everything in its
course and killing several people. The tele-
graph wires are down and details are
meager.
BOYD, KY, March 26.-About four D. m.
destructive cyclone passed here, blowing
down everything in its way The inmates
of houses fled to the wells and cellars, and
many persons were injured. The number
of killed is not yet known. Live stock
were blown about like feathers A rough
estimate places the damage at $500, 900.
The homeless are being cared for by those
| not Injured.
DAYTON, O., March GA destructive
cyclone swept over the country to the south
east of here last evening, tearing down for
est trees and sweeping away barns and
houses. An eye witness says out of a black
bank came funnel shaped cloud about one
hundred yards in length. This was driven
before the storm at terrible rate of speed.
The storm struck the little town of Oak
Ridge, about eight miles south of here, and
passed on a serpentine course through thick
woods, telling treesslike blades Of grass be-
fore the Scythe. Both the Pan Handle and
Toledo, Cincinnati q ST. Louis roads were
blockaded in several places by falling trees.
A hired hand on the farm of Thomas An
drews was instantly killed, his body being
found several hundred yards away. A farm
house belonging to one Wilson was blown
over and child crushed by falling timbers.
The cyclone continued on in a southeastern
direction, destroying everything in its way.
Other people are supposed to be injured,
but reports from the places are very meager.
RICHMOND, Ind, March ga tornado
accompanied by hail and rain, struck this
city from the northwest early last evening,
departing as suddenly as it came, and leav-
ing in its track diverse evidences of its de-
structive force. The only loss of any con-
siderable amount resulted from the blowing
in OF portion Of the walls of the First Bap-
fist Church. Terrified horses ran through
the streets with capsized vehicles, but no
one is reported hurt. Nothing is heard
from the country, where the storm must
have been fercer.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 26-Yester-
day morning Nashville was visited by the
seyerest hail-storm ever known. The storm
lasted an hour, and was accompanied with
terrific wind and rain. Stones fell as large
as mans fist, crashing through windows
destroying gardens, and terribly Furnishing
all animals unfortunate enough to be out of
doors. The storm was general in this sec
ton OF the State, and great damage is re-
ported in the surrounding country.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March ga ter
rifle thunder, hail and wind storm struck
the city yesterday afternoon. Hail covered
the ground for several hours, the stones
weighing from one to two ounces. Much
damage was done to windows and store
fronts The cyclone struck the northern
part of the city, demolishing fifteen frame
buildings. No lives were lost, but several
persons were slightly injured.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 26.-Kemp
levee broke yesterday, and an Immense vol
ume of water is pouring through the cre-
vase, completing the inundation of Tensas
parish. Kemp, one of the largest levees in
North Louisiana, was destroyed by the flood
of 1882, but was rebuilt by the United
States Government last year at cost of
$4,000. The levee can not be repaired
at the present stage of water, and the
result of the break will be to force the
people in the parishes of Concordia and
Tensas upon the charity of the country.
Five parishes of the State, Madison, Ten
SaS (10OpOrdia Pninfn Coupaa and Mo
Baton Rouge are now almost completely
inundated, and the overflow of water in
seeking an outlet to the Gulf, will probably
devastate the rich Teche country. There
will necessarily be great suffering, even if
there are no more crevaSseS, and the loss of
property will be enormous in the five par
ishes now overlooked. There are
1900 whites and $1,000 negroes,
the latter being principally tenant
farmers or working on shares.
The water will sweep away what little per-
sonal property they possess, if not the
houses in which they live, and it is safe to
say that at least fifty thousand of them will
be absolutely dependent upon charity until
the water disappears, which will not be for
some weeks to come. Thousands of them
are already crossing the river to the high
lands, where they will camp until the flood
subsidies. The river has been falling slow
ly from the mouth of Red River to this city.
Here the fall was two inches
BATON ROUGE, La, March 6.-The Pro-
lection levees in West Baton Rouge parish,
along Bayou Crosse Tete and Fordoche, re-
main intact. Urgent demands for lumber,
sacks and implements used in protecting
levees are received daily from points below
the mouth of the Red River. The Governor
received a dispatch saying the lower
Ouachita and the Little, Lower and Upper
Tensas Rivers sections were entirely over
flowed. People and stock need immediate
relief.
DUBUQUE, Ia, March 26.-The river at
this point is rising three inches an hour and
has risen eight feet in the past forty-eight
hours. The ice gorged at the bridge Monday
evening and completely smashed one of the
ice-breakers, carrying it down the river UNI
til it came in contact with a ferryboat,
Wrecking her to some extent. Adyices from
the spinerieS and other sections north of
here show the creeks and riyuletS to be
booming, and higher than for several years
past. Ii such is the case Dubuque is liable
to bev visited by destructive flood at any
moment
SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.--At 4:45
yesterday afternoon San Francisco.reeeiyed
such shaking as it has not experienced for
sixteen years. Never since 1868 has so
heavy an earthquake visited this peninsula.
The first intimation was that of an up
heaval lasting about five seconds. This
was succeeded by tremulous movement,
which was followed by second and more
violent shock which shook the most solidly-
built structures in the city. The earth
quake lasted about twenty seconds.
1t is not improbable that Mount
Everest, 80, 002 feet, which has hereto
fore passed for the monarch of the Him.
alayan chain, will be dethroned. Mr.
Graham and his two Swiss guides, in
their recent attempts to scale some of
the higher SUBMITS, distinctly saw two
peaks rising to the northwest of Mount
Everest which they believe TO be consid-
erably higher. General Thuillier, Di-
rector of the Indian Trigonometrieal
Survey, thinks this quite possible.
President Endicott, of the Oregon
Transcontinental Company, says the
reason he ramoynd tho onnaral offioas