The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-28
.HURRlC IN E ORE
THROUGH STREETS
Fully Five Hundred $Derric cks,
Blown D own in Indiana Oil Il
Field G onditions Some 6.s
what Better in South. 8
n Terrific Wind 5ts}
EveryWhere &

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BY Associated Press, J

A-lLlIAAtO,SaIlIlAtilJe ia1
most severe storms OF recent years has
been raging through the rtory yii1g VI
Abetweoi,s the Rocky Nlounta ains and the \
Great Lakes since early u his morning and
has caused much trouble $to s ZEE III GO arss
companies, railroads and 4 elegraph COM.
spnrlies. S$s
In It's extent the storm was thu most
widespread 8 rSanyS during the last n teerl
years Counting Sltte fog IS al comp onentSff
part of the storm t5stre tc led from
Rocky M Molintalns to- New orl q nd FROM
Winnipeg to New Orlearl $. The ia tai ties
reported here as due to- tho 81 ornl are
three men XII LED. !. They were :s
Aloxande err Steiner tean,st tei, X led
while unloading coal A Goa chlit was as !
blown rom 4 its fasteniilgs aud sa triking$
him on tlie8 head tI lied I'm Instant
8 rhorrl as yValsll a. borel', struck by a
heavy board while $enterli evy$ bull ID
ling. Tho board cut his ead Il earl off
3 Frank C,avanatlg gl wa x lied 3at m M1lrciess
Ind an o derrick &fll ling on him
Storm We lent. iSsS
AT q clock toni torn wa 81
reported al subsid ing at Ixa n Clt and
sat other points on q mort and uth8lines
from that III Chi go ~ 1id otlsts
sof here tho storm til rag aild !
was Sexpec ted to 5continue Ethroug hou tlies5
might, the cert of} tho storm 8beln g be-
tween chicago and Clevel ind
g Rerorts from rs IN sas C,i were
Sthe storm tended from
south 8as Indian Territ tory, and
Scompanied ~ through out y It's en- tires length,
y%liigh Winds, and Isto 5drif ted baGsyy,
3iif IN the r,orthWest the torn was even
moro oent.8I III ST. Paul he s1io ori
rie1,ced t ofall earl yk last mig ft. nd grew
heavier al through n he night WI lille theg
wind increased suntN Jay owing fifty
miles an hour Tlle sllo ~ and theS
gale work havoc wi tn KS res and some
passenger aims from lie y Pa clfic& coast
wero eportcd to-lii iglt as wen four
hours overdue & $ Esai 3sg3S
san The storm ached sw 5twnrd from ST.
Paul until II covered almost IS the 5el tire
NORTHWEST. .S5 MI
I II the South. s55Ss 4 s5a3
gs&InBthc South 8condit tipns wore somewhat /
better, tho snow |n man nj aces being i
preceded, by thunder and a ightning, e ans1 4
followed by hig lnds. Nashville louis
Vile, 3N n low Orleans, Nrontgonlery yaFa ii
$NTcnlphls all reported excced Ing Il.
rains, a rapidly " IA ling thermomet terg I md L
terrific winds .s3j
aa:s iii the Ss Ohio River Va lles-,S the first
heavy rain IN five months connn
falling early In the 4 day nd N continued Il
8throughou the night. The storm wa J:
appreciated S By the s51boatnl along the
Ohio and its tributaries, for the stag Of
water In t hose streams ha as ID a late been
very low. .5 # 35St
THE storm struck Chi chi go shortl, fters
noon and Increased with great tS5Sislpld itys8l
until 1t had assumed Fhnrricano iyl lenceSsss
tat8 $3.50 #.s clock, when the wind $} ore eSsss
through, the down town stree IS b q a9s
rate Of seventy two niles am hour. ri TtfSs
fell away after that, and by z osc clock "A
had dropped to q tys N lies an ID OH. y1cre
3lt5 remained through the night sss3 is
I3e tween noon and o'clo ocls5 the eY er,s39
Ing the mere pry dropped from 81 to1 E5S5s s3e
Loss Very Heavy A$s5 5sS
#s Tho late reports rom y w lsconsitl nrsl
that tho storm was tho most ere ever N
experienced In that section Of tho couIl-sA'
try. Datuage In tho 81 Of M olson is s
estimated ut $lo0,OdD. Iii Ind nlln8 the lanl-8
age done by the storm was especial llyssS s
heavy in the OIL fields wfcre fully S$.tllYe
hundred derrcks We're blown d loWn. q nd n
all operation, suspended. = 'lc5s loss8 on
sderricks alone IN the neigliborhpo " of ri
tAuncle,5 is placed ut $4,000 and 500
900 around Portland, s{ 5;;'SS