The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-03-14
ARE FATAL.
Four Killed and Others Hurt by a
Cyclone in Texas.

Wits Point, Tex, March 11.-A cy-
clone passed through the west side of
this town at IL o'clock Saturday morn
ing, demolishing everything in it's
track. Four persons are dead and
about 20 injured, many of these ia
tally. Fourteen dwelling houses were
entirely ruined and a number of 9TH
ers are badly wrecked. The public
school building is a total wreck. The
cotton oil mill is damaged, and the
largest gin plant is in ruins. Wires
were blown down, and poles and
fences leveled. A freight car was
blown off the track. The property loss
is about $4,000, which is a conserva-
tive estimate.
The storm did great damage in the
country districts, southwest and
northeast of Wills Point, but details
cannot be obtained. 1t is feared that
many lives have been lost in the farm
ing communities and villages.
Storm Was General.
st. Louis, March 1.-THE loss of a
number of lives and the destruction of
much property has resulted from a Sc
we're wind and rainstorm that has
swept the country from Nebraska and
Iowa south to the gulf coast and from
the Mississippi river to the Rocky
mountains.
Along the course of the Mississippi
river the principal loss was caused by
a heavy rainfall and the floods that
followed it, while farther west the
wind was of such violence as to wreck
buildings.
In Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March IL
Dispatches to the Herald from va
rious points in western Michigan in
dictate hat 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 a mass of tan
gled wires and broken poles. The Cit
liens 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 a loss of IS, 1000 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 $4,000.
In Indiana.
Princeton, Ind, March 11.-This
city was struck by a 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 Kentucky.
Fulton, Ky, March lin the ter
rife storm that swept this section
Saturday night the damage was great
est at Clinton and Hickman. At Gin
ton 20 negro cabins were demolished,
two negroes being mortally hurt and
many others badly bruised and
mashed. Part of Marvin college was
unroofed and the waterworks plant
was destroyed. Eight freight cars on
the Illinois Central switch at the
depot at Clinton were blown from the
track. The Baptist church at Hickman
was destroyed by wind. A large num-
Der of tenant houses and barns were
blown down in Fulton and Hickman
counties and the loss of property is
large.
Damage by a CIoudburst.
Greensboro, KY, March IA cloud
burst here Saturday night did great
damage. The sewer well at Main and
Davies street burst, and a torrent of
water poured into the opening, and
the streets were torn up for some dis
lance about so feet in diameter and 25
feet deep. A large water main was un-
dermined and broke in two, and this
added to the fury of the waters
pouredintothe large opening, creating
a roar like a big water fall. Davies
and Main streets are undermined for
many feet, there being only a top
crust of macadam, and underneath the
appearance of a mammoth cavern
through which swept a mao stream of
water. Portions of the streets caved
in Sunday. Anderson's big depart
ment store has been undermined, and
is in great danger. The stock was
moved Sunday to the zeal part of the
building. The street caved in within
four feet of Temple theater, and that
building is also in danger.
In rkans
Little Rock, Ark, March IL. - A
heavy rain, wind and thunderstorm,
accompanied by lightning, visited Ar
kansas Sunday. AT Van Buren, light
ming struck the residence of James
Morrell, rendering his wife uncon-
scious. A boy was knocked down in
the street. At Conway Is business
houses were unroofed, three others
we're blown down and many stores
dooded. Reports from Pine Prairie
say that a cyclone struck there.
wrecking everything in ITS path. A
boy named Turner was killed.
burned TO Death.
Metropolis, Ill, March Pearl, the
~13-year-old daughter of William Chill