The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-21
CORPSES By THE SCORE.
Two Hundred Lives Lost in the
Cyclone in Texas.

The Town of Emory Swept Out of Ex-
istence-over 100 Persons injured.
The Damage in the Mississippi VAL
ley From Storm and Flood Be-
yond Calculation.
Dallas, Tex, March, 2O.-The storms
which swept over Northern Texas Sun
day and last night were unparalleled IN
severity. The death roll viii reach 200.
and the list of injured over 100. AT Emory,
in Rains county, the cyclone knocked the
town nearly out of existence. Many
other towns visited were badly damaged.
The mayor has called on the citizens of
Dallas for contributions to relieve the
sufferers, many of whom are ruined and
mourn the loss of members of their
family.
THE BLOW IN LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, March 2O.-A very heavy
storm prevailed throughout the southern
portion of the state last night and in the
vicinity of New Orleans. Advices from
the country to-day are to the effect that
no serious damage was done and no lives
are reported lost.
The big Texas and Pacific elevator at
West Wego was struck by the storm at 3
o'clock this morning and badly damaged.
The conveyors and valuable machinery
were wrecked.
BUILDINGS DOWN AT MONROE.
Monroe, La, March 20.-A strong wind
coming from the northwest yesterday
evening blew down a number of dwellings
and stores in this city. No lives were
lost, but several persons were seriously
injured.
MANY TREES BLOWN DOWN.
Purvis, Miss, March 20.-At a. m. a
destructive storm passed through this
section, and although great deal of tim
Der was leyeled, and the roads DISTRACTED
by fallen trees, only few houses were
wrecked and no lives have been reported
lost.
IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Memphis. Tenn, March 20.-The dam
age to property in the Mississippi Valley
by storms and floods during the past forty
eight hours is beyond calculation. Bridges
have been washed away, houses wrecked,
railroad tracks displaced, farm land has
been tattened out, especially in the bot
toms, and crops have been delayed where
before every prospect for an early and
highly favorable season for farmers and
planters was anticipated. During the two
days the precipitation at Memphis reached
about eight inches. There are eleven
railroads entering Memphis and every
one of them has been subjected to wash
outs. Two miles of the tracks of the
Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern rail
road was swept away at the Hatchie
river seven miles north of Memphis. The
st. Louis and Southwestern and Tennes-
see Midland each report five washouts,
while the trunk of the former is sub
merged for several miles in White river
swamp.
THE STORM IN ARKANSAS.
The storm in Arkansas was accom-
panied by high winds, and more damage
was done in that state than in Tennessee
A dispatch from Helena, Ark, says that
cyclone struck that place about sunset
last night, unroofing houses, uprooting
trees, blowing down fences, splintering
telephone poles and doing other damage
The roofs were blown off two
stores. The front of the building
occupied by Zeilig's emporium, dry goods
the Ridge City club and the Lotus club
were demolished. Two of Zeilig's en-
ployes escaped death by almost miracle.
The Presbyterian church sustained slight
damage from flying timbers. Scores of
trees We're uprooted and innumerable
fences blown down.
NEGRO sHANTIEs DEMOLISHED.
A row of negro shanties located on the
levee near the Mississippi Valley depot
was completely demolished. Great ex-
element prevailed among business men
who were cut off from their homes by
the fury of the storm. So far as can be
learned, there was no loss of life in the
city.
The country few miles south of Hell
ena was greatly damaged, as the storm
seemed to have been more furious down
the river than in the city.
A dispatch from Chattanooga Tenn,
says the tail of a cyclone struck that
place this afternoon and wrecked a num-
Der of buildings. The wind was followed
by a terrific rain and hailstorm, which
flooded the streets and smashed windows
and skylights.
In the vicinity of Poplar Grove and
Marvel, Ark, the cyclone wrecked a
dozen or more farm houses and scattered
the debris over the country for miles
around. The cyclone crossed the river
into Mississippi near Helena Ark,
spreading ruin in every direction Tele-
graph wires are Frustrated and details
are slow coming in, but no loss of life is
reported so far.