The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-21
Heavy Wind and Rain Do Much
Damage to Property.
MORE LOSS or LIFE REPORTED.
Arkansas. Mississippi. Louisiana and
iexss Soreiy Visited.
Cyclones Fiatseu Farm Buildings and
Crush the oeeupants-rravei Greatly
Blizzard Raging in wyom-
ing, Color ado and Nebraska.

visited yesterday By the heaviest wind
storm in many years At that time the
sky became overcast with black clouds
P~cple became alarmed. many of them
leaving their houses, thinking q cyclone
was concealed In the clouds. At O'Clock
the full force of the storm was upon
the city. uprooting trees. unroofing
houses, blowing down fences, splin.
iering telephone poles and doing
other damage. The tin roofs were blown
of two handsome stores on Cherry street,
occupied by Tanner & Co. and Cook Bros
A row of negro shanties located on the
levee near the Mississippi Valley depot
were demolished. Is IS believed the coun-
try q few miles south of Helena must have
been greatly damaged, os the storm seems
10 have heen most furious down the river.
LITTLE Rock. Ark. March 20-The sun
sbone for a few minutes this morning for
the first time since Sunday. after raining
continuously for seventy hours The Ar
kansas river has risen eight feet and
threatens TO pass the danger line. No
trains have arrived or departed for
twenty-four hours.
HoT SPRINGS. Ark. March 20-This city
Is practically shut off from the outer world
for the time being. There has been no
travel over the Hot Springs railroad since
yesterday. The rain which has prevailed
for the past four DAYS has put every noun
tain stream on a big rampage.
PuRvIs. Miss. March 2n--At S O'Clock
this morning a destructive storm passed
through this section and although great
dea! of timber was blown down and the
ads obsiructed by fallen trees only a few
houses were wrecked and no deaths have
been reported.
MONROE, La, March GA strong wind
coming from the northwest blew down
three dwelling houses. gin house, stable
and fencing of A. H. 0rifitb, seven miles
west of this city. last evening. Also. in
the same neighborheod, the dwelling of
Thomas Roberts was destroyed, but oil
the inmates escaped serious injury.
GAINESVILLE. Tex, March 20--The
most violent electrical and hail storm ever
known here has prevailed during the past
three DAYS. causing streams TO overflow
their banks. Much damage will be done
to crops and cattle. The Missouri, Kansas
d Texas and Gulf. Colorado e. Santa Fe
trains are delayed ose fsannt az the ater.
At Bartlett the Methodist and Baptist
churches were wrecked and the school
house was blown from its foundation. In
addition much damage was done to houses.
No one was seriously hurt. The wind
blew regular tornado at Saratoga, thirty
miles north. and i've persons ~ere killed
LuFKIS. Tex. March 20-Sunday about
9o'clock a destructive cyclone struck this
section and laid bare everything in its
path. About dozen farm houses within
three miles of this place were demolished
and number Of people narrowly escaped
death. Every tree, fence and other OBJ
stacle in the path Of the storm Was torn
up. and the roads in various d.
rections are obstructed and il
Is almost impossible to travel on
horseback. About s O'Clock this morning
a cyclone struck the edge of town and
three houses were wrecked and their con-
tents scattered over the country for dis
tance of q mile or two. Several persons
were seriously injured. but none fatally.
The people in the points storm touched
are IN terrible condition. The damage
10 property and stock will reach thou
sands OF dollars.
NAcoGpocaEs, Tex. March % Sun
days cyclone passed through this county.
Rain has been failing in sheets. Every
house in the Whitaker negro colony was
b.own away. aud number severely hurt
In the Grimes neighborhood, eight miles
from here. there is not = fence or
house left Young Grimes was
Ril!ed and his wife fatally injured.
Monday morning cyclone began opera
tions two miles east of here, running all the
houses in the McGuiston mill settlement.
The corpse OF a young LADY who died sun
day night was mangled beyond recogni-
tion. Jake Baganier. an old man, was
killed. 1t is reported that Hilland, in Bell
county. and Bartlett, In Williamson
county, were wiped away.