Evening star., 1901-03-11
Violent Atmospheric Disturbances in
Many Parts of Country. -
HEAVY RAINFALL IN new YORK
Tornado Kills Several Persons Near
Forest City, Arkansas.
WIND WORKS HAV VOC

fall since yesterday afternoon has done
much damage along the lines of the New
York Central and Harlem railroads, and
reports of washouts and ruined roadbeds
are being received from many parts of
the state. Suburban train service is badly
crippled today. and nearly all trains reach
ing the Grand Central station are from
thirty minutes to an hour and half be-
hind schedule time.
The tracks on the Central and Harlem
roads below White Plains are completely
submerged in many Instances. the water
being three and four feet deep over the
rOadbed. Between Fordham and Melrose
the water was deep enough to put out the
fires IN two engines and it necessary
to send to Mott Haven for relief Above
Morrisania for distance OF over 1900 feet
the water reaches he second step of the
passenger trains. and engine drivers have
to slowly feel their way into the city.
In the cut at Bedford Park several tele-
graph poles We're blown across the tracks,
while the tracks were washed out in sew
eral places in the neighborhood of Scars
dale From Hartsdale to Mount Vernon,
on the Harlem road. the roadbed is i'll a
dangerous condition. and a crew will be
sent to drain away the flood
Railroad men expect the rise in the
upper Hudson to break up today, and great
floods along the Central railroad will be
the result. To meet such an emergency
Ine company Is piannlng 10 nave the Cen
trail trains cross over to the Harlem road
at Hudson and come into the city over that
line In the vicinity of Hartsdale. Scars
dale. and. in fact. down the entire Bronx
valley, the macadam roads are washed
away and damages many thousands of
dollars.
Despite the storms damage the fire de-
partment and citizens of the Bronx and
Brooklyn who have long been suffering for
lack of a sufficient supply of water will
welcome the rain
Storm in Southern Wisconsin.
CHICAGO. March 11--Southern Wiscon-
sin suffered severely from the storm yes
terday. The Wisconsin Telephone Company
report that the entire system of the COM
pany has been paralyzed; that Racine,
Kenosha and most of the other lake shore
cities are entirely cut off.
Racine is reported to have suffered more
heavily than any other town in the state.
The principal streets are covered with
wreckage and telephone and telegraph
wires. and poles lie in great heaps in
many of the thoroughfares The damage
to the electric light wires was so great
that the city was left in darkness last
night to avoid danger from loose live
wires
Burlington. Cedar Rapids Indianola and
Creston bore the brunt of the storm IN
Iowa. In Indianola all the electric lights
were destroyed. and the Mutual Telephone
Company suffered $4,000 damage in the
destruction of it's wires and operating ap-
paratus- There was a heavy snow at Ce-
dar Rapids all day today, trains being
blockaded and telephone and telegraph
companies being forced 10 abandon all
business.
Electric Storm in New York.
ROCHESTER, n. Y. March 11.-During
one of the first electric storms that has
visited this section in March since 1890, and
the heaviest ever seen in Charlotte the big
stock barns of ex-Congressman Halbert $.
nra ipr,R IJrR inst ct of
Ontario beach, was struck by lightning late
last night and completely destroyed. Forty
three head of cattle. twenty-one blooded
horses. together with 100 tons of hay and
100 tons Of straw. were burned. Loss $4,000,
covered by Insurance.
Tornado in Arkansas
FOREST CITY. Ark. March 11-Three
persons were killed and many injured In
this vicinity Saturday evening by torna-
do. Four miles west of this city Pinkey
Watson COlored. and her infant child were
the first victims. In the same neighbor-
hood sixteen houses and miles of fences
and trees We're leyeled. In Johnston town
ship. ten miles northeast. the tornado liter
ally lifted the house of j. a. Wooley from
its foundation and shattered it to frag-
ments. killing Wooley and seriously injur-
ing his wife and stepson. Bob Allen, Out
buildings and miles of fences were blown
down
Blizzard in Northern wisconsin
4h%tieA-Nr< WIS, hdICH IA HtTCe
blizzard swept over northern Wisconsin
yesterday and last night. Wind. snow and
sieet combined to make 1t the worst storm
in years.
Trains on all lines are many hours late
and street traffic is practically blocked.
Telegraph communication in nearly all di-
rectionS is cut off.
Great concern is felt for the large num-
Der Of fishermen who are out on the ice of
Green bay Hundreds of men practically
make their homes in small shanties on the
Ice OF the hShing grounds and no communi-
cation has been hau with them since the
storm began.
Milwaukee Cut Out
MILWAUKEE Wis, March 11.-Abso-
lutely no means of communication, either
by telegraph or telephone, has existed since
yesterday between this city and the outside
world a sleet storm. the most disastrous
in many years, caused the destruction of
the wires in every direction, while a wind
OF almost hurricane velocity made matters
much worse by tOppling over hundreds of
poles
a wholesale decentralization of railroad
traffic followed the destruction OF the wires
FestlSe OF the mail service remains but
thls was much impaired. The storm was
most severe between this city and Chicago
not much better.
officials of the telegraph companies ,e-
port that between CUg and 700 poles sra
down between Milwaukee and Chicago and
that regiment of Iinemen are making
SLOW progress in restoring communication
The work probably will require two or
three days
Much Damage in Texas.
81 LOUIS. March 1l-Reports from
points through Texas show that the storm
OF Saturday night destroyed much property
along the lines OF the st. Louis South
western. Iron Mountain and the Kansas
City. Southern and their Texas branches
At Pine Prairie. Ark. near Texarkana.
TWO persons were killed and many injured
In New Boston. Texas, seyenty-five holr,ss
We're wrecked. but no person was killed
Nearly every house in Blossom Texas a
town OF LOO Inhabitants, was unroofcd
Landslide Near Hastings
landslide near Hastings blocked the
New York Central tracks for several
hours At PeekskflI. McGregor brook over
flowed. flooding many streets, interrupt
Ing electric railway traffic and doing about
So,Vo damage. Both the Western Union
and Postal Halagranb