The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-14

SUNDAYS GREAT sTORM THROUGH
OUT THE WEST.
blizzard Followed by Clear, Cold Weather
If the Snow Meits Rapidly Floods
VIII Probably Follow,

KANSAS CITY. MO. Feb. l3.-Reports
recelved here to-day from Oklahoma ana
tho indian Territory make II almost
.,a,o that at least thirty lives were lost
.,...,,, tho great storm of Sunday. Many
,so,a,ed honesteads. where the famiheS
were poorly prepared for the "in'ei'
cannot be heard from for days ana pos
su,,v weeks and there is reason to De-
,,ove that thirty will not represent the
total number OF the dead In "eS'0'"
and Southwestern Kansas there was
great suffering, and il is propapis ',,'s 49,,
in more than one sad house ueau DO0o"
will some day be found -.
rhe worst of the storm was over III
the Missouri valley to-day, as u Is bro"-
Ing warmer and IS cloudy. IL IS not un-
likely that the snow will be melted sud
denly causing Hoods in many streams
Storm Followed by Clear weather
sr LOIIlS. Feb. 1s.-Advices to-day
from all parts of Missouri. Southern
Illinois. Northern Arkansas. iowa. Ne
| braska. and contiguous territory, are ihd'
| the storm has been replaced by ciedr'
cold weather. Traffic is rapidly resumlns
| its normal condition.
| DALLAS. TEX. Feb 1s.-The ther-
| mometer was at twenty-five above this
morning. The wind went down to a
moderate pace during the night. The
ground was frozen to-day. Passensers
| from Kansas, Oklahoma, the Cherokee
strip. and the Indian Territory to-day
report the most terrible blizzard on
record A great many lives have been
lost and the suffering from the coid Is
intense. The greatest loss has been
among the strippers, who are poorly
prepared for the winter in the way OF
houses and clothing.
Rescued From "a Perilous Position.
| CHICAGO. Feb. 13-About fifty work
men. who were imprisoned all day yes
terdav and last night in the temporary
crib, four miles out in the lake Were
rescued by a tug to-day. The iierce storm
rocked the frail structure the spray pu
out the fires, and the men suffered in
tcnsely from cold. None Of them wer'
seriously frozen.
The storm Was cyclonic.
BARBOURSVILLE. KY, Feb. Eth
severe storm of yesterday afternoon an
Sunday night caused considerable damae
in Eastern Kentucky. ON kedbir
Creek. on the edge OF Harlan and Cla
counties. the storm made a cyclonic path
destroying life and property. The r.
mort from the scene of destruction a
brought by the United States mail cal
rier. is that two women and boy, {
nine wears. were killed. The two wore
were Mrs. Evans Johnson and Mr
Berich Great numbers OF live stock wei
killed and crippled. The cyclone SCENE
TO have followed the creek for abol
eight miles. The distance from here
so great that further particulars are ui
obtainabe.
} Victims of the Blizzard.
3 GUTHRIE, o. r., Feb. l3.-fhe wof
of the great blizzard seems TO be ov'
= here. and business is again being II
z surned. -Four trains that have been snof
r hound near Red Rock, in the Cherok'
strip. for thirty hours, came In early tn
5 morning. Besides two families reporl'
frozen near Cross. an unknown man WI
2 found near Ponca Indian Agency, froz
. stim. Near Saltwater a man was f0ui
4 frozen to death under his house. al
south Of Cleveland, In county q, fan
" of three perished. Two Tonkaway j
dians are reported to have been foui
; dead in a hut. Near Anadarka three j
= dian children, who were caught out
the storm, perished. There are rumors
Z many other fatalities, but 50 far they ha
y not been confirmed.
:, Scores of cattle and horses perished
the strip and in the big pastures IN I
=, Usage and Kiowa reservations.
y number of dead cattle will reach tho
y, sands The temperature did not rea
- as low as on January sd but the wi
u and sleet were so bad that the peol
caught out could make no resistance.