The Worthington advance., 1901-03-15
.HAV 81 BIG STORM.


Southern and Western States Wis
itedssbyi vih md Rain.
ANunbers Of Lives Lost,, j Iaaly. Per-
u .sens Are Hslrt, Nv ileH the Dan-
agesto Prspsrty 10 slseDortea. ;=s
s.-. z.* to Ne Esoriao.s. 55.
Wills Point, Tex, March IA cy-
clone passed through the west side of
this town at II o'clock saturday morn
ing, dennolishing ever thing in it's
track. Four persons are dead and
shout 90 injured, many of these ia
tally. Fourteen dwelling houses were
entirely ruined and number Of 9TH
ers@ are badly wrecked. The public
school building is q total wreck.
The storm did great damage III the
country districts, southwest and
northeast of Wills Point, but details
cannot be. obtained. It is feared that
many lives have been lost in the farm
ing communities and villages. Z
Eieht Deaths Reported.
st. Louis, March 11.---A special to
the Globe-Democraf from Dallas,
Tex, says: Up to midnight eight
deaths are reported from the Wills
Point tornado. Beulah johnson. died
from fright. She was sick at the
home of her father, 0. L.. johnson,
when the storm struck the town. s.
w. Garrett, Benjamin WATERS and
two of J. w. Williams children are
reported to be dying. The property
loss in Wills Point is estimated at
$4,000 and in Van Zandt~ and sur
rounding country districts at S100. 900.
Losse. Estimated at s1,ooO,ooo.
The storm section extends into Ar
kansas, Louisiana and up the Missis-
sippi valley nearly to Memphis in re-
gions almost without wire or rail.
Telegraph companies are finding it
difficult to gather details of the
storm, but enough is known on which
to base estimates of property losses
approximating $1,o0o,00 to the south
eastern farming and other interests,
and at least score of persons dead.
Mayor Finney issued statement
on the Willis Point situation. He
says nearly 100 persons are entirely
destitute and are being caredtfo by
local authorities. A relief committee
has been formed. At present contri-
buttons will be asked for from Texas
only. If the conditions in the coun-
try district develop badly the request
for aid may be extended.
Six Killed i'm Arkansas.
Paragould, Ark, March 11.-Satur-
day nights storm killed three per-
sons in this (Greene) county and
wrought much property damage. At
Rockhill Mrs. Millie Davis and a 49,
year-ofd boy named Osmer Roberts
were killed by falling timbers. AT
Jackson Commissary, IL miles west
of Paragould, Charles Bowling, a
well-known young business man, was
killed outright by the roof of his
house falling in. Several persons are
reported injured. Much damage to
small buildings, fences and fruit
trees is reported.
Forrest City, Ark, March 11.-Three
persons were killed and many injured
in this vicinity Saturday night by a
tornado. Four miles west of, this
city Pinkey Watson (colored) anil
her infant child were the first VIC
tins. In the same neighborhood 16
houses and miles of fences and many
trees were leveled to the ground. In
johnson township, ten miles nortA.
east, the cyclone. literally lifted the
house of J. A. Woody from it's foun-
dation and shattered it to fragments,
killing Woody and seriously injuring
his wife and his stepson, Bob Allen.
Outbuildings and miles of fences were
smashed to- pieces.
In Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March H.
Dispatches to the Herald from va.
rious POINTS in western Michigan in.
dicate that the wind, sleet and rain.
storm has almost paralyzed the state
telephone service. The 6O-wire state
line of the Michigan Telephone com.
pany about Ionia is mass of tan.
gled wires and broken poles. The Cit.
izens' company is crippled fully as
bad as the Michigan. In Ionia the
streets are blocked with fallen poles
and wires. The loss to both com
panies will amount to several thou.
sand dollars. At St. Joseph the Bell
company suffered loss Of 81, 900 from
the storm. Four hundred telephones
were burned out by contact with the
trolley system wires and the loss to
telephones and switchboards' will
amount to $4,000. Fire in the Bell
telephone Office caused by live wires
caused a loss of $4,000 In Benton
Harbor the wires of the company are
all down and service so crippled it
will take several days to make re.
pairs. The loss will amount to 81, ,OOO
In Indiana.
Princeton, Ind, March 11.-Tt;s
city was struck by tornado Satur.
day night. One dwelling was totally
wrecked, several others were moved
from foundations and hundreds OF
outbuildings were demolished. For.
tunately no lives were lost. The
courthouse and high school buildings
were much damaged. Hundreds OF
windows, many plate glass, were
blown in. The storm came from the
east. ::
In Chicago.
Chicago, March II. - A storm OF
wind, rain; and. sleet played havoc
with telephone and telegraph wires
and poles in TINS city. All suburban
lines of the Chicago Telephone com.