Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-27
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show that rains have fallen generally
throughout Missouri and Illinois. The pre-
elpitation was sufficient to give relief from
the drouth. Heavy rains are reported from
Columbia, st. Joseph, Chillicothe, Marshall,
Warrensburg, Keytesville and Klrksyille.
At st. Joseph the municipal electric light
plant was wrecked, leaving the city in
darkness.
A farmer was killed near Chillicothe by
a limb blown from a tree.
Telephone and telegraph communication
in many sections Of the state are broken.
In Nevada and vicinity a number of barns
were demolished and hundreds Of orchards
and forest trees were uprooted. Al Lex
ington the Baptist church was unroofed, a
hugs smokestack at the water works pump
house was blown down and trees and fences
were laid low. In the vicinity OF Warrens-
burg great harm was done to orchards AMI
shade trees, and numerous outbulldinge
were blown over. Near Centerview a resi-
dence on the Robinson farm was demol-
ished, but the occupants escaped injury. In
Kansas City the damage was light.
Results Further East.
CHICAGO, April 26.-The gale Of wind
which passed over the city last night did
considerable damage. Windows were
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from their fastenings.
J. McCloud, who was riding a bicycle on
West Madison street, was caught by a
heavy gust of wind and blown against a
passing horse. He was badly trampled
upon.
The wind blew over a sheetiron smoke
stack of the Barber Asphalt and Paving
company, seriously i%njuring Simon Teron,
a Waterman.
At Whipple and Van Buren, streets the sa-
loon Of John Maroney was demolished by
the gale.
The Santa Fe express train hat was
stalled near Willow Springs last night was
brought into Chicago at 4 o'clock this
morning. The road officials reported that
the cars did not leave the rails and that
no one was injured.
CLEVELAND. o., April ga fierce
fifty-mile southwesterly gale is sweeping
over the lower lake region today. Accord
ing to information given out at the local
weather bureau the wind will shift to
northwest before night and reach a still
greater velocity. Thus far no damage to
shipping has been reported. The storm
has, however, prpstrated the telegraph and
telephone wires in all directions, many
points being reported entirely cut of from
telegraphic communication.
MARSHALLToWN, Ia, April ga ter
rife wind storm. assuming the proportions
of a tornado. did several thousand dollars
damage in Marshalltown and Jasper coun-
ties last night. Many barns and outbuild-
ings northwest of the city were destroyed
and In Melbourne, In the southwestern part
OF the county, considerable damage is re-
ported. North Jasper and the Vicinity OF
Baxter report heavy damage to buildings
and much stock killed. So far as known
no lives were lost.
Snow storm I'm Wisconsin.
PHILIPS. Wis, April ga heavy snow
storm has been raging here since mid
night and about four or FIVE inches of snow
has fallen. 1t is very wet and heavy and
many telegraph wires are down.
RHINELANDER, Wis, April 26.-High
winds, with sleet and snow, swept this
section during the night. The weight of
ice on the telegraph and telephone wires
has raised havoc with the systems.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, April 26.-Reports
from the storm district say that last nights
visitation caused more damage than was
at first supposed. The hurricane came
from the west and passed over Mclean
county, leaving a trail OF wrecked build
ings, uprooted trees and injured stock, In
Bloomington the total loss will aggregate
many thousands Of dollars.
The Chicago 4 Alton shops were par
TALLY unroofed and fragments OF slate car
ried a long distance. Every township in
the county reports wrecked buildings and
losses in orchards. The storm was the
most severe that has visited central nli-
nois in thirty-hve years.
KINGsVILLE, Ont. April 26.-The
iercest gale OF. the season arose suddenly
this morning from the southwest and ships
ping In the bay here is in great peril.
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