Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-04-16
severe APRIL STORM
STRIKES Northwest
GENUINE BLIZZARD RACES FOR
"a HOURS AT CHICAGO,
BREAKING RECORD.
ONE MAN is KILLED
ANOTHER FATALLY HURT
Heavy Fall of Snow Reported from
Many Wisconsin ToWns-copper
Country Buried Under Drifts
Fruit in Several States Damaged.

Chicago, April 15.-Death and in
jury, fire and wreck came Saturday
with the storm kings seizure of Chi
cago Trolley cars and elevated rail
road trains were delayed and serious
damage was reported from various
parts of the city. For "a hours the
snow fell continuously, registering one
of the heaviest storms that has struck
Chicago in the month of April for
years.
One man was instantly killed and
another fatally injured in the yards
of the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern railroad at SiXty-first and Clark
streets as result of the binding
snowstorm. At Latin and West For
ty-ffth streets fire, started from an
overheated stove, broke out in a two
story building and drove scores of
persons from their homes. Before
the fire was gotten under control, two
buildings had been destroyed. Thrill
ing rescues attended the fire and sew
eral persons narrowly escaped fatal
injuries.
Milwaukee, Wis, April ia biz
zard was general throughout Wiscon-
sin Saturday. Green bay reports a
fall of ten inches of snow, equaling
the record for April, 1904. Street car
service and telephone and telegraph
lines were hampered. Other points re-
porting considerable snow were Jeffer-
son, Plainfield, Beaver Dam and Me-
nominee, Mich. Milwaukee got half
an inch of snow.
Frost Kills Fruit in Missouri.
st. Joseph, Mo-, April 15.-The mer-
curry was eight degrees below freezing
throughout northwest Missouri Friday
night, and growers say fruit of all va
rieties has been badly injured. Pears
are killed, apples and peaches are
blighted and vegetables are dam
aged.
Kansas Gardens Are Damaged.
Wichita, Kan, April 15.-Small and
large fruit gardens in Kansas were
injured Friday night by heavy frost
and temperature that stood at or
below the freezing point four hours.
The lowest temperature recorded was
% degrees above zero Orchard own
ers resorted to smudging in an effort
to save their crops, and gardens were
flooded with water Saturday morning
to overcome the effect of the frost.
1t is believed the loss will be heavy.
Snow Four to Eight Feet.
Detroit, Mich, April 15.-Dispatch-
es from the upper peninsula says the
copper country is buried under snow.
drifts from four to eight feet deep, fol-
lowing storm which lasted six
days and practically caused sus.
pension of business and of means of
transportation. Snowdrifts block the
streets of Calumet and roads are i'm
passable. Practically all the men en-
ployed by municipalities in Hough-
ton county are doing nothing but haul,
ing snow off the street. At Menom-
inee the docks have been badly dam
aged and the ore product will show a
heavy falling off. The condition is
unprecedented for this time of year.
Fear for Fruit in Ohio.
CluClulldll, w., April l0.-FfeGZlnS
or close to freezing temperature was
general throughout the Ohio valley
Friday night, as well as for several
previous nights. 1t is feared that
fruit of all varieties has either been
badly damaged or entirely destroyed.
1t was believed that return of warm
weather might overcome much of the
earliest damage, but the cold again
aroused the fears of fruit men and
gardeners Unusually warm weather
in March advanced vegetation beyond
what is customary at this season
Snow fiurries were reported from all
parts Of the Ohio valley.
Frosts in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City Okla, April 15.-
The government thermometer here
registered SO degrees Friday night.
Light frosts are reported from north
ern and western Oklahoma with fruit
gardens on low grounds injured.
Peach and other trees in Oklahoma
are laden with young fruit, the season
being nearly four weeks earlier than
usual.
|. Coolest April Night on Record.
y Lincoln, Neb., April 15.-The tenn.
curvature went hslew 20 deSrsss IN