The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-02-22
MERCILESS ELEMENTS.


Many Persons Reported Killed by Cy-
clone in Southern Towns-A Gale Adds
to the Ruin by Floods Near Evansville,
Ind.-Burstkng of Dam at Los Angeles,
CaI.-Stage Coaches Lest in a Dakota
Blizzard.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 2O.-A cyclone
passed throughout Southern Georgia and
Northern Alabama yesterday afternoon,
producing great loss to life and property.
At 1870 o'clock heavy clouds portended a
renewal Of the storms when the fiood-gaTes
of heaven seemed to be opened accom-
panied by a cyclone of wind. Signs and
everything that could be detached
went flying in all directions. Soon
houses were upturned, ana flying timbers
carried death and destruction in their wake.
Reports from Walker, Paulding, Chatta-
nooga and other counties are freighted
with disaster. In East Rome the residence
of the United States Commissioner is COM
pletely demolished. One thousand resi-
dences in that county were similarly de-
molished. In Cave Spring great loss of
life is reported. Among others, Mr.. Gill
lard and his son were killed by the falling
beams of a house from which they
were attempting to escape. Two ne
groes also persisted. Mrs. Hoke was fatally
injured. The family of Mr.. Ford, five per-
sons in all, were seriously injured, to what
extent is not known. At Anderson and
Ladiga, Ala, some fourteen persons are re-
ported killed. Houses were blown down in
large numbers Every house in Anderson
is reported down. At Cave Spring several
houses were demolished and an old man
named Gaillard killed. Captain Lapsley's
house was blown down, and his sister-in-law
is supposed to be killed. Ten or twelve
neighboring houses were destroyed. Reli-
able information is hard to get.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 20.-A terrific
gale set in at three o'clock yesterday after
noon and continued until midnight, when it
began to subside. Much damage was done
to shipping and it is feared that there has
been much loss of life In the submerged
districts above and below here. The farm
house and barn of Laken Fitzgerald,
across the river, were swept from their
foundations and wrecked. The house of
Charles Ware, on the bayou above the city,
was swept away with its three occupants,
and wrecked against trees, by means of
which the occupants escaped. A boat
manned by two men who went to their as
sistance was also wrecked, its occupants
also climbing trees. All were rescued after
two hours.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Feb. 20.-Owing
to heavy rain-storm telegraphic commune
cation has been interrupted with Southern
California since Sunday night. Los Angeles
dispatches received via Deming and Ogden
report that the dam at Los Angeles River
broke Sunday evening, producing the most
disastrous flood eyer experienced there.
The lower portion of the city was COM
pletely inundated, hundreds of families
being obliged to abandon their homes and
seek shelter in the hills. Forty buildings
were washed away. The loss is $3.50, 900.
From Los Angeles to Mojave, distance of
one hundred miles, hardly mile Of the
Southern Pacific track remains intact
East to San Gorgonio for eighty miles the
devastation is equally great. The California
Southern, from Cotton to San Diego, is
washed out, and travel in all directions is
suspended. 1t will probably be two months
before communication is properly re-estab-
lished. Reports received from towns in the
southern portion of the San Joaquin Valley
announce the heaviest floods ever known in
that section.
LAMoURE, ID. T., Feb. 20.-One of the
worst billiards ever known burst upon
Dakota Monday afternoon, and lasted
throughout the night. -Four. stages were
due here at five o'clock, but only one ar
rived. AS the weather was fine up to the
middle of the afternoon, the citizens be-
came alarmed for the safety of the pas
sengers and drivers, who must have
been caught in the sudden storm.
1t was impossible to do anything
for relief Monday night, but yesterday
forenoon several search parties were organ
iZed The Glendale stage was found turned
bottom upward in snoWdrift half way be-
tween here and Yorktown this afternoon.
Mail bags and buffalo robes were lying near
by. The searchers went to settlers resi-
dence about two miles west and found A.
w. Sutley, the driver, who was suffering
from frozen face and hands. He said that
the storm came on so fiercely when he was
five miles from LaMoure that he could not
drive his horses in any direction. He was
alone, and concluded that the only way to
save his life was to dig in snow-drft and
remain there al night. He unhitched and
started his horses away, and they have not
yet been seen. The plucty fellow then
made bed with the sleigh and robes, and
remained there until daylight, sleeping part
of the time. His suffering was intense, de-
spite his wraps, but he will probably fully
recover. He was brought to the hotel here.
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