River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-07-13
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The Weather Bureau Issues a Note Of
Warning. aud Incidentally Gives Some
Statistics of the Loss of Life and Prop
erty by the Tornadoes of is93-The Sit
uation at Pomeroy. Ia. = Eig storms
East and West.
WASHINGTON. July i0.-The disa7-
trous cyclones through lowe have
brought warning bulletin from the
weather bureau. The bureau claims
to have predicted this and other similar
storms of the year from twelve TO twen-
ty-four hours in advance of their ar
rival The bulletin deserves special at
tention. 1t follows:
referring 20 the occurrence OF the recent
tornadoes in the west, attention is called to the
fact that these destructive storms have bees
unusually numerous and severe during the
present season During February tornadoes
were reported from Mississippi and Louis
lana: during March from Alabama.
Georgia and Mississippi. Louisiana, Ar
kansas, Mszsouri. Indiana and kentuckys
during April from Ohio. Illinois, New York.
West Virginia Iowa, Arkansas, Indian terri
tory, Oklahoma. Kansas. Missouri, Nebraska
South Dakota. Texas, Georgia. Alabama, 1ndi
ana, Ohio, Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota
during June from Missouri. Kansas, Nebraska.
Indiana. Georgia and Texas, and during July
from Iowa.
.Tt is estimated that about 10 lives have
been lost and probably a million and half dol
lars worth Of property destroyed. The most
destructive Of these storms. those entailing the
greatest loss OF life and property were those OF
March 3, In Mississippi; April II and ~. in Mis-
souri,: April 5 In Missouri June 81, in Kansas,
and that OF July q. in Iowa This last storm
exceeds all previous tornadoes in the number Of
lives lost since that OF March y, 1880. at Louis
ville Ky.
"In the greater number OF these cases the
weather bureau has given warning from twei re
to twenty four hours In advance, and in the case
of the Iowa tornado messages were sent the pre-
ceding night TO every weather bureau station In
the state, stating that severe local storms were
likely TO occur in Iowa on Thursday. the 9th.
The warnings were disseminated as widely as
possible throughout the state by telephone and
telegraph during the day. and the people with
in reach of these agencies were cautioned TO be
on their guard
especial attention has been given TO the fore
casting of tornadoes this year by the weather
b be- inernraedF t hon the foregoing state
ment that there is permanent
change in the weather conditions in
the direction OF the increase of tornadoes,
but this is an unusual year for their occurrence,
as was also the year 1883 AS matter of pre-.
caution and protection rcsiden.s OF the states in
the upper and central Mississippi and Missouri
valleys should provide places OF safe resort,
such portion of the cellars In their houses
strongly protected"
PoMERoY, Ia, July t0.-There are
now in the various hospitals here 113
people OF this number ten or twelve
will die: fifty are severely injured, but
they stand better chance of
recovery than of dying, fifteen
are quite badly hurt, and the
balance have merely cuts and
bruises, most of them painful,
but not dangerous. With those
that have died the death list reaches a
total of forty-nine. This does not in
clude the dozen or more who were
killed out in the country hereabouts,
but merely those who were within the
corporate limits of Pomeroy when the
cyclone swooped down upon the town.
The streets are full of people who are
hobbling along with canes and crutches,
or who have their arms in sings or
bandages over their heads and faces.
These are not included in the official
list. 1t is therefore safe to say that
fully 200 people in this neighborhood
were either killed or wounded in the
tornado. The total amount of damage
done by the cyclone in the state is con-
servatively estimated at $780,
Carloads of provisions arrive on every
train and enough clothing to supply all
the survivors is stacked up in the build
ing used as the headquarters of the
committee. What is needed now is
money. The victims have plenty to eat
and wear. but they are in most cases
penniless. What little they had was
their homes and what there was in
them but these have been blown away.
Money to rebuild is what the relief COM
mittee is calling for now,
New YORK, July 10.-A terrific storm
passed over New York and vicinity and
went out to sea at o'clock Saturday
evening, and during the hour that it
lasted did a great deal of damage and
killed three or four people. The dam
age in New York city was not very
great, but along the seacoast the de-
struction to property was large.
Edward f. Newell. a piano tuner,
and Martin ii. Campbell sought shelter
under an overhanging rock at Fort
Washington lane and Eleventh av-
enue. About 6:l5 Newell awoke
from stupor and found Campbell
dead. Both had apparently been struck
by lightning. Emile Obele was drowned
off North Beach by the capsizing of a
boat. and two men who were out in an
other boat are reported missing. An
unknown man is reported to have been
struck by lightning on Long Island and
killed.
MILWAUKEE, July 10.-The storm of
Saturday night was very severe through
the central part of the state. The rail-
roads suffered from numerous wash
outs which delayed trains to some ex-
tent. Fortunately the most of the
trouble was on the branches where
travel is light In the country crops
are leveled to the ground. Oats and
corn will recover but rye and winter
wheat are much damaged.
RocYKFoRD, Col, July 10.-This sec
ton was visited early Saturday morn
ing by one of the most destructive hail
and windstorms ever experienced. The
damage is estimated at 100000. A
SPACE 10 miles square was visited and
growing crops are total loss bitches
broke their banks and added flood to
the devastation. Windows were broken
and the ice could be shoveled up in