The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-22
RESULTS OF rnK froRx,


00IIOOo D0m01e ~ 000Wk000 kS006 IN
Wesse.rn State1
81. PAUL, April 2l.-The Aform has now
passed across the lakes and ehe Northwest
brsathes easier while lookieg itself over
and figuring up Losses. helstorm. which
beats all records. began ouy tuesday and
continued with OILY siigh.$ Interruptions
until tonight. It eItsnded r. I'm the center
of North Dakota east acro1s the Great
Lakes. took in . strip alorSy the eastern
border Of South Dakota and lowered Min
nesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. 1t was
everywhere the same. raiIk hard and
steady. followed BY! vet snow The average
depth of snow In ths tsrrito.y mentioned
10 about fifteen inches. and sports are to
the eject that IL delayed business and has
Threatened crops In genera. In South
Daksta il had little effectIon crops and
seeding went on uninterrr| ,te d, but the
railroads are suffering fromsthe effects Of
the storm and the slight cc4d wave trou-
bled stockmen. Fargo and Erand Forks,
which had been snxiously Watching the
rising Red river TO. the past : eek or more,
are now more tljan ever Fearful Of the
event Of dood.
Where wheat hid already, een sown It
10 hoped that no it-effects frtm the snow
will be felt. but in other sec.eons seeding
VIII b delayed for two week3or more.
CHICAGO. April 2l-Ths f.orm which
has been raging for three 6kys still con-
tinuss. and at lass hour to1 ght sleet 10
falling fast and tns wind blcwing nearly
iorty miles an hour. IL - onls Of the most
severe and long continued s3orms known
here since the weather bureau was estab-
lished. The. weather man bis hopes that
1t Will pass over tomorrow. b4t it certainly
does not look much like it k,night The
Worlds fair buildings stok: the storm
well. no damage being dord, to any of
them with the exception Of fhe breaking
Of some panes of glass and thu overturning
OF some statues. In Nidw3y Plaisance,
where the Egyptian, Javslaese, Japan
csc. Turkish ard other Iviilages arc
erected, the damage was rtore serious.
some frail buildings havink been used
quite severely. TIE most seSious feature
of the storm, however, has bfen the effect
of tho December weather pref ailing upon
the people OF tropical clim.5.e s living In
these villages. Tie Javane.f, Egyptians
and others. with their scantk clothes and
inadequate protection from 1icy blasts in
their lightly constructed hoCtes, have suf-
fered greatly. Several Of thsln are ill and
there are two or three cases Of pneumonia
among them. Owing to thu storm over
l.0O0 men Employed In the landscape de-
partment of the :air have peen land off
temporarily.
RICHMOND. April 2i.-A Special from
South Boston says: A terrible cyclone
passed over port.on of Sout$ Boston this
afternoon. The large tobae4o factory of
Norwood 4 Co. sss compls ely demo,.
ished. causing a loss iof $4,000.
A special dispatch fros Martins
vile says: Serngle's tobsaco factory
and Testers facto:y were ,Saroofed and
great damage doae to thes stocks of to.
baeco. The wires. are dowi IN all direc.
tons and it is impossible Ito learn the
extent Of the damage. Repkr,s from the
South are vague. pa; il is pertain that
Readsville. Rutiin. GreensboI, and other
towns on the line % the RichIk ond & Dam
vile In North Carolina suffessd from the
storm.