The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-01-12
METEOROLOGY.

Mar io-Several villages flooded by breaking
OF immense gorge in Susquehanna river, Wilkes
barre. Pa.
Mar. is-7housands OF acres inundated by
the giving way OF dams at Howlandsville.
Plainwell ana Otsego. Mich
Arr. li-Business and one halt OF residence
portion OF Parker, Mo. destroyed by cyclone
49,. City Of Akron. Ia, almost entirely wrecked
by cyclone. the storm following sioux valley
south TO Wcstfleld with much damage. WI
lis. Everest anu Powhattan. townsof southern
kansas. laid in ruins by cyclone
Apr i3-Saline, Mich. entirely wiped out by
cyclone. 80. Hillsboro, Ind. almost completely
blown away by tornado.
Apr. f1-Village Of Gravclion. Ind, COM
piciely blown nway Dy tornado
Apr. 2l-Cyclone IN Virginia did great dam
age at Danyi!,c, south Boston, Marunsyille,
Greensboro and other towns
Ma 3-VillaGc Of LaNcview washed away
and 5000 acres Inundated by breaAins o. west
bark - lie Sision Reservoir near Huntsville. u
damage a. 900 90. 49,. Damaging tornado IN Lex
ington and Newbu-y counties, ! !.
May i1-Ileayy rains caused fool at Erie,
Pa. doing about swl,tOl.oOD worth OF damage.
Losses also from high water ~ Titusvilic. Oh
City, Beaver Falls. New Castle and other Penn
sylvania towns
May s3-Tcrrinc winds torn destroyed 1900
0oj worth Of property In Lima, o. and ytcin-
ity, and dii much daHase al Findlay. Fremont
and other places
MAY gj-In central Missouri. cyclone entirely
destroyed Ladonia, killing - people and sauch
property destroyed al Mobcriy, Sedalia, Brook
rcl1 ara oiscr Ilaces.
May .I-iiea~y damage from Hoods due 20 ex-
cessiye r~ainfalls done TO planters throughout
Tennessee. Mississippi Arkansas ard Louisiana
49,. Recent floods in Louisiana left 1000 people
homeless and hungry in East Carroll. Moore
house, West Carroll ard Madison parishes.
June Near Cotton Plant Ark. cyclone
spread death and destruction. Great damage
to life and property by cyclone In Huntingdon,
Falcon. Camden and Trumble, Icnn.... Edo
RADIO. Ark. destroyed by cyc.9ne
July C-Cyclonc in Iowa, dill Immense dam
age 10 lie and property in Calhoun. Cherokee,
Bncna Vista, Ida sac and Pocahonfas coun-
tics: loss conscrvatlYely placed Ut $4,000, -
lives lost in POrnerOy alone
July q damage - life and property o.
Plcblo. Col. by floods. Heavy fall OF snow In
Brewster county. Tex
Aur 9'-Cyclonr swept kcrnesvillc, y C.
....Olc OF the most terrible storms. both In
severity and IN cxtort, ever reported ragged
along the whole Atlantic scaboord OF the United
states Losses Ia life, property. crops and YES
scls were enormous. 49,. Light frost In South
Dakota. northwest Iowa AID northern Ne
braska
Aug. 2g-sicieor falling a, Delevan. Wis,
caused tire destroying III buildings. Nearly
entire apple crop destroyed. corn crop swept
down and great damage caused TO grapes by
gale Ia western New York and eastern Ohio....
Business portion OF Baltimore, Md, flooded by
storm with great damage.
sep ff-Intense heat caused l52 prostrations
at fair grounds in Chicago: thermometer stood
at Q5 degrees
Sep ig-yilage os Crivlersvillc. Va, almost
wired out By food IN Robinson river.
Oct 2-One OF most destructive storms In
years IN portions OF southern states along the
gulf: nearly 900 lives lost
Oct i5-Heavv frost throughout lower IisSts-
sippi valley with great injury 10 cotton