Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-01-02
METEOROLOGICAL,

Jan 2-Mooringsport, La, almost demoI- Ished by cyclone; 1 killed
 Jan 19-Earthquake on Klshm Island in Persian gulf killed 2.50o persons Jan N-Most widespread cold wave of south as central Texas and northern Louis 30 below. -
 Jan 251At Virginia. Minn.. thermometer stood 51 below.
 Feb 26-Thermometers register from 14 to 10 below throughout northwest
 Mar S-Ntctnity of Bedford, Ind suffers from freshet to extent Of s, ,000,000
 Mar 10-Ralston. o. T.. nearly destroyed by cyclone.
 Mar I8-Leeds. Lynn, James, Hinton and Merrill, in Iowa, flooded.
 Nebraska, Missouri. Illinois. Kentucky, Louisiana, streams become raging tor rents; loss of life and property i'm mense. Gtiea, Miss, wrecked by torna- do; farmer killed ....T Texas cyclone de stroys houses at Plano, Denton, Hutch tns, Itasca and Fort Worth.... Cyclone sweeps over Lake Charles, Clayton, Horns by, NldaIia and other Louisiana towns: many lives lost
 Mar 22-cyclone at Arlington, Ga, wrecks academy building; killed. Tornado near AbbeYflle and Genoa, Ala, kills 5... Rock tngham county, N. H., shaken by earth qHake... Cyclone in Gynthiana and Wash lngton, Ind, wrecks many buildings,... Serious floods along Des Moines river in Iowa.
 Mar 23-All Iowa farms in valleys of ioyul BlB 0iouX, Little SIOUX, Rock, Jim, Nermillion and Elkhorn rivers under water .t. .Mankato, Minn,. flooded drowned.
 Mar 2s-Austin, Tex, swept by cyclone.
 Mar 5U-Three breaks occur in leVee that protects Mississippi delta. Chandler. O. killed
 Mar 31-Gradys. Ark. almost destroyed by cyclone; 4 killed. ....Tornado sweeps across country miles east of Superior, Nebs- Severe blizzard prevails over west eFn Nebraska and Colorado.
 Apr Z-Near Indian Bay, Ark, ] drowned while fleeing before rising waters of W htte riYer and more near Madrid, Mo-. Cy- clone in southern part of Cleveland coun- ty, Ark; 1 killed.
 Apr 11-Total area under water by floods 15,S00 square miles-7 800 square miles in Mississippi. 4.500 square miles in Arkan- sas, 1.750 square miles Ill Missouri, 2G0 in Tennessee and 450 in Louisiana. Flooded districts contained 39.500 farms, valued al 965iu0e, 090. ... Principal streets of East Grand Forks N, D., flooded feet deep by freshet in Red river
 Apr 2S-In West Guthrie, o. T.. cloud burst does immense damage; 25 drowned
 May 19-Rapid fall of Mississippi river great g. at dao nooc was over; damage amounted 10
 May 25-At Fl Paso, Tex. giving way of levee destroyed I20 houses.
 May 27-At Fl Paso. Tex, a second break in levee does great damage. Vermont shaken by earthquake.
 Jun 10--Cyclone al Lytle, Mann., and vi einity does great damage; killed. Jun ISm,!Cyelone destroying farm build- lH5S OL 1AiiAAOiS LOT leeDle-mlnd- ed children at Lincoln killed f.
 Jun 4-Cyclone near Saline, Kan. wrecks many buildings; 3 killed Much damage done by hail at Topeka, Kan.
 Jul IBarnum. Minn., partially destroyed Jul Jul e,.,L,.o9,w,ry. E, Minn.. wiped out by cy-
 Jul 9-In Chicago. 20 die. driven insane and 60 prostrated by Intense heat. many Wisconsin, Iowa. Indiana. Ohio and Ms souri,. Much damage done by tornado in western Kentucky and southern Illinois; several fatalities.
 Jul 22-cloudburst strikes Youngstown. O.; entire county east and west % miles flooded... Earthquake at Saratoga, N Y
 Jul 23-Upper Hinton. W. Va, almost en- tirely swept away by tornado: several killed
 Jul so-Near San Jose. H.. cyclone did much damage: killed.
 Aug 17-Near Wilmot, & D., Tn. of snow
 Sep 1s--At Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, Tex. hurricane results in 10 dead, many in- tured and s25o.000 loss to crops.