The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-22
WIND, ICE AND SNOW
Dc. Fearful Damage in Western
and Southern States.
A SUDDEN STORM IN TEXTS
Ruins the Fruit aud Vegetable Crops.
Millions of Acres Inundated by
the Missouri Isiyer-HeaVy
Snow Storms in Iowa.


CHICAGO, March 2l.-A special from
Poplar River, Mont, says: The Mis-
souri, river broke yesterday. Ice dam.
formed, the river oyerflowed its banks
and the whole river bottom, which in
cludes millions of acres OF land, is inun
dated for over 100 miles. There will be
a great loss Of cattle.
A dispatch from Bonham, Texas, says
For the last two weeks beautiful spring
weather has been experienced in this
part OF Texas. Yesterday the thermoul.
eter took tumble and snow commenced
falling. 1t showed hTdall day and full
| " six inches fell. Garden vegetables,
flowers, and fruit and blossoms mingled
with the heaviest snow that has fallen
in Moth Texas in many years, and pre-
sent most novel sight. The fruit
crop is destroyed. The storm came
from the Northwest.
A Racine, Wis, dispatch says: The
warm weather OF the past week and the
heavy rain Of yesterday broke the ini-
mense volume OF ice in the river above
the Northwestern railroad bridge, and
in the afternoon il began to move down
the river. When the immense block
reached Mead street bridge, the outlet
was not sufficiently wide, and n gorge
was formed about forty rods wide and
from fifteen to twenty-five feet high.
At Sioux City, Iowa, much anxiety is
felt by the settlers on the low lands be-
yond the bluffs north OF the city, be-
cause of the prospect OF an overflow like
that of 1881.
At st. Vincent, Minn., the worst storm
OF the winter set in yesterday afternoon,
and farmers who were in town were
Obliged to remain over night. Roads
were becoming blockaded.
At Hoibr00G, Arizona, snow began
falling Monday night and continued dur
ing most OF yesterday. II is the worst
snow Of the season.
At Kingman, Arizona, it showed all
day Yesterday. There has been no such
storm OF wind and snow for many years
The snow is drifted to depth OF many
feet in many places.
At Eau Claire, Wisconsin, one OF the
worst snow storms OF the winter pre-
vailed yesterday. The snow was heavy
and OF the wettest texture, andlS inches
fell, much OF it meltingas it came down.
The result has been the ruin Of the roads
in many of the logging districts, and
nothing can be done until Il hard freeze
comes.
LOSS OF LIFE IL TENNESSEE.
A dispatch from Nashville says: Dis
patches tonight state that the hurricane
which did such great damage ut CAL
houn, Gu, last night, passed over East
Tennessee. At and near Leno!r much
damage was done and several lives lost.
The residence OF j. II. Williams, three
miles east OF LanOir, was completely
swept away and his wife carried OFT in
the wreck and killed. The body OF
Mrs. Williams was found to-day in
the Tennessee river, where II hpd
been blown. The next residence
struck by the storm was that Of q. w,
Hardin. The building was demolished,
but the family escaped. The home OF
James Linginfalter was reduced to kind
ling wood. In it were John II. Smith,
who was killed, and little daughter of
Linginfalter, who had her leg broken.
The dwellings of William KingandJo John
Gideon were blown down. Seven mem
bers OF the King family were badly in
iured and two OF the Gidcons were SO
seriously hurt that they cannot recover.
The house OF Lafayette Proctor was
wrecked and Jackson Proctor was blown
over the garden fence but was uninjured.
The cyclone travelled in northeasterly
direction. At LoudOn, Tenn, the house
OF George Moses was completely de-
stroyed and every member OF his family
badly hurt. Andrew Worley's house
was also carried away,
A special reports terrible wind storm
at Calhoun, Ga, last night The storm
demolished the Baptist and Methodist
churches, destroyed several houses and
unroOied every house in the town.
Numbers of cattle were killed. No loss
of life has been reported but four or five
persons were wounded by falling tim
Der.
4 passenger train on the Chicago 4
Northwestern r0ad is reported showed
in between HaYana and ClaremOnt,
Mimi, with between 1870 and 200 passep-
gers on board. Provisions are exhausted
and supplies were sent this afternoon
from 0watonna, there being no pros
peOt Of getting the train out.
A cyclone struck Lumber City, Ca,
this morning. B, Y, Holland, Of the
firm of Holland, Strickland & Co., and
w. b. Whiddon, Of the firm of Whid-
don 4 Holland, both prominent men,
were killed,
An Atlanta, Ga, dispatch sRysi A ter
rible electric storm enVeloped the State
last night, beginning about ten O'Clock
andlasting until aftermidnight. In Fair.
burn both the Colored churches were
demolished, chimneys torn of, shade
trees were uprooted and other damage
done,
Calhoun suffered most in North Geor.
gia. 1t was visited by a fpnnel,shaped
cyclone, which cut swath seyenty-hve
yards wide through the middle Of the
town, taking in the court house and sta
ton, a negro brakeman Of the North
eastern train was killed by u falling tree,
The Storn nj PITT shurrI