Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-28

uflukes Al All ultcCIuus bhNe hueu
washed cut. The lose In Guthrie is
many thousands Of dollars. Toe dis-
| asler equals the Chandler tornado for
| terrible Huddenness.
HEAVY RAIN.
GUTHRIE, o. t., April 2S.--The
heaviest rain In years fell throughout
the territory yesterday and last night,
II continuous dow npour keeling up ior
1 seven hours.
All the creeks are up to the danger
point and some OF Thorn out OF their
banks.
Southwest OF Waterloo, tbis county,
| q waterproof occurred and half dozen
farms were Inundated. NearSJ lifton,
Linoon county, scores OF farms have
teen swept OF everything and msny
cattle anu horses were drowned. Near
Gushing, Payne county, dozsos OF
peopla hive been driven from their
homes by the high water. In tho
western part OF Logan couuty, several
large bridges on the Cimmaron and
| Cottonwood rivers have been aban-
doned and trains in every direction
| are delayed by washouis.
AT FL Reno lightning struck the
Presbytetian church epire aud
negro school hJuse knocking the
children right anu left, but Killing
none. No fatalities have been report
cd from any point.
The total rain fall aimee Saturday
noon amounts IL. 9s inches. IL isstiIi
raining hard.
MANY PEOPLE MISSING.
WICHITA, Kansas, April 20. "A
special ifom Guthrie toNine Beacon,
/ sayt:
Nine people were seen to drown,two
women and child we're carried away
ON bridge. One man anu two women
were ON the house roof when 1t went
to pieces, and perished. Az there Is
no communication 1t wns absolutely
impossible to yes the nance. Scores
are missing. Many buildings are siili
going down. A girl IN peach tree
lor hours just gave up anu fell In the
water.
Hundreds Of meu are building boats
at the lumber yards. Gus Plat and
George Wells swan the main current,
cut Hat boat from lite moOrings and
| saved seven people.
IL ID believed that many wefe caught
In bed In the small hOuses anu
drowned. The big Cimmsrron briJge
ID gone. Immense damage has been
dOno 10 the country. Skvleton creek
| has washed away SCORES OF iarmhOnses
and several people are uroRned.
CCMMUSIoAIIoN CUT OFF.
KANSAS CIlY, April 2S.-At l0:35
| AN. n cyclone swept between Abilene
anu Sauna, destroying all communi.
/ cation with Denver. The cyclone IL
supposed TO BIS q continuation o! the
frightiul storm which caused the
/ disaster in Oklahoma.
THE WIRES DOWN.
WICHITA, Kans., April 2S.--At
O'Clock the Western Union reports
that every wire communicating with
Guthrie has gone down.
THE KANSAS TORNADO.
KANSAS CITY, Aprii 25.--Nothipg
i definite 10 known here OF tue tornado
| said TO have occurred between Salina
and Abilene, Kansas. The wires are
badly crippled by the storm. Weather
Observer Conner sale: "lf Storm OF
any severity has occurred, 1t muet
have peen OF the local thunder storm
type, accompanied by heavy ,qualls."
RUMoRs OF APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE.
GUTHRIE, o. T., April 2S.--Rumors
OF appalling loss OF lie by the Hood are
In circuistion, some plaoIng the dead
at one TO two hundred. There Is no
way OF getting at the real extent OF
the catastrophe now. While 1t 10 be-
lieved the above estimate 10 exsggerat-
ed, growing indications are that the
previous estimates OF the dead have
been conservative.
The water caught many people
asleep and they either died Instantly
or were thrown on the waves to fight
for their lives rs best they could. Men,
women and children chung 10 houses
ana tree tops while many were carried
down the rapid stream on floating
houses or some other portions OF their
belongings. Many we're knocked from
the trees by the swift current, and
drowned. Mercantile stocks anu
househol goods were swept away.
the property loss 10 estimated at from
100000 to halt u million. The main
resIdeLce anu business portion OF
Guthrie proper was unframed.
KNOWN TO BE DROWNED.
6r. LOUIS, April 2S.-A special to
tho Post-Dispa.ch from Guthrie, o. T.,
Gays: Among those known to have
been drowned are:
Mrs. Ella Dumas; six members OF
the Clemens family; Gee. w. Estet;
Mrs. James Watt; Mfe. J. w, AIoat-
geometry; Joseph L.. Lilly; Jos. Thorn.
ton is supposed TO have persisted.
An unknown wnie man with his
wife and children fioatsd down the
river on house which toppled ovor
and drowned them.
or six b0Rts sent Over the Inundated
districts, Tour capsized. More are being
built to aid In the rescue.
RAILROAD TRACKS WASHED AWAY
PEBKY, okla., April ga 1jod
visituU tDis section last night. The
Santa Fe railroad ia badly damaa ed by
washouts. south OF here, four miles
Of track is washed away. the bridge
over Cimmarron river 10 unsafe Tor
traffic. Train service In every direction
Is stopped.
In this city the streets are filed wi
wafer. Mucn damage TO the low lands
is reported.
SWEPT DOWN TUE STREAM,
KING FISHER, .. t., April 49,
Hardy hGd The btreams aud creeks
OF this vicinity returned to the normal
conditions from Saturdays terrific
raibs before they were again flooded