Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-03

day. HRil-stones Weighing over three
ounces fell. No damage WAS done here.
,lonsidsrable damage is reported from
Birds Point, Mo-, where the storm, 1t 10 re-
ported, struck the town and blew down
several houses. All wires from this CITY are
down, and there is no chance to obtain
further information from the surrounding
country.
HEAVY SNOW AT MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, March 27.-The first blizzard
OF the Season ID raging hero last night, but
as the weather Is comparatively warm the
suffering entRiled Is net considerable.
Snow is falling heavily, however, and the
vii d Is blowing lierceiv. Though In spots
the sidewalk AFRO bare of shoT, In other
places within "a yards the drifts are piled
so high that tho street car lines have had
to suspend traiile. Telegraph wires scatter
the streets ami trip up ped 4strtans, and
brought down 10 . minimum the attend.
| ance ut the meetings shat wera held to.
| night.
MEMpuis, Tenn, March 30 "A severe
wind storm set ia o. 10 O'clock Thtfsday
morning and prevailed with more or less
fury until 2 tate hou last ght. The maxi
mum velocity reached was As miles an
hour. Some slight damage was done to
property nil over tie city, consisting atnly
| of damaged roofs ami broken windows.
| Telegraph wires were generally down,
| although communication WIS maintained
with Nashville, Little Rock and New Or
! leans.
Specials from Nashville report a terrific
storm north OF there. At G4liatin, Tenn,
| several houses were demolished. John
! llibh.tt, his two children and young girl
We're killed ny falling walls. Mrs. Hlbbitt
was seriously hurt. james Patterson and
Mrs. Tatnm were badly injuret and 1t is
thought both will dc. Several other people
| were severely iuilred,
The iron bridge over Drshler's creek on
4 the Chattanooga d Nashvlle road was
blown down and all trains have been abAn.
! med.
The town of Raisln ls sell to bs COM
! plete wreck, every house except ono b9ing
+ d molished. A child Of Postmaster Woods
was killed and number OF Others seriously
| Injured.
AT Fayetteville, Tenn, SIX or seven build.
ings were blown down, negro woman
killed aud number nj persons hurt
At Bellevlew, KY, Johu NeK3sn and two
ne.roes were burned to death IN building
which blew down.
NEW TOWN sTRrcKEN-MASy KILLED AND
WOUNDED.
EVANSVILLE, ISD., March 20 Mr.. James
Motif .st, Il director nj thu Grand River
C5mpapy ut Grand River, Ky, arrived IN
the city late latr Night and hripFs details
OF the havoc plsyil tcere by tho storm.
The city Is located about 10 miles south
OF padIc md midway hatwsen tho Cum
bsrlnnd and Tennessee rivers. i IL small
place, the headquarters Of company
organized to devs op the Iron industry
The principal m 70 was completely do.
stfoyei, the hJtal partially so and eight
other houses blown down nad eOmbletely
destroyed. bIr. Elchtrd Breek, Abs Murray
and little boy were killed and II Others
seriously injured.
The new iron bridge just built over the
Cumherland by the Nawp)r News Il MIaEis'
sippi Valley Railroad Company near kut.
tlWa was wrenehet from the piers aud
thrown into the river. Tho track OF The
storm was also through EidYylle, whore II
struck negro eettIetnent and Killed two
persons and wounded 10 othels.
BuGLDtSGs wREcRED ASD PEOPLE KILLED,
Louisvu.LE. Ky, Marca 80 "A Courier
Journal sUeclal from Evansville says tna
the Flitpn street. brewery there was
wrecked BY the storm Thursday night and
f1ur men were caught. One Of these was
taken out dead. rafee others, Charlie!
Title, Ed Keliy and Joseph Vinegar, N,
bill imprisunsl IN the ruins, but 1t Is DO
lievad Will ha reseuea alive.
Tho tug insl 10 was caught by wind ard
capsl2ai. An ulknowp negro was drowned
0n / washed ashore. The mall share Thari
wA5 driven M on the bank and 2JO tons oil
fleight greatly danaSed.
Amos White left his wife and baby In a
house on plies IN the tverabovs Evansville
to come down for provisions. When he at
tempted 10 return he was driv5n upon the
shoto by tho wind ard had to give It up
Yesterday morning he chartered a ting ant
steamed out to whete his home had been. III,
house had been carried away and his viii,
aud baby periahed White tried to throw
himself from tha tug lnto tho river, but wa.
held. Hs Is now in jail q rayinS maniac.
The Louisville Il Nashville trains, south.
bond TO Nashville, ran into trae across
the road near Sebree, Ky, and WAS com.
petNly wrecked. Peter Burns, the enSi'
neer and one OF he oldest on road, ant
w. W. Powell, brakeman, were killed.