Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1895-11-30
THE sroRM.s DAMAGE.
A Chicago aud EissWhere the Property
Loss 10 Great-sIAny Men Made Idle.

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Loss 10 Great-Many Men Made Idle.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-Yesterday morn.
ing found Chicago cut of from all
llSlegfaphie communication With this
outside world and with very uncertain
snd inadequate means Of Transports
ton, not only TO other cities, but TO It's
own suburbs. Tho steam railroads
we're blocked with drifts Of snow,
while the sabls lines made little head.
way against the irolen rlusb and
trolley wires Of the electric roads 10
tangled masses In the streets, shutting
IN the motive power OF the cars and
ncnacing the lives Of men and horses.
There had not been such dem6fnlixa'
ton of telegraph and iutramural traf:
90 since 1883. At midnight both tele-
ftaph companies admitted that they
were absolutely cut, en- from every
point on their respective systems; witH
fire alarm wire burning out the
switchboard ut the headquarters Of the
Ore department and cutting of oil
communication with engine houses
throughout the city. By daylight
yesterday there was literally not an
electric wire OF any kind In working
sondition throughout the city, Many
vessels ahd bafgss laden with coal
were also driven ashore.
FACTORIES DAMAGED IN INDIANA.
CiNCINNAri, Nov. 81. Specials from
Indiana report the storm Us follows:
At Elwood the casting hall OF the glass
fa6tory was demolished over the heads
Of 400 workmGu Only two were In.
jured. The Mccoy lamp Chimney fac.
tory was lifted from its foundatioi.
Much minor damage was done. Loss
estimated, 100000. Seven hundred
lheb temporarily out of work. At
franklin the few Clyde window glass
factory was tinroofcd; Business blocks
were damaged and the Indianapolis
gas pumping stations were destroyed.
Loss, $4,000 Three hundred men
rendered idle. At Alexandria the plate
slsss works were badly wrecked and
two large shops 81 the Union steel
plate plant were demolished. Loss
NOT stated: At Birdscye, Ind, many
roofs were blown of by tile storm, ard
at Franklin, Ind, the wind wrecked
the new city hall; loss, $4,000.
AcoAL FLEET WRECKED.
totIssILIE, n.y., Nov. 27.-No loss
Of life has been REPORTED rs o result OF
Monday nights gale, but tfiuch daiiiagc
was done along the Ohio river to
towns in Kentucky and Indiana. In
louisville several residences were un-
rooted, chinineys were lcvelcd and
awnings and signs demolished, but
across tile FLYER the damage was more
severe. At Jeffersonville many barns
were wrecked, and along Front street
residences were unroofed and windows
blown in. At Arctic Springs Capt
Hoffman's coal feet was wrecked and
two Of his doddlers sunk. Three
shanty boats at Port Fulton were
sunk, and Capt. Duffy's coal feet was
torn from its moorings and twenty
Eve empty coal boats lost
A THOUSAND pERRIcKs BLOWN DOWN.
BOWLING GREEN, O., Nov. 27.-The
Standard Oil Co. report over 1000 der
ricks blown down in this field by Mon.
day nights storm and state It's loss
will reach $4,000. The loss to private
operators Is enormous. Wires are down
everywhere. Tho village Of Cygent in
this county was almost entirely blown
away.
From all over the country more or
less damage is reported. the storm
playing havoc, especially with the tcle-
graph wires