Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-21
II Was Hot Confined 10 Richmond by
Any Means.
A BLIzzARD IN THE NORTHWEST.
simoom I'm Texns-A Cyclone in
GeorGia-Railway Traffic Greatly
Impedcd-Busines.P Practically sus-
pended at Many Points.

six inches deep. and is drifting. At Percy
IL. steady northwest gale. with blind
ing snow and minute particles Of ice. is
blowing at the rate OF forty-two miles an
hour The snow has drifted three and
four feet deep in places, and business is
practically suspended to-day.
SIX INCHES OF SNOW.
ST. LOUIS. March 2O--A heavy sleet-
storm, which began early last evening,
changed to snow at midnight. and at 9
O'Clock this morning the ground was
covered 10 the depth Of six inches. Much
damage was done 10 telegraph and tele-
phone wires and street-car traffic was
seriously interrupted. The weather began
clearing shortly after this morning, and
It is probable that the snow Will soon dis
appear.
STORM UNEXPECTED.
CINCINNATI. March 2o--A blizzard
struck this city about o'clock this morn
ing. The storm was unexpected, as the
indications were for warmer weather
with rain. A heavy snow-storm was pre-
ceded by a heavy hail-storm about b
O'Clock, which lasted nearly an hour
Nearly three inches of snow fell between
Z and 10 O'Clock
Traffic for the time being Is almost en-
tirely suspended, and the streets are we'll
nigh impossible. The various street-car
lines are blocked, and suburban residents
experience great difficulty in reaching
their places Of business.
TERRIFIC WIND-sTORM.
DENISON. TEX, March pa terrific
sImoom, filing the air with sand. swept
over this section last night. Houses were
unroofed. trees blown down. and great
deal Of damage done 1t was the most
violent wind-storm ever experienced IN
this section. SO far it Is not known that
any lives were lost.
CYCLONE At AUGUSTA.
AUGUSTA. GA. March Z.-At o'clock
this morning Augusta was visited by
the most destructive wind-8torm. or cy
clone. since 1873. II came from the south
west. with but little warning, and in
less than minute hal passed over the
city into South Carolina. In It's track
there laV destruction. Houses were ut
terlv wiped from their foundations ana
sent I'm all directions, over house-tOps
that were not touched by the bounding.
circular wind. Strange to say, there were
no fatalities. though I'm many Instances
roofs were carried away while the occu-
pants Of the houses were left unhurt
The majority of the houses ruined were
small, one-story ones. as the section
Of the city over which the cyclone passed
was that for the most part inhabited by
the poorer classes Of whites and negroes.
The path of the cyclone was about a
mile in length from the first place II
struck 10 where II finally rose and passed
over. The path was IN the shape of an >,
and the cyclone struck about every quar-
ter OF a mile, making four descents, ana
rebounding but the second one was, per-
haps, the worst. This WAS On GWyne.,e,
between Eighth and Ninth streets.
The first two houses blown down were
two small ones on the outskirts OF the
city.
4 JOCKEY SUFFERS.
The cyclone then rose and came down
on Gwynette street. The house Of Will
lie Symmes, the great colored jockey,
which is a rather pretentious one. was
the first to suffer. II was twisted
about. and the chimneys were carried
away; the doors were blown from their
hilges, and the window ga shes forced in.
Across the street five small houses were
so completely demolished that there was
no trace Of them, except a few bricks
from the chlmneys and foundation props.
square farther at the corner OF
Summer and Eighth streets, small
house had an entire end taken out,
leaving the interior exposed like scene
in a theatre. People were in the house
at the time eating breakfast. but they es-
capped unhurt.
Outhouses in the yards were lifted and
carried off several squares
Three hundred yards further on is Stu
ated the nour-mill of Miller & Co. II
Is an immense fOur-story building. COW
cred entirely with sheet-irOn. While
the mill was not itself hurt by the
wind, it proved a target for the flying
bricks. shingles. and rafters from the
ruined houses. A small Clubhouse from a
yard quarter Of mile away came sail
ing through the air and struck the side
Of the mill. The force of the missile
shattered the iron. and the house was
driven into the side Of the larger one
Scantlings and boards also pierced the
iron sides of the mill til IT had the ap-
peararce Of a frontier fort after an at
tack by Indians.
A MULE KILLED.
In front Of Miller & Co.'S mill an elec
tric-light pole and tree were blown dowr
and the wires cross with the telephone
wires. which grounded and struck a mule
instantly killing him.
Several hundred yards farther to The
northeast the wind came down again anC
demolished one half OF the round-hous,
| Of the Central railroad of Georgia. one
of the locomotives in the shops at the
time was badly damaged and the tin roo
| Of the remaining portion OF the building
| was stripped off like an oraDgepeel.
The roof OF the Perkins Manufacturing
Company's building was also torn away
| The mint -Chpn ~ tho Central railroad
car-shops was sprung, and thrown badly
| out Of shape. one side Of its foundation
| being blown away. Across Calhoun stree
| from this two small houses were de
| molishcd.
| on Fenwick street uear the Southern
| railway yard house In which five per
SONS were was blown away, leaving no
| thing but the flooring, and yet no one
| was hurt.
| TWENTY HOUSES DESTROYED.
In all about forty houses were badly
| damaged and twenty utterly destroyed
| The loss is varlously estimated. but j
is conservatiyely placed at $1,000.
The great cyclone Of 1873 passed owe
part Of the territory covered by this
| but did far greater damage.
| Perhaps seveaty-five people were rem
| dered homeless by this mornings wind.
WIND AND RAIN.
| COLUMBUS. GA. March 20.-A terrible
| cyclone and a tremendous rain VISITED
| this section at o'clock this morning
| The cyclonic disturbance was great II
| Girard. Ala, across the river from ant
| opposite TO Columbus. The roof of Z
| fertilizer mandatory there was carried
| off. and four houses were blown down
| Fortunately. the occupants, who are cot
| ton-factOry operatives, were up at tn
| time, and escaped injury There was NJ
| loss OF life. but the damage 10 propert!
| is considerable. the amount not bein:
| estimated. All the bridges In Girar'
| were swept away. and travel was sc
| riously impeded
In Columbus the rain for several hour
| was the heaviest OF this season. an
was accompanied by violent wind, but N
| damage was done. save that the street
were frightfully washed and the mill
| closed down on account OF the grea
| rise in the river
OVER ALL KANSAS
ATCHISON. KAN. March pa blind
| ing snow-storm swept over Kansas las
night. The storm extends TO the Colorad
| line and south into Oklahoma. Eailroai
| traffic Is considerably interfered with.