The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-04-27
AWFUL LIST OF DISASTER,|
HEAVY WINDS AND sNor
STORMS.
Mississippi Visited BY q Tornado. F,,.
Adds to the Horror. Many
Lives Lost at Milwaukee,

MEnrpAS, MIss.-A frightful torp,al
passed over Jasper and Clarke coun,,
Thursday afternoon. A settlement OF e,'l
ins inhabited by colored people was !.
stroyed and many of the unfortunate 4,
mates lost their lives.
DIR. T. J. krouse. one of the larges, n, a.
tation owners in the South, was bs,,
loser Every stick OF timber on his MA.
was carried away and every house deus
ished. His son had his skull crushed.
negro on DR.. krouse's plantation. nam.
Henry German, with his wife aud ninecb
dren, were imprisoned under the ruin, J
his cabin, and fire originating from NJ
kitchen, slowly roasted the unfor,ubu
wreichcs, who piteously begged that de,
might come and release them from III,
suiferings.
The latest reports received show that On
20 people were killed by yesterdays torn,
and over 2oO severely injured, some
whom are likely TO die.
CmcAGo.-lIigh winds, approaching
clones III severity. and accompanied v
rain. snow and hail. have again PLAYED h,
&C with the telegraph wires ihrOughou, n
West Throughout Iowa, Wiscou,
Western Illinois. Nebraska and Misc
the wires are practically useless and c5.
munication Is cut OF from Mississippi n
Louisiana.
WrsT SUPERIOR. VISA heavy po-
west wind has prevailed here for almost
hours Thursday morning II began snr
ing. aud the storm has continued all ti,
by noon the electrie cars had been taken
N hat Al. /
drifts. Trains Oh all railroads are delavs
isnrEMiNo, MIcH-Seatly Il foot Of "a
fell here Thurday. Trains are de.aycd !,
wagon roads ale impaSsanle.
MINNEAPOLIS. MICH-rhe rain s,o-
which prevailed here all day Thurs.W q
turned to snow ut night, and Friday froa
To ~ inches OF snow covers the ground
street car system is completely blocked
the snow is damp and packs Adviccs IN
points throHgh the State. from Dakota n
Wisconsin indicate that the storm is segs
al.
ST. PAUL. MISS.-ln the % hours end,
at O'Clock Thursday evening there was Il
fall OF 80 inches OF snow at st. Cloud
inches at sleepy Eye and 10 inches here.
An AWFUL LAKE. DISASTER.
Observation-Disclosures men lost MI
lives Thursday in the fierce storm VII
lashed Lake Michigan. They were cmp |
ed in the construction Of the new WI u
works intake tunnel, being engaged
bricking up shaft in the crib 800 \.
from the shore. The hurricane swept s,i IA
the frail structure which had been t
upon the top OF the crib to shelter the u N
and dashed them into the seething lake
Through the heroic efforts of the life n y
ing crew, one man, James Miller was ,au U
He Is lying at the Emergency Hospital h
weak To tell his awful story. The work " AZ
in charge OF Shailor & Schniglon. Che
contractors, whose loss will be about NJ
700. Work upon the tunnel will be derl3
ed for several months.
Following are the names of some OF
men who were in the crib: Peter Jo-sY y
Chicago; John and William Pressner NJ
cago; Harry Miller; John Mcbride. Mid E4
Dwyer. George Gregg John PeesblN3
ARmstus Lacovitiz, Joseph Mueller, mafH
William Pries'ly, miner, Ebenezer Als
cook; George Wholly, miner; FredelW
Spanner, miner. %'
The storm was not confined to Milwsu
or the lake shore. Reports from all POI
in the State indicate that the gale was VI X
spread and the velocity of the wind ain X|
Unprecedented. The wind blew s. miles
hour here. Three hundred feet of the q
ernment breas water is washed away
means loss Of a good many thousand,
dollar. The schooner Lorraine, of Rae MI
bound for Racine. went ashore off the ~:
early this morning and is pounding bal
Three men comprising the crew were ial
OH by the lie saving crew.