Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-15
SEVERE STORMS IN THE EAST
VAST TERRITORY COVERED
Damage TO Property EROrmOus-
wires Are DOwn-ChicngO Got Her
share Plate Glass Windows
Smash ed-JDOy Killed in Arkansas.

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rife storm that swept this section the
damage was the greatest at Clinton and
Hickman. At Clinton 20 negro cabins
were demolished, two negroes being
mOrtally hurt and many others bruised
and mashed, part Of Marvin college
was unrOofed, the waterWOrks plant
was destroyed and eight freight cars
were blown from the track. At Hick-
man the Baptist church was destroyed
houses and barns were blown away in
Fulton and Hickman counties. The
loss OF property is large.
Detroit. Mich, March 11.--Over 1000
telephones were rendered useless by
the rain which fell and froze during
the storm. The 30-mile an hour wind
which accompanied the rain raised
havoc with the wires. weighed down
as they were by the ice. Officials OF
the Michigan Telephone Company to-
night estimated their total loss in the
state at $4,000.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March Ito
days winds, sleet and rain storm has
almost paralyzed the state telephone
service. The line OF the Michigan Tele-
phone company about Ionia is mass
OF tangled iron and broken poles. At
st. Joseph also 400 telephones were
burned out by trolley wires.
Little Rock, Ark, March 11.-A
hQaVy rain wind and thunder storm,
accompanied by lightning, visited Ar
kansas yesterday At Vanburen light
ming struck the residence of James
Morrell, rendering his wife uncon.
scious, and boy was knocked down in
tae street. At Conway Is business
houses were unroofed, three others
blown down and many stores flooded
Reports from Pine Prairie say that a
cyclone struck the town, wrecking
everything in its path. A boy named
Turner was killed.
Pensacola, Fla, March 11.-There
was a severe storm on the gulf and on
account of the high seas the battleship
Alabama did not sail on her final trip.
Chicago, March 11.-One of the worst
wind storms of the seas struck Chicago
Sunday and during the two hours that
1t was at its height damaged property
to the extent of $175,000. Many heavy
plate glass windows were blown in.
The telephone and telegraph companies
were the worst sufferers, and it will be
some time before order can be restored.
thousands of poles were blown down
and Chicago was practically isolated
from the west and northwest by tele-
phone and telegraph tonight and all
day today. The long distance telephone
service was of little or no value.
The storm is believed to have been
the most severe in southern Wisconsin.
Along short stretch Of the Milwaukee
road in southern Wisconsin 500 tele-
graph poles are down.
st. Louis, March l2.-Reports from the
stormrldden portions of Texas and Ar
Kansas continue to come in 1t Is reported
that the town of Pine Prairie, Ark. Is
miles north OF Texarkana, has been swept
away and many persons injured, two being
Killed. The place is off the telegraph line
and can not be reached The news came
from Ashdown, Ark, the nearest point to
the stricken place.
The damage done by the tornado at New
Boston, Tex, will aggregate 500 and in
the surrounding vicinity it is incalculable.
Many farmhouses have been unroofed and
families left without home. In the vii
lage of New Boston alone there were 30
storehouses and residences dislodged or de-
mollshed. Not life was lost From
Blossom, Tex. comes the report that the
200 people living there suffered as much
from the wind as did New Boston, the en-
tire town being dismantled or demolished
Not life was lost.
All along the lines of the st. Louis
Southwestern, the Iron Mountain. the
Kansas City Southern railroads and
throughout their Texas connections for a
radius OF 200 miles in all directions there
are authentic reports of extensive damage
done to the farming interests and to the
railroads and wires.