The sun., 1901-03-12
LIVES LOST in STORM.
Casualties and Property Losses Re-
ported From Many States.
WIND, ,sLEET, RAIN AND SNOW
Tornado Kills Eight People In One
Texas Town and sweeps to Ar
kansas, Where other Fa-
taIIties Are Caused by 1t.

Chicago, March IL. The severe
storm which broke over this part of the
country, causing much damage to prop'
erty, traversed Michigan, Indiana,
Ohio and neighboring states and pre-
walls farther east. Telegraph and tele-
phone services from Lake Superior to
the gulf are crippled.
Illinois suffered from rain and sleet
borne along by southeast gale. Mich
igan cities suffered heavy damage, the
hurricane breaking down wires. In
st. Joseph, Battle Creek, Detroit, Three
Rivers, Ionia and Kalamazoo street
car, telephone and telegraph services
were crippled or suspended.
The tornado, accompanied by heavy
rain, which struck Wills Point, Tex.
and killed eight persons, swept over
the state to the Arkansas line, inhict-
ing heavy property losses. Property
was damaged trains delayed and COM
munication interrupted In Arkansas,
Missouri, Iowa and Kansas, in which
states snow fell in great quantities.
Wisconsin and Minnesota suffered sc.
verely, and property losses and injuries
to citizens are reported from Kentuc-
KY Indiana and Ohio.
Three persons were killed by the
storm in Greene county, Ark, and
much property was damaged. Three
persons were killed at Rockhill and
one at Jackson Commissary, Ark. llli-
nols reports great damage to wheat.
Milwaukee was practically isolated as
l.,A rssul, Of the storm. ieiegraph ,r''''
H." t"ma ',aiiy rilpi,"l
Tas ,,ar.. 10 wi,roa-ir.
Sunhpin Wisconsin suffered s"tt"''.
ly from ,he sior,,. 'lc Wisconsin,
r.lepnnne company reports iltai iue
pulire system OF N" eomIsny b;s i"eu
LaraIyztd that Racine, heuosi.a and
most Of the other lake shore cities arc
entirely cut off Racine is reported tC
have suffered more heavily than any
other town in the state The principa
streets are covered with wreckage
and telegraph and telephone wires ant
poles lie tangled together in grcai
heaps in many of the tlorouglfarcS
, The damage to the electric light wires
was so great that the city was left il
, darkness to avoid danger from loos,
live wires.
Burlington. Cedar Rapids, Indianol;
!, and Creston bore the brunt of the storm
in Iowa. In lndianola all the electric
lights were destroyed. and the Mutua
Telephone company suffered S20,W'
damage in the destruction of its wire
and operating apparatus. There wa
Il heavy snow ut Cedar Rapids I'LL day
!, trains being hlockadcd and tclephon
/ and telegraph companies being force
to abandon I'LL business
n \ ST. Louis dispatch says:
o Telegraph companies are finding
G difficult to gather details OF the storm
but enough is known on which to has
estimates of property losses approx
mating S1.0Ou,oNI TO tie southeastern
farming and other interests. and |;
: least Il score Of persons were killed.
: ,"rle storm ut New Boston was liz
!, us severe as mt first reported. Ahot
~ T. houses were partly wrecked. and
l.. Pcttlls and Jasper Phillips so latll
hurt that they are expected To Iii
$. Railroad trains to Dallas from Il
,s storm section have been badly delayc
% Passengers report extensive destru
~ ton of property along the lines.