The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-06
THE GREAT STORM OUT WEST
A TRAIN Runs 7HROUGH A SHOWER
OF MUD IN kANSAA
Two Colorado Girl. Spend Many Hours n
snow Drir-A Blizzard In Minnesota
Floods In Illinois and Ohio Rivera.

y SNOW DriN-A blizzard In Minnesota
Floods In Illinois and Ohio Rivers.
KANSAS CRY. April 5.--whon the through
exprcss train on tho Union Pacific Railroad
arrived here this morning It presented re-
inarkable appearance. being covered with
mud an inch thick. The headlight Of the en-
gine was entirely covered. and the car win
dows were so plastered over that no light
could 60 through them. Tho trainmen soy
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 becn taken up BY Q
wateYspout
JuI.EspuRu COL. April s. - Charles Rosen-
quest and his two daughters. p. J. Gorhardt
and Joseph Close have been tenn porarily living
in II barn awaiting the completion Of their
farmhouse. which is being built twenty miles
south OF here. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning
a heavy wind blew tho barn over. carrying 1t
clear of the ground for distance Of twenty
feet. and. as the barn had no floor. 1t left the
inmates lying exposed to the storm. their beds
scattered to the wind and their clothing torn
away from them. until finally the binding
snow covered them In drift. Mr.. Rosenquest
managed to tell his two daughters to lie still
while lie succeeded In keeping hole open
through the drift to keep them from smother
lu8 10 uehIn 1He OLueT tWo ucu 10Y toh AooS
away. but did not know what was going on on
account OF the binding snow.
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some boards. when tho men finally succeeded
in ,nlevlating their sufrerings. The intense
cold frozo their limbs. fingers. and feet but
Tho snowstorm will cause great loss Of
ho5ses md cattle in this region The n snow y
Tho trains on the Union Pacific Railroad are
behind time, caused By train being deratled
vsiis IN The north and vest Ths Union Faei-
ss 10 hs s Of r S thc4a e or PG nth
day. and the biockaded trains at Long Pine
T The road Sss s
the Blac. Hills since Saturday Advices from
Colorado say the barometer Is the lowest In
' isEp LAKE s FALLS, Mimi, April s-Eyer, hoyr
tho storm here is growing more violent. tt. To
wiz wiz sweopine over tho prairie With Immense
thHn loot e snS Sr hfs already fallen .ot
until ) i. NJ. yesterday: 1t was the, biggest
oodsa tSs sTs an OUT Sss and
sisIodsea. Ths water TorEs are in danger 81
storm has prevailed In this section during the
last two days The streams are all out OF their
banks and great damage has been done to
property In the bottoms. Trains have been
the unsafe condition Of the bridges and bust
EXTINCTION ILL.,. April 5.-Leo Dale was In
stantly killed BY lightning and his brother was
probably fatally injured during severe cleo
trio storm here. Seven washouts on the Van
daia line between here and Terre Haute were
caused by the storm. Al1frains are tenn porarily
abandoned. The Wabash River is tho highest
ever known. and mum Der OF bridges over that
ST. MARY's. O.. April b-The St Marys
River. which runs Through tho centre Of this
city Is higher than 1t has been at any time be-
fore since 1858. and the houses In tho bottoms
below here are inundated. whilC tho wheat
crop IL being flooded out and much damage IL
otherwise being done along the banks. The
a aaso feared lest Il should burst and ood
surrounding country. Numerous derrcks
along the water side are under water. and
operations in the oil field are seriously handi-
capped: The weather is warm. with indica-
tions OF moro rain.
MRksvIILE. NJ; April 5-A tornado struck
three stores on the east side throwing the
houses until It rea ched the last two houses In
the row. which 1t completely demolished.
Near Arcadia. Mo-. the creeks and rivers are
out Of their banks. and the streets OF the town
are running rivers. The city bridges are
washed away. and much damage was done to
the railroad north and south.