The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-04-20
SNOW, HAIL, RAIN, Wind.
A Variety of Storms Devastates
the West and Northwest.
A Train Runs Through a Shower
of Mud in Kansas.

A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo-, says:
When the through express train on the
Union Pacific Railroad arrived here the
other morning it presented remarkabl BILE ap
psarance, being covered with mud an inch
thick. The headlight Of the engine was en-
tirely covered. and the car windows
were so plastered over that. no Light
that at Rossville. Kan, near Topeka, the
train ran into shower Of mud which came
down for some time from the clouds. The
mud is supposed to have been taken up by
waterspout
A snowstorm has caused q great loss OF
horses and cattle in Colorado. The snow
was badly drifted and all the roads blocked:
The trains on the Union Pacific Railroad
were behind time, caused by train being
derailed by drift.
The snowstorm also prevailed in the north
and west Of Nebraska. Advices from Colo
RADIO say the barometer was the lowest In
sixteen years.
A furious blizzard ragged at Red Falls,
Mimi, the wind sweeping over the prairie
with immense velocity, accompanied by
drifting snow. More than a foot OF snow
fell
A heavy rain set in at Decatur. H., and
rain known there for thirty years. Cellars
were flooded, the ~Sangamon rose out OF It's
banks and several wagon bridges spanning
it were dislodged.
A very severe rain storm prevailed at
Hilsboro. Ill, during two days. The streams
were all out of their banks and great damage
was done to property in the bottoms. Trains
were unable to run on account OF the wash
outs and the unsafe condition OF the bridges,
and business was generally suspended.
Leo Dale was instantly killed Dy hgnt-
ming and his brother was probably fatally
injured during q severe electric storm at
Ellington, Ill. Seven washouts on the Van
daIia line were caused by the storm. All
trains were temporarily abandoned. The
Wabash River was at the highest ever
known, and number of bridges over that
stream have been carried away.
The st.. Mary's River, which runs through
the centre Of St. Marys, Ohio. rose higher
than it has been at any time before since 1858.
and the houses in the bottoms below were
inundated, while the wheat crop below was
flooded out and much damage was other
wise done along its banks.
A tornado struck Kirksville, Mo. 1t tore
Off the cornics of the First National Bank
and the fronts out Of three stores on the east
side throwing the bricks nearly across the
street, It passed on east wrecklng chin.
news. porches, etc., Of houses, until 1t reached
the last two houses in the row, which 1t COM
pletely demolished.
The storm at Cherry Valley, Mo-, was
terrific. A funnel-shaped cloud IN the AFTER
noon was seen approaching the town from
the southwest. 1t was accompanied y
draw near it could be- seen turn
Ing and twisting about with terri.
bic velocity. 1t travelled with incredible
sneed and barely missed the town. 1t de-
molisbed sir houses of the village. killing
two persons and fatally injuring another.
The house of John Reeves, farmer. was
torn to pieces by the cyclone.
Mrs. Reeves was killed outright. and Mr.
Reeves was fatally injured. Mrs. Perry
Nixon. the wife OF another farmer In the
vicinity, was also seriously injured IN the
demolition OF her house. Mrs. q. W. Law
son was struck by lightning during the
storm and instantly killed..
Robert REYNOLDS, freight conductor on
the Great Northern, was instantly killed
near Oiata- Mimi. His train was backing
up but on account Of the fierce snow storm
he did not see it. and was struck and had his
The storm drifted cattle in droves into the
Platte River in Nebraska, where many were
chilled to death. The loss will be heavy.
The WORST SHOW StOIIn VI enS oooocs "oo
renortsd from along the Burlington
in the Black Hills. AT Alliance, Neb.,
trains were showed in, Heavy snow
storms were reported raging be.
tween Valentine and Chadron, and at
seneca in the north Of . the STATE and NJ in IN
dition to the general havoc and dismay
caused by the wind storm, heavy rain
washed out the bridge on the Union Pacific
Railroad. -.
The blizzard continued most OF the night
around Miller, South Dakota, and snow
drns drads ~ head of stock wandered with the
storm and perished.
An unparalleled storm Of rain. snow and
hail ragged at Aberdeen, South Dakota.
The fall OF snow was simply tremendous,
and in consequence railroads were badly tied
up. While seeding will be greatly delayed,
farmers and all others ara well satisfied, and
encouragement is felt.
Snow plows and shovelers were set to
work west and north. The rainfall in South
Dakota was the greatest ever known IN
April.