Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-30
SIX VICTIMS IN CHICAGO.
Lack Of Telegraph Communl-
cation Makes Extent OF
Damage Unknown.
In Various Parts of Country Tcmpera-
ture Has Been Low, Accompanied
by High Winds.

eigaippt and AfkunsaS ana rNoitH ga
injured. were the toll last night OF "a
.crles Of tornadoes In those states Tho
storms. which wrought this havoc ap-
near 10 have been little outriderS or the
Mic disturbances which simultaneously
were sweeping through the north. A.
though more fatal 10 lief than the
northern storm these southern torna-
does each covered only small area OK
q few acres or a few square miles.
They struck ne widely scattered points
81 Intervals throughout yesterday at
ternoon and last night
Tlis death list received here up to an
early hour today was as follows;
Yomgs Crossng, Tenn, i've.
Medina. Tenn, two.
Horn Lake, Miss, ~.
Forest City. Ark. two.
West Marion, Ark. one.
During the night telegraph wires
went down an over the south, except
in the south Atlantic states
WORK OF TORNADO.
Memphis. Tenn, April sO.--Portlons
OF three states within radius OF sew
eral hundred miles OF Memphis were
swept BY st0rms OF wind and rain, in
some Instances amounting 70 tornadoes.
during last night. which claimed the
lives OF a scow or more persons.
The storm broke shortly after night
fan after a sultry afternoon. From
the tornado belt OF Arkansas. IN the
vicinity Of the recent BTinlSley storm,
came the FIRST reports Of serious dam
age
The wind cut a pathway Of a half
mile wide through the towns Of West
Marion and Weakley and Nicinagc.
Two persons were killed ana six in
turcd and many farm buildings de-
str0yed. IN northern Arkansas DO per-
sons are known to have been injured
80. ID %. hnt
suffered the greatest damage - north
einrNisslssippi the vicinity Y Horn
Like suffered the most Small farm
buildings were blown from thef foun
dations as n they were cards The
number Of killed Is placed az Il. Here
the course OF the storm was west 90
east and about a quarter OF o vile
wide. Reports Of the tornado IN this
vicinity were brought 60 Memphis by
members Of train crew and passen-
gers late last night As far as could
be seen farm houses and cotton gins
were masses OF Wreckage. several OF
the buildings having taken FIRE.
All along the line of the railroad bits
of wreckage were strewn. At Plum
Point, four miles east Of Horn Lake, a
dozen houses were wrecked and one
person is known 10 have been killed.
In Memphis and vicinity only minor
damage was done.
Near Jackson. Tennessee. seven per-
sons were killed, others injured and
large property loss resulted
At henderson two were injured.
Damage TO crops viii run into the
thousands OF dollars Railpad traffic
was seriously impeded
The town % Hinsboro. nine miles
west Of Franklin, was practically wiped
out. and three persons. names un-
known. were killed IN a house demolisn-
I'd by the wind. Many barns and houses
between Franklin and HillsbOrO were
unr0ofed. Hundreds or shade trees on
tho old John MeGavock farm, historic
as being In the battlefield OF franklin,
were blown down, and an Of the barns
On the place destroyed
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
Chicago. April so-six persons were
killed and so injured Ia Chicago ana
environs during the storm last night.
according 20 reports received today BY
the police and coroner. The list of iu-
jurod includes only those whose names
were officially reported. Probably as
many more received private attention
Storm conditions are somewhat inn
proved today although showers and
thunderstorms, turning 10 snow hurres
and colder with a westerly gale are pre-
dictcd for the next "A hours. Lack 90
Geographic communication with many
INlnAt ln Ant lllNult west iFttNto INC
extent OF the damage Ia doubt. That
the destruction has been widespread
involving the loss OF scores % lives and
much stock and other property Is shown
hv reports from the south and the
southwest Stories Of deaths In Tennca-
zee and Arkansas, In what Is known
a. the Cyclone belt have been report
ed Wires are down IN Iowa, Missouri
and Kansas and Ia central Illinois and
the northwest. South OF Louisville con-
ditions are particularly bad In the
south snow has held up train service
ana the gale on the lakes has hamp-
erred shipping 20 "a considerable eNtont.
Ry the death OF three men in the hos
pItal today the list of fatalities Duo 90
the unroonng OF the Grand Crossing
Tack factory in the storm last night
was brought up 60 four The first delth
occurred instantly when the roof COLI
lapsed.
SNOW ~ WISCONSIN.
La Crosse. Wis. April sO.-One of tho
heaviest snoWatoIms Of the winter is
raglng today -Four inches of snow
has fallen and the storm seems likely
- continue an day The snow is now
heavy enough for slcighlng
FRosT FOR KANSAS
Witchitn. Kansas. April 3O-A cold.
bleak wind from The north, heavy
clouds that threatened rain moment
anly "a lo-nilca un hour wind and
temperature ~ 40 degrees above zero
was the weather here today Tho tom-
perature has fallen from "A degrees 90
aO since 4 o'clock Yesterday afternoon.
The local weather bureau This mornr
ing lHsued q warning " killing frost
throughout southern Kansas tonight
With temperature az or near freezing
FREEZING IN NEBRASKA.
omaha. April 20 Freezing weather
prevails today over a large portion of
the state, tho temperature ranging aa
low aE "a above at North Pmttee
20-MlLEs Az HOUR WIND