River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-04-27
sA1ln- WIND Ano SNOW.

They Combine to Cause Heavy losses IN
the West aud South-The Great wheat
Region Of the Northwest Eloodsd--snow
Ten Feet Deep in Iowa-a Cyclone in
sirgiaia-The Bodies OF Twelve Victims
of the Milwaukee Horror Recovered.
MILWAUKEE, April 9e.--rhe bodies Of
ten of the men who were victims Of the
crib disaster Were recovered from the
air shaft Friday and now lie IN the
morgue The remains of two other
victims were picked up on the lake
shore and are also at the norgue Two
bodies are still missing. The bodies
have all been identified The bodies
not vet recovered are those of Peter
Soems. miner. aged 30, single, Chicago,
and John Mcbride. engineer. aged 80,
married. Chiea go.
ST PAUI.. Mimi. April -. The rivers
of Minnesota and North Dakota are
booming, and millions of gallons of
water are being poured into them every
hour from the great mass of snow now
lying on the ground At Buffalo
Mimi. the Crow river has overlooked
its banks and thousands of acres OF
I ia IN lands are under from To feet of
water. fences are being carried away
/ for miles ard cord wood and small
I houses are floating down stream.
4 Ali the ower portion of the city OF
+ Crookston IS submerged from flood IN
( the Red Lake river ana the people llv-
+ inr there have been forced to seek
4 temporary residences elsewhere. North
I of that place whole townships are COW
cred with water to depth that IL viii
be impossible TODD any seeding before
/ June l.
i The Red river valley, the great wheat
region of the north, is ono sea OF water
/ almost from Fargo to the Manitoba hor-
/ Der A tremendous ice gorge has formed
/ at the mouth of the Pemhina river and
+ the water has been forced back into
+ Pembina's streets. The rise there
days fsrrgc poTrs nave Deen built to
float the residents q the foot Of Penn
bina mountain if necessary. Reports
from all points along Red river indicate
I that all wheat in the elevators is ruined
4 from being water-soaked. Agent Sims
I of the Minnesota and Northern Elevator
company estimates the quantity OF
wheat in these elevators at over $4,000
I bushels.
At Grand Forks the water of the Red
I river has entered the basement of the
/ Hotel Dacotah. the Security and Opera
/ house blocks, extinguishing the fires
/ of the heating apparatus. The
I Plain Dealer prcss-rooms are flood
/ ed and all merchants in the
/ lower town have removed their goods
! To- the upper stories of their build
/ ings. The water Is ; feet over the top
I of the stone piers Of the Northern Pa
I cifc railway bridge and a half-mile
/ gorge of ice has formed back of the
/ Red Lake river bridge.
DCBUoUE, la, April 22.-The blizzard
/ that set in Wednesday night still RACES
/ in northern Iowa with no indications of
\ Abatement. business is at a standstill.
\ Trains are stuck in drift 10 feet deep
( 5 ,ailes west of here on the Illinois Gem
/ trrll.
BELvrpERE, ILL.,, April CA fierce
srowstorm has prevailed here. The
I storm is almost unprecedented at this
4 season of the year and much fear is cX-
/ pressed for the straw berry crop. Farm-
ers will be set back nearly two weeks
+ in their spring work. Country roads
are almost impossible and business is
dead.
4 WINAMAC, Ind, April "a regular
mid-winter blizzard has prevailed here
/ since Thursday noon, hail. rain and
/ snow alternating. The Tippecanoe
river at this point has risen feet, over
4 flowing its banks in many places. Re-
ports from the country state that much
/ damage has been done to the fruit crop.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. April 22.-The
northerly gales which have been sweep,
/ ing this portion of the country since
! Wednesday continue with unabated
fury. The thermometer reached freez-
Ing point in eastern and central Kansas
Friday night. Ice is reported over half
an inch thick in various portions
Of Neosho and Cottonwood valleys.
and all varieties of fruit have
been killed. ~ Is not believed the
wheat crop has been materially dam
aged. In southern Kansas the frost
was very light and did no damage. Ne
vada. Mo-. reports freezing weather in
that vicinity, and fruit that is in bloom
there is nearly all killed.
CHICAGO, April -. Reports from
! POINTS on LAKES MittiDdil. f>llt diltl
Z Huron state that the storm of the last
few days has lad no equal in many
years. Many vessels have been driven
ashore and some of them will be total
~ lost. The storm has cffectuallv
blockadcd the port of Menominee.
Mich, bg piling up a vast amount of ice
along tie shore The ice is packed
solid 10 or II feet and extends or A
miles out-
RICHNoGD. Va, April ga special
from South Boston says terrific
cyclone passed over portion of South
Boston Frioay afternoon at $50 o'clock.
The large tobacco factory Of Norwood
& Co. was completely demolished,
causing loss of $40, 600. A horse at
tached to farmers wagon took fright
ard was blown againsta brick building.
killing its owner, Mr.. Cambel. of Hall
fax county, instantly.
At Danville, Va. a terrific windstorm
from the southeast struck the city. last
ing forty-fve minutes. Telegraph and
telephone wires were blown down in
tho street and many trees were uproot-
ed and great damage done.
A special from Martinsyille says Sem
pies tobacco factory and Testers fac
tory were unroofed and great damage