The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-24
THREE TOWNS IN RUINS,
A CYCLONE SWEEPS TEEN FROM
THE FACE OF TBR EARTH.

ticuIhrS nara 20 y DLalni owing to the
Prostration of the Telegraph Wires.
4 Blizzard Raging In the Northwest
eru States.
MEMPHIS, TENN, March 23.-Wen
authenticated reports say the town of
Tupelo, Miss, the home of Congressman
John Allen, was destroyed by severe
Storm to>day.
The little town of Kelly, fifteen miles
from the Memphis and Birmingham rail-
road, was wiped out during the same storm
No lives were lost. Particulars are not
obtainable at present.
Tunica, Miss, was also blown away and
several people are reported killed and in-
jured
The wires are down in every direction
and it is difficult to get details.
THE DAMAGE AT TUNICA.
MEMPHIS, TENN. March "a, A. MA
special from Tunica, Miss, says. "As $3.50
O'Clock this afternoon cyclone struck this
town and left wreck and ruin in its wake.
The Masonic. .andKnights Of PythIs build
ing is a total wreck.
The white Presbyterian church and col.
ored Methodist Episcopal church are also
totally wrecked.
"The roof of the court house was blown
off
"The school for negro children in which
were $50 children, was wrecked and several
were badly hurt.
"A number of other buildings were badly
damaged. The damage will reach into the
thousands"
Scattering reports coming to Memphis
from points in West tennessee aud North.
ern Mississippi indicate that a terrific cy-
oI0ua pyhirlad ny ha Migcipeiy,v,f
the southwest this afternoon crushing and
sweeping away everything in its path.
Telegraph wires in every direction
we're twisted into tangles and communica-
tion with the storm-swept localities is ex-
ceedingly difficult and unsatisfactory.
Trains from each reaching the city late in
the afternoon and evening brought reports
Of widespread destruction
Passengers on the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley train told of the destruction at
Tunica, Miss.
The Birmingham train, due In Memphis
at $50 O'Clock, could not get to Memphis
until after s o'clock, the men being oom-
PEELED to chop and remove trees off the
track between here and Kelly which is about
fourteen miles from Memphis. The swath
OF the storm as it crossed the Kansas City,
Memphis and Birmingham road seemed
to embrace the territory between
Cooperville and Olive Branch. Trainmen
on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birming-
ham road report that Kelly Miss, was
wiped off the face of the earth, not soul
being left to tell the tale. A special train
left Memphis for Kelly at $3.50 o'clock
p. N.
A Blizzard IN THE NORTH.
CHICAGO, March ga severe sleet storm
closed all wire communication north from
Chicago at IL O'Clock last night. The last ad-
vices just before the wires went down were
hot i
minnesota, Wisconsin and the eastern part
of Dakota. st. Paul and Minneapolis re-
ceived their news dispatches last night via
Portland, Ore.
ONE OF THE WORST IN YEARS.
CHICAGO, March 23,--Advices from the
northwest show that one of the most furious
storms known for years began Yesterday
and is still raging. at Duluth IA feet Of
snow fell during last night. This morning
IL turned to sleet. A similar state of affairs
exists at st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Throughout Wisconsin there was almost a
Cyclone, accompanied by rain, snow and
sleet. Particulars from that state are diff
cult to obtain, owing to the almost uni
versal prostration of the wires. Mil
waukee is absolutely cut off from
the outside world. Neither telegraph
company has wire working to that city g.,
ana the telephone wires are also down.
Telegraphici communication Is also low
and uncertain throughout Illinois, Iowa
Nebraska and Missouri
In Minnesota but few wires are working
and the telephone system Is wrecked
AT st. Louis the worst storm OF the sea-
son is raging. The lightning is terrific and
has caused great delay to the telegraph busi-
ness.
In this city there was rain this morning,
followed by heavy fog, which enveloped
the city. All the telegraph and telephone
wires worked badly when they worked at
all. The indications this afternoon are for
more rain.
A REMARKABLE WIND STORM
INDIANAPOLIS, IND. March ga wind
storm Of remarkable violence visited this
city at $50 O'Clock this evening, doing SO
far as can be learned, about 800 900 dam
age and injuring two persons. The damage
was confined to the suburban district in the
northwest
One of the big mills of the Cerealine com
pany was uuroofe1 and the roof, in falling.
struck Charles Meyers, a workman, break
Ing his leg.
The third story of the coffin factory was
blown OtF. Next to the factory is q board
ing house, owned by Charles Bencke which
vas unroofed and Mrs. Bencke had her foot
crushed.
THE STORM AT DULUTH.
DULUTH, MINI, March 23.-The belated
blizzard set in last night. The snow is soft
and drifting badly before tie high wind =,
which is blowing with constantly increasing
iorce. There is every prospect of a serious
snow blockade, and all trains are certain to
De greatly delayed. The temperature is not
severe, but in other respects the blizzard
promises to be the worst OF the month.
Telegraph lines are down.
BOWLING GREEN DEVASTATED.
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 23.-It is re-
ported here that q cyclone has devastated
Bowling Green, Ky. All the wires are
Gown to that point and nothing definite
can be learned concerning the disaster.
A CLoUDBURsT.
CLEVELAND, Miss, March GA cloud
burst and storm destroyed considerable
property in this vicinity to-day. No lives
we're lost.
HOUSES BLOWN DOWN IN ARKANSAS.
CRAwFORDsvILLE, ARK, March % "A
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