Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-16
bad BLIZZARD.
A Colorado Storm Does an I'm
mense Amount Of Damage.
A VIOLENT VIyDSiORN IN TEXAS,


CRIPPLE CREEK, COL, April l3-The
Cripple Creek district was yesterday
visited BY the severest and most de-
structive blizzard In its history and
IN immense amount of damage has
been done. A light snow started at II
o'clock Saturday night, and about
three Sunday morning the storm broke
forth again. The velocity Of the wind.
which was from the northeast, in.
creased, and continued to blow at the
rate Of 60 miles an hour all day. A
score or more Of buildings in this city
were blown down, and tents, signs and
loose lumber were scattered over town.
All the telephone wires out Of the
camp are down, and no trains arrived
or departed this afternoon. The Grip
pie Creek Commission Co. 3 three.story
building on Carr avenue, fell with a
crash, and 1t caught on fire from an
overturned stove, and was completely
destroyed. The Boston Cafe building,
at Carr and Second Streets was par.
tally wrecked. A large rooming house
on Ware avenue was blown down
about noon, and several occupants
were injured. Many store fronts have
been blown in, and some Of the bust.
ness houses, as we'll as residences, will
need repairs. Rumors Of loss Of life
in the outlying districts are in general
circulation. In the hills hundreds Of
prospectors live in tents, majority Of
which were blown away. The damage
to property throughout the camp will
not fall short of 100000 A dozen
buildings or more were blown down at
Gillett. and number at Altman, |
Goldfeld and Victor. Shaft houses
and surface Improvement all over the
district were badly damaged.
A VIOLENT wINDsroRM IN TEXAS.
ABILENE, Tex, April ia terrific
storm, the velocity Of the wind being
90 miles an hour, accompanied by an
inch Of rainfall, swept over this sec.
ton Saturday night In this place
four residences and u half dozen work.
shops were demolished. Many build
ings were also unroofed and telephone
poles were blown down. A Mrs Me-
Kinney was seriously, and a Mrs. John
son painfully, injured, their residences
being destroyed At Colorado City the
storm struck the four-room building
Of ]. N. Solomon and the house was
literally splintered and James Solo.
mon, u year-old boy, was killed and
Mrs Solomon and some of the other
were injured. At Fort Worth
! sash, door and blind factory and the
grand stand at the base ball park were
wrecked. At Cresson, small town
below Fort Worth, the Fort Worth 4
Rio Grande railway depot, the M. E.
church and nine business houses and |
residences were demolished. At Rea.
gan, Falls county, several buildings
we're almost demolished. At Anneta.
Parker county, one store and all Of its
contents were blown away and num-
Der OF residences crushed. At Bates,
Denton county, the M. E. church was
destroyed and other buildings moved
rom their foundations.
FIRE IN A TENEMENT HOUSE.
CLEVELAND, o., April ia fire
which started at two oclock yesterday
morning in three-story tenement
louise at the corner of Muirson and
oregon streets, caused loss of $40, 900
md put the lives of the members of Is
antilles in peril for a brief period. The
Ire started on the second floor Of the
which was IA frame structure,
md the occupants of the upper suites
If rooms all reached the fire escape in
afety, with the exception of one
oung woman named Mary Cox, who
Jumped from third story window and
vas badly hurt.