Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-13
Wild Wind In Chicago.

Chicago, March 1O.-One of the worst
wind storms Of the season struck Chi
oago early to-day, and during tho two
hours that it lasted damaged property
throughout the oity to the oxtent of
$4,000. Many heavy plate glass win
dows were blown in. Telegraph and
telephone companies wore the worst suf-
ferers. Thousands of poles were blown
down and Chicago was practically iso-
lated from tho West and Northwest by
telephone and telegraph tonight and all
day to-day.
The storm is believed to have bccn
most soyOre in Southern Wisconsin.
Along short stretch Of the Milwaukee
Road in Southern Wisconsin 500 tele-
graph poles arc down.
Reports from many points in Indiana
and kentucky also indicate heavy dam
age from the storm. The Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies suffered
severely by fallen poles. 1t was csti-
mated that there were not fower than
5000 poles in the city thrown down by
tho fury of tho wind and storm. Ser
vice almost as far west as Omaha was
stopped until late this evening.
Trains entering Chicago were delayed
all tho way from tou minutes to one
hour. Tho Burlington and the Milwau-
kee and St. Paul companies were the
worst sufferers in this respect. All the
roads suffered damages to their tracks
aud switch yards.
AT the life saving station at the mouth
of the Chicago River it was considered
the worst gale which has struck Chicago
harbor since 1894. The ,r, lashed
into fury, came up to the life saving sta
ton and flooded the floor for the first
timo in twelve years. Most of tho ship
ping was protected in winter quarters, so
that the damage done to it was slight.
TIE STORM IN KENTUCKY.
Paducah, KY, March 1O.-A storm
struck the noighborhood of Maxon's
Mill last night and overturned three
houses filed with negroes. Twenty
stables were blown down and many
horses killed. Tobacco barns wero RACED
and their contents blown away. Three
churches we're destroyed. Loss, $50, 900.
Fulton, KY, March 10.-In the terrific
storm that swept this section last night
the damage was greatest at Hickman and
Clinton. At Clinton twenty negro cabins
were demolished, two negroes being
mortally hurt and many others badly
bruised. Part of Marvin College was
unroofcd and the water works plant was
destroyed. Eight freight cars on the
Illinois Central switch at tho depot at
Clinton we're blown from the track.
The Baptist church at Hickman was do
stroycd by wind. A largo number of
tenant houses and barns were blown
down in Fulton and Hickman counties
and the loss of property is large.
TORNADO IN INDIANA.
Princeton, Ind, March 1O.-This city
was struck by a tornado lato last night
One dwelling was wrecked, several 9TH
ers were moved from their foundations
and hundreds of outbuildings wcfo de-
moiishod. No lives were lost. The Court
House and the high school building were
much damaged Hundreds OF windows,
many of plate glass, were blown in.
TORNADO IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Ark, March 10.-A heavy
rain, wind and thunder storm swept over
Arkansas yesterday. At Conway fifteen
business houses were unroofcd, three
others were blown down and many stores
flooded.
Reports from Pine Prairie say that a
tornado struck there, wrecking every
thing in it's path. A boy named Turner
was killed.