The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-01-07
METEOROLOGICAL

Jan 2--Mooringsport, La. almost demol.
is1ed py cyclone, killed.
Jan ls-Earthquake on Kishm islam ir
Persian gulf killed $500 persons.
Jan z-Most Widespread cold wave OF
yea.s reported from all sections as fai
south as central Texas and northern Louis
lana, temperature in northwest from Is IA
50 below. ~
Jan 25-At Virginia. Mimi, thermometer
stood 81 below.
Feb 2-Thermometers register from Il
10 ~ below throughout northwest.
Mar s-Nicinity OF Bedford. Ind, suffers
from freshet TO extent OF S2. OOO.OVO
Mar lO-kalston. q. T., nearly DESTROYED
by cyclone.
Mar ls-Leeds. Lynn. James, Hinton and
Merrill, IN Iowa, flooded.
Mar BIN Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa.
Nebraska. Missouri, Illinois. kentuckv'
tennessee ARKANSAS. Mississippi and
rents. loss OF life and properly i'm
mense. Utica, Miss. wrecked by lorna
DO, a farmer killed Texas cyclone de-
ms. Itasca ana Fort Worth. Cyclone
sweeps over Lake Charles, CLAYTON. Iorns-
~, Nidalia and other Louisiana towns;
Mar 22-cyclone at Arlington. Ga. wrecks
acacemy building; , killed. -. Tornado near
ADpeville ana Genoa, Ala, kills o.. Rock
lhsham county. N. H.. shaken by earth
quake....C y clone in Cynthiana and Mash-
ington, Ind, wrecks many ~uildings..
Serious hoods along Des Moines river In
Mar 2S-All Iowa farms in valleys OF
Floyd, Big Sioux, Little sioux, Rock, Jim.
Nermillion and Llkhorn rivers under water
.Manhato Mimi, Hooded. 4 drowned.
Mar 2s-Austin. Tex. swept by cyclone.
Mar V-Ihre breaks occur in levee that
protects Mississippi delta a.. Chandler. o.
killed.
Mar sl-Gradys. Ark, almost destroyed
py cyclone. I killed -. Tornado sweeps
across country 4 miles east OF Superior,
Neb.. Severe blizzard prevails over west
ern Nebraska and Colorado.
Apr Near Indian Bay. Ark. 6 drowned
while ieeins before rising waters Of White
river, and . more near Madrid. Mo....C y
clone In southern part of Cleveland coun-
~, Ark: ] killed.
Apr 1l-Total area under water by floods
1880 square m~iles-7.SO squar miles
IN mississippi. 400 square miles in Arkan-
sas. LOO square miles in Missouri, l.2Oo In
districts contained 1880 farms. valued al
sG5.ovV.V Principal streets OF East Grand
Forks, n; D.. Hooded 5 feet deep by freshst
Apr 2s-In West Guthrie. O. T.. cloud
burst does immense damage, % drowned.
May lsmitapid fan Of Mississippi river
great hood was over. damage amounted to
May SAT FL Paso. Tex, giving way Of
levee destroyed 100 houses.
May 2l-At la Paso. Tex. a second break
In levee does great DAMAGE. Vermont
shaken by earthquake.
Jun lo-Cyclone at Lyle, MINI. and vi
does great damage; Z Killed.
Jun ls-Cyclone destroying farm build
ings OF Illinois institution for fe ebie-nInd-
ed children at Lincoln killed 4.
Jun ~24-Cyclone near Saline, Kan. wrecks
many. buildings. 3 killed 49,. Much damage
by hail at Topeka. Kan.
Jul HBarnum. Mimi. partially destroyed
by tornado.
Jul e.Lowry. MINI. wiped out by cy-
Jul s-In Chicago, 20 die. 2 driven insane
and 60 "rostrated by intense heat, riany
like cases throughout Illinois, Michigan.
Wisconsin. Iowa, Indiana. Ohio and Mis-
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 20 miles
Hooded. Earthquake at Saratoga. N. Y.
Jul 23-upper Hinton. W. Va. almost en-
tircly swept away by tornado: several
Jul 3o-Nea- San Jose. H.. cyclone did
much damage: z killed.
Aug linear Wilmot. 8. n, 2 In. OF snow. |
Sep .13-At Port Arthur and Sabine Pass, |
Tex, hurricane results In 10 dead. many In.
jured and s25o.ooo loss to crops.