Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-04-15
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, NO., says:
When the through express train on the
Union Pacific Railroad arrived here the
other morning it presented a remarkable ap-
pearance 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
could go through them. The trainmen say
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 great loss OF
horses and cattle in Colorado. The snow
was badly drifted and all the roads blocked
The trains on tae Union Pacific Railroad
were behind time, caused by train being
derailed by a drift.
The snowstorm also prevailed in the north
and west of Nebraska. Advices from Colo
RADIO say the barometer was the lowest In
sixteen wears.
A furious blizzard ragged at Red Falls,
Mimi, the wind sweeping over the prairie
with immense velocity, accompanied by
drifting snow. More than foot of snow
fell.
A heavy rain set in at Decatur. Ill, and
continued for three days. 1t was the biggest
rain known there for thirty years. Cellars
we're flooded, the SangamOn rose out OF its
banks and several wagon bridges spanning
it were dislodged.
A very severe rain storm prevailed at
HiIlsboro 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 by light
ming and his brother was probably fatally
injured during a severe electric storm at
Ellington, LII. Seven washouts on the Van
dalia line were caused by the storm. All
trains were temporarily abandoned. The
Wabash River was at the highest ever
known, and a number of bridges over that
stream have been carried away.
The St. Mary's River, which runs through
the centre of st. Mary's, Ohio. rose higher
than it has been at any time before since 1863.
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 cornice 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, wrecking Chin
news. porches. etc. of houses, until it reached
the last two houses in the row, which it 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. It was accompanied by
a. deep. roaring sound, and as it
drew near it could be seen turn
Ing and twisting about with terri
BILE velocity. 1t travelled with Incredible
speed, and barely missed the town. 1t de-
molished six houses of the village, killing
two persons and fatally injuring another.
The house of John Reeves, a farmer, was
torn to pieces by the cyclone.
Mrs Reeves was killed outright, and Mr..
Reeves was fatally injured. Mrs. Perry
no wife nS anOfhAr farmer
vicinity, was also seriously injured in the
demolition of her house. Mrs. 81. 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 data. MINI. His train was backing
up, but on account Of the fierce snow storm
he did not see it, end was struck and had his
neck broken.
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 snow storm of the season was
reported 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 in
Eastern Colorado. At Blue Springs, in ad.
dition to the general havoc and dismay
caused by the wind storm, heavy rain
WaSneO OuG Cuo OI4OSc Oh Cue OAlOn dCluC
Railroad.
The blizzard continued most Of the night
around Miller, South Dakota, and snow
drifts eight feet deep were to be seen. Hun
dreds of head of stock wandered with the
storm and persisted.
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 ana all others are we'll satisfied, and
encouragement is felt.
Snow plows and shovelers we're set to
work west and north. The rainfall in South
Dakota was the greatest ever known in