Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1898-01-08
METEOROLOGICAL.

METEOROLOGICAL.
Jan 2-Mooringsport, La, almost demol-
lshed by cyclone; killed.
Jan l9-Earthquake on Kishm island In
Persian gulf killed $500 persons.
Jan A-Most widespread cold wave of
years reported from all sections as far
south as central Texas and northern Louis
lana; temperature in northwest from Is 10
50 below.
Jan 25-At Virginia. Minn, thermometer
stood 81 below.
Feb SIN Ohio. rise of Hooking river
causes floods that sweep away property all
along river; 6 drowned.
Feb E-Thermometers register from IA
to 40 below throughout northwest.
Mar 9-Vicinity of Bedford, Ind, suffers
from freshet to extent of $2,O00,O00.
Mar lo-Ralston. o. T., nearly destroyed
Mar lS-Leeds. Lynn, James. Hinton and
Merrill, In Iowa, flooded
Mar l9-ln Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Nebraska. Missouri, Illinois, kentucky,
Tennessee. Arkansas, Mississippi and
rents; loss of life and property i'm
mense. =. Utica, Miss, wrecked by<torna-
do; farmer killed. -. Texas cyclone de-
stroys houses at Plano. Dentonh Hutch
sweeps over Lake Charles, Clayton, iiorns-
by, Vidalia. and other Louisiana towns;
many lives lost.
Mar 22-Cyclono at A,rlingtont Ga, wrecks
aeaaeH,y pulaing, hiieu' :; EIornado near
ingham county, n. H.. shaken by earth
quake. Cyclone in Cynthiana and WASH
ington, Ind, wrecks many buildings.
Serious floods along Desf Moines river in
Mar 2s-All Iowa FARMS in valleys of
Floyd, Big Sioux, Little fSioux, Rock, Jim,
Vermillion and Elkhorn drivers under water
Mankato, MINI. ho9ded; drowned.
Mar %1Aastn' " Austin Tex. .1wept by cyclone,
protects Mississippi dfelta. /. Chandler, q.
killed.
Mar 3l-Gradys, Ark, almost destroyed
by cyclone; 4 Xii Ned =, Tornado sweeps
across country 4 iAhiles east of Superior,
Neb. .. Severe blizzard prevails over west
ern Nebraska and E,olorado.
Apr 2-Near IndiAn Bay, Ark, drowned
while fleeing befor}e rising waters Of White
river, and more near Madrid, Mo. ..Cy-
clone In southern part of Cleveland coun-
ty, Ark; l killed.
Apr 1l--Total ar3ea under water by floods
1850 square mI&les-7,900 square miles
In Mississippi, 4.5fO square miles in Arkan-
sas, 1,76O square Mailes In Missouri, 200 In
Tennessee ana 4s0 In Louisiana. Flooded
districts containeAh 30. 800 farms, valued a,
SIS, 400 900. PrincA1pal streets Of East Ora nd
Forks, N. D., hoY0ded feet deep by freshe'
Apr lin Q}dincy Qll.) district 1900
acres inundate n from to 10 feet.
Apr S-ln West Guthrie, U. T., cloud
burst does Inn Inn hense damage; Is drowned
May l9-Rap Ia fall of Mississippi rivel
from MemphisX to gulf gave notice tha
great 1000 wa over; damage amounted t
May 2S--At NtEl Paso, Tex, giving way o
levee uestroyef3d 120 houses.
May N--At HEl Paso, Tex, q second breal
In levee uoes great damage. Vernon
shaken py ca aAthQuako.
Jun S-At -rllngton and other parts o
Texas great amage done by tornado.
Jun W-Cycl one at Lytle, Mimi. and vi
cinity does III lat damage; killed.
Jun N-Cye lone destroying farm build
ings ol llllnoiTk Institution for feeble-mind
ed children at ~ Lincoln killed /.
Jun et-CyclGee n" :" asar Saline. Kan. wreck
many buildingh Killed \. Much damag
done BY hail al fopeka. kan.
Jul A2narnu ~ MinnS partially destroye
BY tornado. = -
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