Mexico weekly ledger., 1897-12-30
METEOROLOGICAL


iished by cyclone: 1 killed.
Jan 24-Most widespread cold wave of
south as central Texas and northern Louis
lana; temperature in northwest from Is to
a 25--At Virginia. Mimi. Thermometer
stood 81 below.
Feb sin Ohio. rise of Hooking river
causes Hoods that sweep away property all
Feb. 2-Thermometers register from Il
to 40 below throughout northwest. !
tr MaF fg s@Reilq TT Extent St ss 81 sssSod So 3 s suffers
!. Mar 10-Ralston, o. T., nearly destroyed
by cyclone. :
Mar 1Sntseds, Lynn, James. Hinton and
Nebraska, Missouri. Iininois. Kentucky aSTy.
LIe eaIsians,. STREAMS Aeaansa seco Mas'' ssilRs s sas
nense. Utica, Miss. wrecked by lorna
ST. sffos = f houses At ie eisno, psn sSs,o Euse e.
sweeps over Lake Charles. Clayton, HORNS
by. Vidalia and other Louisiana townsI
Mar 22-Cyclone at Arlington. Ca, wrecks
academy building: Q killed. TORNADO q
insham county, n. r.. shaken by ssrse-
quake. Cyclone in Cynthiana and Wash,
ington. Ind. wrecks many buildings. -.
Mar 2s-Au lowe farms in valleys, Of
Eyl ermill Siig a SiGq Eiik htsfle r sseIs; uh nsnsE H, Sam
Mar 5oNThree breaks occur in ievse that
IA almost totally destroyed by tornado; u
Mar sl-aradys, Ark. almost destroyed
across country / miles east Of superi6f.
Neb. Severe blizzard prevails over west
er ap T?e @ssar f ina Go SsS. Ark, 5 drowned
,TIReF. t and { @ 9saS'i n sislh Ms Mais.i M u ..ess
lelone in southern part Of Cleveland eoun-
Apr uITctal area under water by foods
1850 square mileswl.sO square niles
s "a M is75o spRar e'D miss Iasf IN M tn.lSs 10 II
d dstretsss contained ed 8 $50 farms; valued q
81. OK. coo Principal streets Of East Ss GrSnd
In Red river.
Apr 1i-In Quincy Qll) district 10000
acres AnT i aSMIn Wef IRON Gutb 70 ~ t 8 T.. cloud
I, May, Is-Rapid fall Of Mississippi river
great a9od was over; damage amounted to
Msy r.. E 2, sa &c.,; Tex. giving way Of
May 27-Ar FL Paso, Tex, a second break
In levee does great damage....Vermont
shaken by earthquake.
Jun W. y Ayt Ct NnilH. aAu Va
cinity does great damage: Z killed.
Jun 1s-Cyclone destroying farm build
tings of Illinois institution for feeble-mind-
ed children at Lincoln killed 4.
Jun 2+Cyclone near Saline, Kan wrecks
many buildings; 8 killed Much damage
done by hail at Topeka. Kan.
Jul 6.toTry. MINI. wiped out by cy-
Jul Elm Chicago, 20 die, . driven insane
like cases throughout Illinois, Michigan.
| Wisconsin. Iowa, Indiana, Ohio and Mis-
souri,. Much damage done by tornado in
western Kentucky and southern Illinoisi
several fatalities
Jul ~22-Cloudburst strikes youngstown,
| O.: entire county east and west 20 milss
| flooded. Earthquake at Saratoga, N. Y.
Jul 23-Upper Hinton, W. Va, almost en-
tirely swept away by tornado; several
| killed.
|, Jul o0-Near San Jose. H.. cyclone did
much damage; I killed.
| Aug linear Wilmot, s. D., 2 In of snow.
Sep 18-At Port Arthur and Sabine Pass,
| Tex, hurricane results in 10 dead, many In
| jured and $3.50, coo loss to crops
Oct 25-Deiaware coast swept by worst
| storm in 10 years; damage, 81, 600.
Oct 2G-Blizzard in eastern Colorado, Ne
braska and South Dakota.
Nov 10-Destructive ornado at Boulder
| and other Colorado towns.
Dec 13-Tornado at Point La Hache. La,
wrecked buildings and took life... Earth.
quake at Lebanon, Ill.
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