The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-05
AGAIN THE CYCLONE.
The Town Of Barnhill, Ill,
Almost Entirely Destroyed.
WIND SWEEPS THE PRAIRIEs.
A Holiday for Kansas City School Chill
fngs Might BE Overthrow.

FArRYIELp, H., April IA report has
Just reached here that Barnhill, seven
miles south, was almost entirely wiped out
By Q cyclone this afternoon. Only
three houses were left standing in the
town. Mrs. Henry was fatally injured
and other people painfully hurt. No fur
ther particulars are at hand.
tBarnhill. Wayne county. is on the Springfield
Illinois Southeastern railroad. There are
2.6s2 inhabitants In the townshipl
oMAHA, April 4.-Reports from Western
and Central Nebraska and South Da-
kota shows that . severe blizzard
Is In progress. The mercury
fell forty degrees in three hours
st Grand Lodge, and a norther is prevail
ing The worst snowstorm of the season
is reported along the Burlington, in the
Black Hills. At Alliance, Neb., trains
are showed in. A heavy snowstorm IS
raging between Valentine and Chadron,
and at Sanai Wires in Eastern Colorado
are down in nearly all directions, and
trains are delayed. A blockade is feared
in the north and west.
JULEsBURs, Col, April 4.-Charles Rosen-
quest, f. Gorham and Joseph Cievet, to-
gether with Clevet's two daughters, were
living in barn which was blown away
this morning. They were soon covered
in q snowdrift and managed to keep alive
till rescued. The intense cold froze
limbs, fingers and feet, but all will recover.
The loss of cattle and horses in the sur
rounding country was very large. Union
Pacific trains are delayed by train
wrecked in o snowdrift. No one was in
jured.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, April IA severe
wind and rainstorm in Eastern and West
ern Arkansas today did much damage to
buildings. and several houses were blown
into the river at Pine Bluff At Carlisle,
II. Hilbert had his home demolished.
A Farmers Alliance picnic was held
near Cove on Saturday. A storm came
came up, blew trees down on the picnick-
ers, killed two, MORALLY wounded two and
dangerously hurt seven.
MILWAUKEE, April A tornado passed
through Grant county this afternoon, lev
cling several barns, fences, telegraph poles
and unroofng houses. No loss of life has
so far been reported
DENVER, April A blizzard is raging in
Eastern Colorado. The Burlington road
is blocked with snow. but expects to be
cleared up tonight. In Denver the wind
- DiONlHS u Ratt, anu tueIc - ofcTy
cation of a bad storm.
KANSAS CRY, April "A storm of great
intensity prevailed last night in Kansas
and Western Missouri. The telegraph
wires, which were only partially restored.
were again laid on the ground. Advices
are meager. So far as known they are as
follows: At Cherryvale, Kan, six houses
were destroyed and two people killed. At
Burlington hundred houses had windows
broken by hail, and much damage was
done to fruit trees and crops. The hail
stones are said to have been eight inches
in circumference. There was q similar
storm at Emporia, and much damage.
At Fort Scott many roofs were
blown away, stables demolished
and outhouses down. Several people were
painfully injured, but there was no loss of
life. At Garland nearly every window in
town was smashed, and crops in the
surrounding country greatly dam
aged. At Bosworth six houses were
demolished in the path of the
storm. The storm, beside being similar
TO tornado, was accompanied by water
spout, which flooded all the creeks.
Waukunka creek is out of its banks. the
roads inundated, and the fields are for
miles under water. The crops are entirely
washed out, and farmers will be obliged to
replant.
Reports from all over Kansas tell of the
prevalence of the gale and give accounts
of damage, which, however, in all cases
are confined TO leveled dwellings,, broken
windows and signs, and wrecked
roofs. In this city the wind blew almost
hurricane during the entire afternoon, and
the schools were dismissed but there was
no cyclone. and the damage was slight.
ST.. PAUL, April 4.-Dispatches from the
Northwest tell of severe snow storms.
Snow is prevailing with great force in the
pakotas. At Redfield, S. D., tonight
genuine blizzard is raging. The moisture
has already retarded seeding for ten days,
and this will set it back more.
GREESsBuRe, Pa, April A terrific
wind, hail and rain storm prevailed in this
vicinity last night. At Scottdale, Eyerson
and Brownstone buildings were blown
down and unroofed, and people panic
stricken. Much damage was done.