Telegram-herald., 1891-02-21
A TOWN GONE.
The Flood Sweeps Away . Village
in Nas, Virginia.
Fate xf ths fo~a 81 kIsersgis Ne
Lives lost-A Remark aisle Storm
fs2ges ln the west.

az hlxersigis. q sselsra of farkerStsstk.
was entircis Swept away ~ Haas
THURSDAY. IL esRt4snod al.oaI eoe ~
AAhitanis Ne Less ol iifr l. reFartea
claFros, A T.. feh "a Tbs rixes
was 81 stand al night. hss Thursday
morning began 10 rise, sad soon i ~As
washing the Arizona a New MeNiea
ro2abed The North Clifton bridge
ana several residences have been swept
away Much debrss has eone down The
river. NciiS Fargo A 70. : asenI bad
10 remove express and other matter to
. place If security.
fIrTsBTEsH. Pa. Feb "a. TIE
flooded portions az the clty have ieen
given ever a. The ciiy health bureau.
aud the poorer Glasses NVhe can nat
take care ~ their eamAEed pnmerst.
have beer handed over a. ihe bureau
business gener.ily viii nst be resumed
nntll neat wsek- AGiroaQa are now
runpine ea Ulaf.
Hs1fAiNi. a. feb. "a Tae ohle
river reached "a hiChe4a poiH Thurs
duy morning sne IL aoN al a stan tstili
rhs iarsi Wari of iAe ctF - entre.r
suaalsrre2 and . anmser of houses
washed away. Ia IS raauing here ana
i' IS reported 'Aat tac river D. rising
again a. Pittsburgh.
CINcINAAIg, Feh. 20 The Gopa from
ihs upper ohio has reached here ana
mas raised the ryer teei aiad ? inoi' ~
the last twenty hci.rs Ligi" rsin
falling az cay continues caaa-ng al-
preaeasiop - ~ teet or raure SO river
here.
srftRFNvlLIE. o.. F"h. 20 r lee
highest Stare q Fafer l~aehed IAas--
day was 81 feet inches. hf.aglng Il up
10 w,t.i-a lee; iache> 81 the great
re IN February, lest Iae water has
begun 70 reeede and Is aow two feet ee-
low the h'eAe7i mars
CHICAGO Feb ga cold, ineesSant
rain That froze as i fen PAT glazed
coating ga Chicago payemenis Ihs~s-
day night aad converted telegraph
wires into ropes n ice y started out
20 be a repetition of the great sloet-
storm Of 1855. Al th- Western
Union telegraph Office il was
reported al midnight that ile
wet and freezing storm EXTENDED
from the Aileghanles - the Rockies
north Of Mason and Dixon hne IL
began at o clock p m and within
half-hoSr the telegraph lines began 10
give way 70 H. before 10 o'clsch near
ly ah the wires within vast area 81
the storm region had been rendered
useless 10y the icy coating which Gov
cred them. from IholAhaPoiia Nes.
toward Kansas 1sAy VA hec''"A 81
oemorallzeo telegraph service
lhe western hlon ielegFapD Aoin-
p2ny announces lhal wires are ooF
indlscriIninateIJ al al points cas- ana
west The storm mas done great AsFo'
every whefe' ana meier ies'of's oi ~
violence are beng received IRON every
direction.
According 70 the local 'ni'eu states
slgnal-ssTviee bureau ne storm started
IA Southern eai.iornla inese~y even
ing III moved east lhIoagh NeM MeA-
leo. uien norlheas' 70 Kansas aao 81
souri- mere turhe" east A~'ns
sweeping over iNeni1ckY anu .a"ntheth
Illinois wednesday nlght y "heeiee
around aid started no.th WIZ a iFoao-
SIDE extending from NeattTl hansSs
and Eastern kcatncky-
JoIIET, H., Feb. &o.-Jolet expe-
rieaced severe sleet-st3rm Thursday
night. The electric strcet-ears are
totally disa abled on account os iee on
the overhead wire. Trees all over the
city have broken down under the
weight Of ice.
GALEsBUEo, III. Feb. 2o.-A heavy
rain storm prevailed here Thursday
night, the water freezing rapidly.
Trees are loaded down aud telephone
and electric light wires are 80 heavily
coated that many have already broken
from the weight The streets and walks
are sheet of ice
CARTHAGE. III. Feb. ga storm ~
com bired snow. hsil and slcct ragged
here Thurs2ay. TIE rain VIII bc y
grrat benefit 20 crops and stockmen.
MLwAvKEK. Feb "a 49, Tho worst
snow-storD Of this winter set IA about
6 o'clock Thursday evening. by
o'clock it was necessary 10 run snow
plows over the street-car lines.
but still there were numerous
blockades. and by 10 O'Clock four
horses 20 car were neces-
sary. On the electric road travel
was almost entirely suspended at 10
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