Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-03-30
TORyADOES FEARED.
Inhabitants Of Oklahoma Aroused
by Prognost.cator Hicks
FREIGHT WRECK near PITTSBURGH.
Two Men Killed and Que Fatally Injured
Harrison Valley. Pa MARTY Wiped OUT
by Fire-He IVY sn0wst"rm In I 0lo-
rAdu-Manv Horse. iiurnrd.

Guthrie. Ok, March n. Rev. |. l.
Hicks, the weather DrognosticatOr, has
made the prediction that the coming
summer will bring frequent tornadoes
TO Oklahoma and the people OF the ter
ritory are preparing their buildings
accordingly. A year or so ago Mr.,
Hicks predicted tornado for Chan
dler and it arrived on schedule tlnc,
on the very day he had named and not
more than 20 minutes from the hour
set This resulted in the conversion
Of all scoffers and now everybody in
Oklahoma swears by Hicks. An un-
usual sight impres,es travellers passing
through the territory. 1t is the large
number OF holes in the ground which
are being dug. In the towns cyclone eel
lars are being constructed in every new
building and dug beneath old buildings
whose owners did not originally take
this precaution. As summer APP
proaches diet Is not the attraction
sought by travellers in selecting hotels,
but the hostelries which have the best
weather-proof cyclone cellars draw the
patronage. Oklahoma City missed a
destructive wind by only about half
mile early this month, and it is in that
vicinity that the work of preparing
cellars is being most vigorously prose.
cuted In all parts of the territory,
however, people are preparing to re-
duce the dangers of death and destruc-
ton to the minimum.
FREIGHT WRECK NEAR PITTSBURGH
Pittsburgh, Pa, March y. "A freight
wreck yesterday on the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad, at
Jackson run, just below the city, re-
suited in the death Of two men, the
probable fatal injurng Of another and
the complete destruction OF an engine
and ten freight cars. The loss to the
company is about $4,000. The dead
men are: James A. Bracken. engineer,
and James r. Lowe, fireman, both of
Pittsburgh. c. r. Brandenbaugh, a
brakeman, was hurt internally and
will probably die. The cause Of the
wreck is mystery. The Fort Wayne
train was standing still when an extra
freight on the Pennsylvania railroad,
heavily laden, came dashing up be-
hind at the ra tie of 80 miles an hour
and crashed into it. The telegraph
operator and signal man both claim to
have signaled the extra to stop, but
no attention was paid to their warn.
ings. Some of the trainmen think
Bracken must have fallen asleep at his
post.
HARRISON VALLEY, Pa, BURNED.
Corning, N. Y, March a. Harrison
Valley, Pa, lost almost its entire
business portion by fire yesterday.
The Harrison Valley house and ten
other buildings were burned to the
ground and the remaining hotel and
three stores were only saved by tip
ping barber shop over into creek.
The village has no protection from fire
md the departments from Knoxville
zane on special train to help them.
The loss is $4,000, with much less in.
'urance.
HEAVY sNowsTORM IN COLORADO.
Denver, Col, March ~. The snow
torn which began Saturday was gen.
,ral yesterday over large part of the
tate and has been one OF the heaviest
" the winter. Fifteen inches on the
evel is reported at Holyoke The
railroads are again expert
'ncing trouble, although through
rattle has not been stopped.
FoRTy-ElGHT HORSES BURNED.
Astoria, o., March 27.-Smiths
livery stable burned yesterday. Forty.
light horses were burned todeath and
more than 80 buggies and wagons de.
troyed. Loss, $50, 900.