Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-19
TORNADO SW WEEPS THE SOUTH
* People Are Kntwn to Have Been
Knlel in Mississippi,
COMMUNICATION las-lY CUT OFF
blizzard is RaEins IN Colorado, New
Mexico ana western Kansas and
Much Loss of stock
Is Feared.

ara telephone communications from points
Ia Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee for
a distance Of several hundred miles report ]
that territory 10 have suffered last nisht
and carly today from one OF the most de-
structive windstorms in years. Only
meager details arc as yet obtainabe, but /
nve lives are known to be lost and great
damage done TO property and crops. Rail- ]
road trafiic from this point is demoraliEed
on account of numerous washouts and ,
many trains have been annulled.
From the reports so far received the I
greatest damage occurred in the central
and delta regions Of Mississippi.
At Winona, Miss. the Catholic Christian
and negro Methodist church and the Hesty
brick yard were demalished and numerous
buildings unroofed and otherwise badly
damaged. Among the largest ouildngs
damaged at ths place are the postofhce |
opera house, the oil mill. the cotton CT m I
press. warehouse Of the jackson Mercantile
company and the residence OF r. J. Dunk 4
ston. Besides these about twenty-fve
smaller buildings were almost completely
destroyed Telegraphic communication Is
completely prostrated. The roof OF the com
press was torn off by the wind. which at
times reached almost tornado-likc velocity.
falling on the home Of f. L. Dunkston. go
yards away. The wlndstorm was pre-
ceded and followed by heavy rains. causing
serious washouts along the route of the
Illinois Central and badly damaging crops.
Several Are killed
AZ Mathson, Miss, serious damage is
reported to have occurred, an a woman
was killed by a falling building
AT Tchula falling tree, striking a small
frame buiding, caused it 10 be set ahre
and woman and child were burned to
death.
At Nonconnah Creek. a few miles from
this city railroad trestlo fell last night
under the weight OF a switch engine, the
engine plunglng into the swollen stream,
carrying with it Engineer c. Y Peterson
and Fireman A. r. Ritchie, who were
drowed.
West Point Columbus and Mahln. Miss,
are reported TO have suffered serious
damage, but as these points arc completely
cut on from communicates, 1t is impossible
at this time to ascertain the extent.
Wolf river, small stream running east
ward from this city, is overfowing it's
banks. In the vicinity Of Rossvlle Tenn.
this river is fiooding the surrounding ter
ritory for many miles, Rossville being en-
tirely inundated, with great amount Of
damage done to property. railroad en-
ploye arriving this evening on handcar
from Rossville reports the peopIo OF that
( place almost 10 Q state Of panin. Quanti.4
ties OF loose cotton have been washed
away. as well as many small buildings
and some live stock has been drowned. For
distance OF eight miles between this place
and Moscow. Tenn, the water is from one
to six feet deep on the tracks Of the South
ern railway .a
/ Tonight the Louisville & Nashville rail
! road annulled all night trains from Mem
Dhis because Of the weakness Of the
bridge across Wolf river The Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis railroad expects
TO have its tracks IA condition to resume
trafnc by tomorrow. On the Southern road
/ all trains are detoured via the Frisco and
the Mobile & Ohio routes. on the other
roads while traffic is greatly DELAYED. all
trains are running.
Blizzard in Colorado.
TRINIDAD, Colo, Nov. ls.-The worst
storm experienced here in a decade is now
raging. The storm started yesterday and
gradually grew in severity until today,
when it assumed the proportions Of bliz-
zaId increasing In severity each hour.
Tonight it is almost impossible to make
headway along the streets. The Colorado
& Southern railroad reports the storm ex-
tending into the Panhandle OF Texas The
Santa Fe reports a blizzard along its line
clear to Kinsley, Kan. In northern New
Mexico the blizzard is the worst Heavy
loss In sheep and cattle I'm New Mexico
territory and this section of Colorado are
almost certain TO occur All trains are
running hours behind schedules and there
is no prospect OF the abatement OF the
storm tonight
Reports Hard 20 Get.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. lS.-Much OF tho
northern half Of Mississippi was cut on
from telegraphic communication with New
Orleans all of today. poles and wires hay
ing gone down in last nights storm.
Reports reached the Western Union Tele-
graph company here that the storm was
of tornado intensity in the region Of
Winona and Grenada and that several
buildings and one church had been dam
aged or blown down at Winona, while
Grenada suffered still greater damage.
Canton, a town about sixty-hve miles
south of Winona, and the nearest point
toward the latter place reached from here.
reported that nothing whatever had been
heard of Winona since the storm. Canton
was swept by heavy wind shortly before
daybrcak the worst OF this blow appearing
to have passed fuEher north.
Jackson, Miss, reported a high wind and
hailstorm during the night. In New Or
leans the nearby storm made itself felt by
the highest temperature for the season on
record during the last ten years, the mer-
curry rising above 50 degrees. A high wind
accompanied the heat
! Tracks washed Ont.
JACKSON, Tenn, Nov. lS-Waters are
higher than ever before known in this sec
= tion. The three railroads entering here arc
lied up with washouts. The Illinois Cen
tral track at Frogmore just south OF here,
Is washed out for the FIRST time. The Nash
, VILE, Chattanooga & 81. Louis Is cut Oh
} east and west About i.fOO feet OF the Mo-
bile & Ohio tracks are washed from the
enlbankment near McNairy. Tenn.
DALLAS, Tex Nov. Is.-North Texas 1,
suffering from the frst bad spell of weather
OF the present season. Two days OF warn
weather was followed today by a cold
drizzling rain, which had the feeling OF
blizzard. The temperature here reached
the freezing point In the Panhandle regior