The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-02-22

erected over the wells were but play
things before the tornado. The storm
was Sc'nmp .nied by a deluso # rain--
almost :: cloudburst. \ mali frame
.cho lhouse two miles south Of Hicks
vile was caught by tho storm and car
ricd from It's foundation. The teacher
was just Diminishing the scholars. Sew
eral of the child en- were BADLY bruised.
but meme seriously injured. Tee storm
followed the line of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad "cross Indiana and Chic,
and Travelled a. the rate of forty-iive
mi es an hour, as repO ted by the tele-
graph people The clouds were scat
tered as soon rs they had gathered,
and within ten minutes after the fury
of the storm therA was clear sky.
damage ia Indiana.
PERU Considerable damage was
done here by wind from the west.
which was almost u cyclone. Several
buildings, numcr u trees and factory
chimneys were hi WI down. Store
fronts were also blown in.
FORT WAYNE.--At 3 o'clock in the
afternoon Fort Wayne was visited by q
terrific windstOrm. Fifteen minutes
before the heavens were clear and the
weather was like spring. Clouds be-
gan to gather overhead and the after.
noon became almost rs dark rs night.
The wind blew q terrific hurricane.
Rain and snow came down in torrents.
In twenty minutes the hurricane was
over. Signs, fences and trees were
blown down, but no serious damage or
loss of life has been reported.
MICHIGAN CITY.-VVhat seemed to
be a cyclone PASSED over this city at
about > o'clock in the aftern non. 1t
was preceded by thunder shower:
Then a ,nnel-shaped cIO~d formed
with & muffled roar At the northern
outskirts of the town the funnel
dropped suddenly carthward and.
sweeping pathway through a lumber
yard. carrying boards and debris OF
every description, it passed over the
Michigan Central and MOnOn Railway
frcightyards, lifting half dozen cars
from the tracks and wrecking them.
INDIANAPOLIS This city was swept
by windstOrm that blew twenty
seven miles an hour for a few minutes.
Buildings shook and everything loose
was driven ON before the gale with
tn, eatening velocity. Little damage
wa. done here, but tho reports from
the state show that ruin Is strewn in
the path of thu wind. From the cOun-
ties north and east Of Indianapolis
comes the report that houses were
unroofed. fences blown away and In
some places stretches Of forest trees
laid fat. At ElwoOl d. III. Havens
was liftel frt m the top of low build
ing and pitched to the street on his
head. Damage to property occurred
at Marion, Peru, LOganspOrt and kO-
komO, where roofs were sent hurting
are reported.
MASCOUTAH.-A furious wind-storm
prevailed in this section. Fences were
ave. away and trees blown down. The
artesian we'll frame ON KOlb farm blew
down. The workmen barely escaped.
NASHVILLE. The heaviest and most
destructive wind which has prevailed
here in wears has been blowing during
the entire day. razing fences to the
. ground and destroying other valuable
property throughout the county.
GREENvILLE.-A terrific gale swept
through this section. doing much dam.
age to trees and small buildings. AZ
thboro the wall of a brick building
in course of construction was blown
down, and freight cars on the side track
were badly damaged.
At Other Points.
SIOUX CITY.--Temperatur has fallch
90 degrees in twenty-four hours. A
blizzard is raging.
NASHvILLE.-The, cumberland Riv.
err. owing to heavy rains. continues to
rise all the way between this point and
Burns de. KY. the head. The water
is fast spreading ever the low lands,
:;orcing many families to vacate their
bones.
ToPEkA.-A heavy rain fell all over
Kansas. Then the temperature fell
| and the rain turned into snow, which
| continued throughout the State six
hours In the eastern part the fall was
light. but in Western Kansas the snow
: is very deep in places.
MEMPH1s.-The heavy rains have
4; done much damage in this section.
! The county bridge crossing Illinois
! Bayou, near Russellville, Ark, was
swept away. and two trestles OF the
| railroad bridge broke loose. Fifty
boats of the pontcon bridge crossing
on the river at l,ardanelle, Ark. were
! carried away. The Ouita coal mines,
with an area of over eighty acres Ut
| background, are filled to overlooking.
! S,h Hts wife f0r $40