Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1893-04-29
WATER, WIND AND SNOW.


Ten Feet Deep in Iowa--A Cyclone in
virglnia-The Bodies of Twelve Victims
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 in 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 80,
married, Chica go.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 22.-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 overtlowed
its banks and thousands of acres of
farm lands are under from to feet OF
water. Fences are being carried away
for miles and cord wood and small
houses are floating down stream.
All the lower portion of the city OF
Crookston is submerged from flood 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 VIII
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 bor-
ber. 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-soal1ed. 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 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
of the stone piers of the Northern Pa
cific railway bridge and half-mile
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 standstill.
Trains are stuck in drift 10 feet deep
5 miles west of here on the Illinois Cen.
tral.
BELvIDERE, Ill, April GA fierce
snowstorm has prevailed here. The
storm is almost unprecedented at this
season of the year and much fear is ex-
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.
WINAMAc, Ind, April ga regular
mid-winter blizzard has prevailed here
since Thursday noon, hail, rain an6
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, Mo-, April 22.-Tht
northerly gales'which have been sweep
ing this portion of the country sine,
. Wednesday continue with unabatet
fury. The thermometer reached freez
ing point in eastern and central Kansas
Friday night. Ice is reported over hal
an inch thick in various portion:
of Neosho and Cottonwood valleys
and all varieties of fruit hav
: wheat crop has been materially dam
aged. In southern Kansas the fros
was very light and did no damage. Ne
vada, Mo-, reports freezing weather il
that vicinity, and fruit that is in bloom
there is nearly all killed.
CHICAGO, April %. Reports iron
. points on Lakes Michigan, Erie an
} Huron state that the storm of the las
} few days has had no equal in man
l years. Many vessels have been drive
. ashore. and some of them will be total
ly lost. The storm has effectuall
t blockaded the port of Menominee
Mich, by piling up vast amount of ic
5 along the shore. The ice is packe
) solid 10 or IL feet and extends 3 or
1 miles out.
> RICHMOND, Va, April GA specia
from South Boston says a terrif
g cyclone passed over portion of Sout
. Boston Friday afternoon at ESQ o'clocl
7 The large tobacco factory of Morwoo
9 81 Co. was completely demolished
causing loss of $4,000. A horse a
i tached to farmers wagon took frigh
S and was blown against u brick building
( killing its owner, Mr.. Cambel, of Hal
r fax county, instantly.
Q At Danville, Va. 4 terrific windstorl
/ from the southeast struck the city, las
y ing forty-five minutes. Telegraph an
t telephone wires were blown down
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