The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-04-27
WATER. WIND AND SNOW.

WATEH, WIND AND SNOW.
They Combine to Cause HEAVY Ioaae. =
the West and south-The Great WheAt
Region Of ths Northwest Floodssl-anow
Ten Feet Deep In Iowa-A Cyclone n
virginls-Ths Bodies Of Twelve victins
Of the Milwaukee Horror Recovered.
MILWAUKEE, April 22.-The bodies Of
ten of the men who were victims Of the
crib disaster were recovered from the
air shaft Friday and now lie III the
morgue. The remains of two other
victims were picked up on the lake
shore and are also at the morgue. Two
bodies are still missing. The bodies
have all been identified. The bodies
not yet recovered are those of Peter
Seems, miner, aged 80, single, Chicago,
and John Mcbride, engineer, aged IS,
married, Chica 90.
ST. PAUL, 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,
Minn., the Crow river has overlooked
its banks and thousands of acres of
farm lands are under from I to 6 feet of
water. Fences are being carried away
tor miles and cord wood and small
houses are floating down stream.
All the lower portion of the city of
Crookston is submerged from q food in
the Red Lake river and the people liv-
Ing. there have been forced to seek
temporary residences elsewhere. North
of that place whole townships are COW
cred with water to depth that it will
be impossible to do any seeding before
June l.
The Red river valley, the great wheat
region of the north, is one sea of water
almost from Fargo to the Manitoba Dor
Der. A tremendous ice gorge has formed
at the mouth of the Pembina river and
the water has been forced back into
Pembina's streets. The rise there
has been over 20 feet in two
days. Large boats have been built to
float the residents to the foot of Penn
bina mountain if necessary. Reports
from all points along Red river indicate
that all wheat in the elevators is ruined
from being water-soaked. Agent Sims
of the Minnesota and Northern Elevator
company estimates the quantity of
wheat in these elevators at over $4,000
bushels.
At Grand Forks the water of the Red
river has entered the basement of the
Hotel Dacotah, the Security and Opera
house blocks, extinguishing the fires
of the heating apparatus. The
Plain Dealer press-rooms are food
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
of the stone piers of the Northern Pa
cific railway bridge and half-,nile
gorge of ice has formed back of the
Red Lake river bridge.
DUBUQUE, Ia, April 22.-The blizzard
that set in Wednesday night still RACES
in northern Iowa with no indications of
abatement. business is at a stand.;till.
Trains are stuck in drift 10 feet deep
miles west of here on the Illinois Cen
trail.
BELvmERE, ILL.,, April pa fierce
snowstorm has prevailed here. The
storm is almost unprecedented at this
0VooOA " VAO year <1uu uuCA1 1Cf1I Is CA-
pressed for the strawberry crop. Farm
ers will be set back nearly two weeks
in their spring work. Country roads
are almost impossible and business is
dead.
W1NAMAC, Ind, April pa 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
flowing its banks in many places. Re-
ports from the country state that much
damage has been done to the fruit crop.
KANSAS CITY, No., April 22.-The
northerly gales'which have been sweep
ing this portion of the country since
Wednesday continue with undated
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. 1t 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, No., reports freezing weather in
that vicinity, and fruit that is in bloom
there is nearly all killed.
CHICAGO, April %. Reports from
points on Lakes Michigan, Erie and
Huron state that the storm of the last
few days has had no equal in many
years. Many vessels have been driven
ashore, and some of them will be total
ly lost. The storm has effectually
blockaded the port of Menominee,
Mich. by piling up vast amount of ice
along the shore. The ice is packed
solid 10 or IL feet and extends or
miles out.
RICHMOND, Va, April 22.-A special
from South Boston says a terrific
cyclone passed over a portion of South
Boston Friday afternoon at 2:3o o'clock.
The large tobacco factory of Norwood
& Co. was completely demolished,
causing a loss of $4,000. A horse at
tached to farmers wagon took fright
and was blown against brick building,
killing its owner, Mr.. Cambel, of Hail.
fax county, instantly.
At Danville, Va, terrific windstorm
from the southeast struck the city, last
ing forty-tive minutes. Telegraph and
telephone wires were blown down in
the street and many trees were uproot-
ed and great damage done.
A special from Martinsville says Sem
pies tobacco factory and Testers fac
tory were unroofed and great damage
done to stocks of tobacco.
LOST THEIR LIVES.
A Pennsylvania Man and His Wife Perish
In Their Blazing Home.
BEAVER FALLS, Pa, April 22.-Three
dwellings were destroyed and two per-
sons burned To death in a era ~ q