Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-02-27
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second-class matter.
Snow, Thunder and lightning and Wind
Storms
A wind stoim of cy cloD;c proportions, &C.
companied by hail and rain, swept over
Memphis and vicinity Tuesday, doing an
i'm nepse amount of damage to property and
causing the loss of at least one life.
Brownsville, TenD., was the worse suhsr-
er so far reported. The storm struck the
town while its inhabitants slept, and hau
done iis terrible work before the real sltus-
ton was realized. 1t came from south.
westerly direction and was preceded by
rumbling poise which lae;ed few seconds,
and then buret upon the town 10 appalling
fury. Residences rocked like cradles and
heavy brick buildings tfembled like leaves
az The storm swept by in its impetuous
career. leaving wreck and destruction every
where. While the storm ragged the rain fell
in torrents; vivid lightning flashed across
the nrd skies, and heavy thunder added to
he fear and confusion of the horror-strlcken
neoDle. Daylight revealed the fightfu
work Of the cyclone. Almost every build
log on the public square WAS unroofed, caus.
iug great damage by water 10 immense
stocks OF goods, while scorea Of residences
vgare Cigmantle6 aud are in ruins. The loss
will exceed $4,000
The only life reported lost is that of Mrs.
Jaues Cooper, tue wife OF an engineer a
tree fell across The house, crushing it in,
killing her and badly ipjurng two OF her
children.
At Mariana, Ark, the new Christian
Church WAS completely demolished. Les.
ser's cotton shed was blown away, and the
roofs of several other buildings were lifted
off About three mics west OF town ne
gro schoolhouse, with sixty-fye children in
it. was blown from liz foundations, but no
one was hurt.
The White river at Bstesvile, Ark, rose
eight feet in few hours, washing away cul-
yerts and delaying trains badly.
Three houses were blown down near
Riverside and several buildings fattened
out in the southeastern portion ofthe county.
The Hot Springs old observatory, which
has stood for several years on the summit
Of Hot Springs Mountain, and from whose
top thousands of visitors have viewed the
surrounding country, was leveled to the
ground by the gale.
The etorm played havoc with the entire
country between Hot Springs and the Oaa-
chita river. Many farm houses were torn
TO atoms, and the path of the a!orm is one
mass Of wrecked timber. Large trees we're
uprooted, and in many places the roads are
com pleley blockeded by fallen timber. 1t
is net yet known whether any lives were
lost. but that there we're is more than prob
able, owing to the destruction of 90 many
farmhouses.
Considerable damage was done to build
ings and fences at Little Rock, and at Al
exander, near that place, schoolbouse was
blown down, and nine children injured.
Adyioes from Norfolk report that the little
bridge on the New River division OF the
Norfolk and Western was carried away by
q freshet Tuesday night, suspending travel
for several days.
The worst snow and wind storm OF the
season is prevailing in Ashland, Wis It has
been showing and blowing ever since SUP
day night.
Tuesday afternoon blizzard OF great vio-
lence swept down upon Oshkosh, Wis, and
in less than half en- hour three inches OF
snow had fallen, SAD it was with the great
est difficulty that the street cars operated.
The storm ia by far the worst Of the year.
The effect will be keeny felt in the lumber
camps, where the snow is already so deep
that logging operations are carried on
with difficulty.
The most vicious snow storm in two years
ragged Tuesday and yesterday at Water.
town, Wis. The snow was accompanied
With q fierce wind from the North, and the
mercury lowered rapidly. The roads are
drifted badly. The railroads are blocked to
some extent
A cloudburst Monday night at Cambridge
CITY, Iud., caused Marlindale creek, near
that place, to rise SO quickly that woman
and three children were drowned. They
belonged to party of gipsies encamped
near the stream.
Monday night Catbondale, ILL.,, was visit
ed by the heaviest rainfall that has occurred
for the last fifteen years. 1t rained inces-
sanity until noon Tuesday. The low lands
are inundated. a tornado at Bainbridge,
fifteen miles east. completely demolished
the residence of J. Snyder. There were
several inmates in the dwelling, and all
were injured, but none fatally. Several
buildings were blosn from their founda-
tions and badly damaged.
Advices from other points in Illinois and
Indiana report severe storms, accompanied
by thunder and lightning.
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