Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-30
THE ARGUS. sATuRf,A 8, DECiSMBER 80. 1898.

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nillss q rceEers. r. z. shasssns dowa shscw
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;::ScxeIry 1nnut.csnrers y Ilssnvtue NSrt4
Guy sS-Setntnto1 mtnes ta Minnceota shut
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n. Costce Gown shscv , 90 men ons ~ Wo IS
-. CicvcSspd (O.S ROLLING MN Co. clooine ~
MA wirc as6 md rniils ~ ascel To - eSreV
SOQO mcn ont 0f work
AUG s-0y Shutting down Of lc New England
uaillS 60CO 1crrors thrown our Of vyo-k -
snccrintcndssas 20 employ necoaSscr ooiy Amer.
lcscs.... BrOmlcy's worytcd goods mill q Phi!
06elphia cioscd, throwing out Of work a.0O PER.
AM Lln Fan River tN,sa) factories about
Soo0do spindics otoppeL skroWiug out OF work
aeeo pcrsonA
factory, GSsinnis' coiioa mills and Eisher's
SaCmiii,. cfaniovinr s'o9 Ia ntin cioSod
: Aue i1.-Ovcr 80 10 uncmDioycl MN in New
YorS cmas!,cd doors and windoWe and took
Sorciblc posscssSon Of hall. =. Pennsylvania
railroad shops in Altoona, Pa, cmployise 0OOO
Aas iSHTnoussnds or Of person, thrown on, es
S SSss = H. closing OF most OF the nil'' Of Fan
Nov. iotBy shuttiny down OF Iron mines in
0c9ebic rance, Mich, eQO00 reduced 10 starvar
Nov is-crpaoyes OF Leaigh Valley road
went on strike.
bee S-ISehiah Valley railroad strike De.
clared Oh.
Dec. S-Gen A,ecr induced owners ar mires
A.
ploY staryiur mcn.
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mar I0-SeverAi villages hooded by breaking
Of tnmSnse gorge IN SusQrehsnna river. W likes
Mar !51housands OF acres Inundated by
nc NC giving way OF dams ~ Hoslsndsvlie.
fislnwch ana Otsego. Mich
AFT. it-Bustness ana ouchau OF residence
portion OF Parker, No. destroyed ty cyclone
City Of Akron. Ia. almost entirely wrecked
~ cyclone. TIC storm following sioux valley
SOUTH 10 WcstaeId with much damage. vii
ia everest ana I,Owhatsan: towns OF southern
Kansas, laid IN rules BY cyclonc
APT l3-Saltnc. Mich, entirely wiped out by
cyclone -. HillsborO. Ind, almost completely
blown away BY tornado
Apr. I-Nhlage of Cravclton. IND. CON-
Apr Sl-Cycionc In VIRGINIA did great dam
age NJ Danviile, south boston. Martinsville,
Srecnsporo AND other sowns
nay S.Nulagc OF i.aEevtew washed away
ana avn acres Inundated by breaking OF west
bank OF lie xtst0n reservoir near Huntsville, o.:
damage 81, GO. 900. =. Damaging tornado In Lex
ington and Ncwbu:y countless " c.
May E-Heavy rains caused mood at Erie.
"a. doing about ti,OoAWl worth OF DAMAGE.
Losscs also run niSh wafer NJ 1itusvtile, Oil
C1ty. hcaver Fails. New Castle and other Penn
syivania towns
May 1-Icrr.lc winostorm destroyed si.o0O.-
w worm o. property In Lima o.. and vicin-
tty: and did much damage At Findlay. Fremont
and other places
Nay S-In central Missouri, cyclone cntirelv
destroyed l.adonia. killing - people and much
property destroyed At Aobcrly, Sedalia, Brook
dcld and other places.
May 0-Heavy damage from floods due to ex.
ccssivc rainfalls done TO planters throughout
tennessee, M,sstssipp!. Arkansas and louisiana
housc. Wcst Carroll and Mndisan ,n,r;sScs
june s-Ncar Cotton Plant Ark. cyclone
spread death and Destruction. Great damage
70 NE ana properly oy cyclone IN Huntingdon,
Falcon. Camden and Trurnole. Tenn. 80. Lido
RADIO Ark: destroycd. 1y cyclone.
Sey o-Cycione IN Iowa. DID immense dam
acc 70 life and property In Calhoun, Cherokee,
Bucna Vista, Ida soc and Pocahon,as coun-
tics: loss conscrvutivcly placed At 100000: 50
lives lost IN Fomcroy alorc
July s'-Great Damage 70 iif9 AID property n
rseoio Col, ~ Hoods. Iicaey TAU OF snow In
brcvsacr county, Tex
aug. ScCCycione swept kcrucsvil!c. N G
...OIe OF INC most terr:ble storms, both In
severity eno III cxtent. ever reported ragged
along the whole Atlantic se2ho2rd OF the United