Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-03-01
ANGRY ELEMENTS.
Parts of Tennessee and Arkansas
Swept By the Wind.
An Enormous BODY OF Earth slips Into
tho Ohio River-Trees and
Bowlders Carried
Away.

MEMPHIS, I0nn., toD. St.-A VIM
storm of cyclonic proportions, accom-
panied BY hail and rain, swept over this
section OF tho country Wednesday, do
ing an immense amount Of damage to
property. The storm in Memphis was
severe, but no material damage was
done.
At Brownsville, Tenn, hfty-six miles
northeast OF this city, the storm broke
while the people were asleep 1t came
from south westerly direction and was
preceded by \ rumbling noise, which
lasted n fow seconds. Rain fell In
torrents, vivid lightning flashed across
the lurid skies, and heavy thunder added
to the winds terror. Almost every
building on the public square was un-
rooted, causing great damage by water
to the stocks Of goods, whilo scores OF
residences were dismantled. The bust
ness houses that suffered most were rs
follows: Kings hardware store, Mann's
opera house, Hughes photograph gal
lcry, Brewers grocery store, Hotchkiss
Il Lyle's dry goods, Scott, Lord & Glass
drug store. Fannin & Thomas grocery,
Winston & Wildcr's dry goods and the
cotton compress. The Jewish syn
agogue, the Methodist Church, the Zap
list Female College and the court house
were also unroofcd and otherwise dam
aged. The loss will exceed $50, 900.
The only life reported lost is that OF
Mrs James Cooper, tho wife of an en-
ginccr. A tree fell across the house,
crushing it in, killing her and badly in
iuring two Of her children.
At Kcathley, Tenn, the bank
building Of Winslcy, Fisher & Baird
was blown to splinters. Thirty-ave
persons were in the building at the
time, Of whom about six were more or
less injured-none fatally. Among tho
injured wore: George Kitchner, OF
Lowell, Mass. head and thigh Sc
verely bruised; E. o. Cross, Of Proc
torvillo, VT. right leg crushed at
the thigh; George Thatcher, Of Middles-
boro, arm broken, DR.. Hudgings, of
Knoxville, Tenn, severely injured in
the side and both legs and one arm
broken.
At Mariana, Ark, the new Christian
church was completely demolished,
Lcsser's cotton shed was blown away
and the roofs OF several other buildings
we're lifted of. About three miles west
OF town a negro school house with
eighty-Hve children in it was blown
from its foundation. but no one was
hurt
The White river at Batesville, Ark,
rose eight feet in n few hours, washing
away culverts and delaying trains bad y.
Three houses were blown down near
Riverside and several buildings flat
tened out in the southeastern portion Of
the county.
The storm played havoc with the en-
tire country between Hot Springs and
the Ouachita river. Many farm houses
we're torn to atoms and the path Of the
storm is one mass Of wrecked timber.
Large trees were uprooted and in many
places the roads are completely block
AIDED by fallen timber 1t is not yet
known whether any lives were lost, but
that there were is more than probable,
owing 10 the destruction OF 80 many
farm houses.
Considerable damage was done to
buildings and fences at Little Rock and
at Alexander Near the latter place a
school house was blown down and nine
children injured.
SNOW AND RAIN STORMS
CHICAGO, Feb. 81. Reports from Ash
land, Oshkosh and WATERFOWL, Wis,
are that fierce snow storm ragged
Tuesday, doing great damage by block
aiding railroads and street cars and
freezing farm animals. A similar storm
prevailed in Iowa Tuesday night
In Illinois, Indiana and Ohio Monday
and Tuesday thore were terrible rain
storms, and reports of damages are
coming in from all sections.
At Cambridge City, Ind, q cloudburst
Monday night caused Martindale creek,
near this place, to rise so quickly that u
woman and three children OF the Hall
family were drowned. Thoy belonged
10 party OF gypsies oncampod near the
stream. Tho bodies have not yet been
recovered.
At Carbonate, Ill, Monday night
that place was visited by the heaviest
rainfall that has occurred for tho last
fifteen years II rained necessarily UNI
til noon yesterday, The lOwIands are
inundated and this will interfere with
railroad travel. A tornado at Balm
bridge. fifteen miles east, completely
demolished the residence OF j. Il.
SNYDER There wero several inmates in
the house and all were injured, but none
fatally. Several buildings were blown
from their foundations and badly dam-
aged
An enormous body of earth, including
several acres Of surface OF bill which
rises abruptly from the Ohio river on
the Kentucky side, opposite Lawrence.
burg, Ind. slipped into the Ohio river
Tuesday with frightful sound. The