The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-28
EASTERN BLIZZARD.
Damaging Storms Through the
Middle States.
" - 4 lIeE-slzED HURRICANE.
0s9sss Bisun Dewn. Tssegraph Csonu-
ntesstsas est OF - Lives Lest
In Several states.
" - 4 lIFE-slzEp HURRICANE.

q. Lcrss. March 1.-There was ssvere rain
Storm and high wind In tina cfxy this afsernoon.
bur heyonda leo aens blown down no daznaeo
was don<- From various points In the sssse
come rspor;s taas thess was heavy STORM oax
20 fas not of . ssxioas nature. the most damage
being st weob City and Carthage
A special from Olney. III. receised fonixhf
esys the storm va very severe there. ucrocang
hoasss. Cvsrturninx barns and urecking WIN
dous and ehinneya bat no lives were lost
CISeIysAu. March G.-Thefe uas heavy
tb9nder aud rain storm In thia city this evening.
lasting over two hours the courss oelng south
and southwest through Ksntucky, southern In
diana and Southern Illinois and Aiddie and
westefn Tsnnessse. wtre communication q en-
news from the upper Ohio valley reports fall
In the rsver everywhera.
CAIEo IL, March IA wind and hall storm
passed over Cairo this morning. No dAmaHs
uss done hsrs. bat considerable damage wns
retorsed from Birds Point, No.. where IL =
aid several houses were wrecked: asso along
the line OF The Mobile 4 Ohio rsiiway.
Al wires are down from this city. and there 10
no chance Of obtaining further information.
siocx ClrY. L.. March IA suoustorm here
today was the heaviest OF the season Trains
are Delayed and eli foads are abandoned AL
transit lines OF The city are blocked The snow
b drifting hsdiy tonight
CHICAGO, March IA severe storm. which
reached here q noon, has been ssuerAi through
our the northwest. snow fell heavily this
afternoon for IN hoaf. then turned into rain
and sIesf accompanied by . furious gale The
telegraph service tonight is crippled In all disec-
tioua
KAssAs cIrY. March IA storm OF severe
intensity prevailed throughout Kansss aud
Southwestern Missouri today. IL follows q sea
son of warm spring weather. SNOW 10 reported
frtTn of hat ~
fall is not heavy. The velocity Of the wind was
extraordinary Tor such q iorg-confiuuod storm.
Al Wichita IL blew forty miles IN hour. and
did considerable damage. TIE waterwofks
were partially demolished and William Eakin
was fatally injured. In the north part, where
the wind had Tree play. several buildings were
demolished
Tslsgrxphie wires are generally prossratcd. At
Abilene, Kas.. the wind Was not so severe. but
considerable damage was done.
MINNEAPOLIS. March 21.-Tclegraphic reports
from points in Minnesota, Dakota and Iowa.
show that general snowstorn prevailed during
the day. This storm was most severe in North
ern Iowa, where railway traffic is impcded.
Stock viii suffer TO some extent In Dakota .
wet snow IL regarded ~ . great benefit 70 the
crops now being feeded The temperature at
all these points Is bat little below the freezing
point
LIScoIs. Seh.. March THE storm through
oat Nebraska was extraordinarily severe for
this season The wind blows ~ high rate, and
the now 10 failing rapidly. The snow II % wet,
however. that IL does not drift, but causes much
delay 70 travel. being four TO eight inches deep,
and trains ara delayed from three TO I'VE hours
No damage 10 reported by the high wind.
MILwAUKER. March G.-The first blizzard of
the season II raging In thiK vicinity tonight
The wind ia blowing farious.y and the srow IL
drifting % badly thst street car lines have bad
TO suspend trafhc-
CArkc. III, March IA tornado sSrncs the
town OF Metropolis, H., this evening doing
great damage 10 property. Many houses were
blown down No loss Of life 10 a. yet reported.
Mil creek mills were also visited by the storm.
and considerable damage ID reported. Wires are
down for SIX miles. and no iurt5er information
can be Obtained tonight
DuHuevE. Ia. March IA heavy wind and
snowstorm has beea raging since neon The
wind ID forfy miles per hour. temperature
freezing and traffic greatly Impeded.
NEW YORK. March IA report Just received
here says the chief operator O; the Western
Union Company. az Louisville. has
arrived at Jeisersonvillc. Ind, across the river
from Louisville. He reports ter
ribie destruction there, almost the
entire western portion OF the city OF Louisyflle
being in ruins. and 1000 to i.5o0 people sup
posed to have been killed.
This information Is said 10 come over q rasl-
way wire between Jefersonville and Indianap-