Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-28
FATAL CYCLONE.
WIND, RAIN, HAIL, AND o"o"
THROUGHOUT THE WEST.
Town Reported Destroyed and se'erA'
Hundred People KILLED and InJure"
Communication Cut on
By telegraph to tho Disps,ch.l

L.
Texas. on the western side sixty n lIIeo
north in Colorado, and on the northcldd
/ side thirty-six miles north in Nebraska hh9
south Dakota. with a severe blizzard ana
snow in Nebraska. Warnings were scns
out this morning for severe loc'u iI stoin'
in the States Of Ohio, Indiana lIIin s1s'
! Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia a.o d I
hama. md for a severe ifiOrther. extending
from Kansas 10 Northern Texas to-hlg i
and tomorrow morning. AT noon tue
storm had moved eastward. so as 70 cover
all Of Illinois, with high winds, lineage
reporting forty miles east ana increasing.
The storm will be felt on the AtisntS ooaS.
tonight or tomorrow morning, pr odIu al.
severe local storms IN the interior auo ees ~
! crly gales on the coast from Hatteras 20
Maine, and high southwest WINDS Oh the
South Atlantic coast.
COMMUNICATIONS CUT OFF.
WASHINGTON. March 27.-Al telegraphic
communication with Louisville NY;
ceased tonight shortly after o'clock ana
| has not since been resumed. A report
comes by way Of Jacksonville. Ind that
the cyclone has done great damage 10
Louisville, particularly in the western por-
! tion Of the city. where many buildings arc
in ruins and there has been great loss OF
life. Those reports come from people Wno
| crossed the river 90 Jeffersonyille to-mght'
but as telegraphic communication. WIN
| Jacksonville is confined 70 the rallroad
| company's wires used in moving trains
particulars cannot so far bo had.
BEYOND THE RRAcH OF WIRES.
NEW York, March 2s.-The terrific storms
! West appear to have been of fatal force IN
the vicinity of Louisville, Ky., although
there are no positive definite reports upon
which TO base an estimate OF dam
age. There is not at this hour,
2 o'clock A., NJ, nor has there
been for several hours. any information
whatever from the city Of Louisville
or vicinity. There have been rumors OF an
alarming loss of life by the force of the cy-
clone, but everything needs confirmation
The absolute breakdown of telegraph ia;
| ciities causes great apprehension anu
suspense. The city of Louisville IS pc
yond all reach of telegraphic communi-
| cation. and is a dead city so Tar
! As wire communication is concerned.
The cyclone must have spent Its greatest
| force here. 4 report Just received here says
Chief Operator Breed Of the Western
Union at Louisville had arrived at
Jacksonville, Ind, across the river
from louisville. lie reports terrible
destruction there. almost tho en- en-
tire western portion OF LOUISVILLE
being in ruins and l, 900 to 800 supposed
10 be killed. This information Is SAID to
have come over railroad wires between JET
forsonville and Indianapolis. This must
only be taken rs a rumor, as there are no
means of confirming the reports at present
and the statement is only given III the ao-
sence of authentic information.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LorIs. March 27.-At 3 o'clock this
afternoon il rained deluge, lasting ten
minutes. but beng sufficient TO transfer tho
| cutters into miniature rivers. during the
I =, una lrnra
sjye. and there were many who eX-
pressed alarm at the PROJECTS of "a
second visitation by cyclone. The skies
cleared rs quickly az they darkened,
and it turned cold. with high winds,
which blew down signs and wrecked a few
chjmneys. From various points IN the
State come reports of the storm. At
Olnev. H.. the storm was very severe, IN
| roofing houses, overlapping barns, ana
wrecking windows and chimneys.
ST. LOUIS. March 27.-The electric-lIght
station building was unrOoted, Mrs.
Schmidt's restaurant was unrooted, and her
boy was blown out of window, but es-
capped unhurt.
| 4 two-story frame building occupied by
! Mrs. NJ. Sponsler as millinery shop was
crushed like an egg-shell and Mrs. spoons
Ter buried in the ruins. She was quickly
extricated and found 10 be seriously In
| 1uroO. 49,,
The storm struck the house Of Dell Har-
rell. which was completely demolished.
The family sought safety in the cellar and
escaped unhurt. go,
The residence of Mr.. Mathes was lifted
from its foundations and crushed. burying
the family in the ruins. All escaped serl-
Gus injury save Mrs. Mathes, who now
lies in a critical condition. A COW and
calf were taken up by the wind and car
ried over a quarter OF mile, being dropped
in field uninJured.
The streets present desolate appear
ance, being filed with debris. Adyicess
from jefferson City, Cape Glrard, and
Charleston, Mo-, state that the storm was
very severe, and at the last place one life
was lost-a woman, name not gwen.
SNOW IN KANSAS.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, March PA storm
has prevailed throughout Kansas and
Southwestern Missouri to-day. Snow IL
reported from portions of Western Kansas.
Tho barometer varied in different locali-
ties from % degrees at Wichita to % at
this point the lowest reported for years.
The velocity of the wind was extra
ordinary for such q long-continued storm.
At Wichita, Kan, the wind did considerable
damage Heavy plate-glass windows were
smashed in, signs displaced, and chimney
TONS blown down The water-works
buIldiug was partially unToOfed and part
of one wall was blown down, falling upon
a workman named William Eads and Sc
verely iniuring him. Ia the northern part
Of the city, where the wnd had 1rees'
! nlav. several shanties and Out-hOuses were
demolished. The telegraph wires are III
bad condition. At Abilene, Kansas, con.
siderable damage was done to chimneys
signs. and cornices. Snow fell during the
| afternoon.
NATURE OF A blizzard.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, March 27.-Dspatches
from Sioux CITY, Iowa, say that the storm
extends over the State and partakes Of the
nature of blizzard. 1t began showing
there at noon. and at O'Clock III the eve
ning the snow had fallen to the depth OF
fifteen inches in the western portion of the
State. Trains from the West are delayed
| and some have been abandoned entirely.
Dispatches from Lincoln, Neb., say that
the storm throughout that State was OF ex
traordnary severity for this season OF the
wear. The wind blows at q high. rate OF
velocity and snow is falling rapidly Tn,
snow is from four to eight inches deep anC
trains are delayed.
THE RIVER FALLING.
CINCINNATI. ONO, March 27.--At ] O'CLOCK
tonight the river had fallen two feet anc
two inches. The steamer Keystone STATE
left for Pittsburgh this evening, riding the
highest food an 0hio-river packet evel
rode. IL has been DRILLING all day until
tonight, when heavy rainfall set IN, Inc
Upper Ohio Valley report says rainfall pre-
walls everywhere.
SNOW. RAIN. AND sLEEr
CHICAGO, March 27.-The storm which
reached here at noon to-day las been gene;
raj throughout the northwest. Snow Tel
and then turned into rain and sleet, accom-
panied by wind blowing thirty-hye OF forty
miles an hour.
HUNDREDS KILLED AND INJURED.
CHICAGO. March PA late special says
that Metropolis, small village IN limos
about thirty-fiVe miles from Cairo, was, de,
stroyed by the storm and several hundred
people were killed and injured.
sTREET-cATs SUSPEND TRAFFIC.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 27.-The wea
: ther is comparatively warm. but snow lel
{ heavily and the wind blows fereely II
= places drifts are piled so high that I'M
, street-car lines have had to suspend tral
? fic. Telephone-wires are scattered IN us