The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-30

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several points in the country south
west of st. Louis. The most serious
storm damage was in the vicinity of
Ft. Smith, Ark, where several towns
were wrecked. At Kilber, Ark, T. ].
Trout's leg was broken, Harrolton,
Ark, is reported blown away The
hotel at Dyer, Ark, was partly blown
away and houses were wrecked. |
Springdale, Ark. had a fifteen-minute
hail storm, causing severe crop dam
age. Rolla, Mo-, reports forty-six
windows broken by hail and fruit bad
ly injured. Rich Hill, Mo-, also re-
ports heavy hail storm.
Tornado Injuries Fourteen.
KNOXVILLE, Ark, April 30.-Four-
teen persons were injured, two seri-
|ously, in tornado here yesterday at
ternoon. Many houses were wrecked
and great damage done to property
generally. The storm passed over the
cyclone belt,' which has had six
tornado in the past two years.
Town Swept Away.
NEW ORLEANS, April 3O-The
storm which swept across Arkansas
and northern Mississippi late last
night is reported to have swept away
the little town of Horn Lake DeSota
county, Miss, thirty miles south Of
Memphis
MEMPHIS. April 30.---For the sixth
time this year the cyclone belt Of Ten
lnessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississip-
Ipi and adjacent states were swept by
storm. Thirty or forty are dead and
hundreds injured, and the property
loss is estimated at million dollars.
4 Golden, Mo-. reports four killed and
twelve seriously injured. Every build
ling of the town wac leveled.
Horn Lake, Miss, reports four dead
land score injured. A negro crawled
with broken leg from the settlement
and reports every building razed
/ Texas City, ILL.,, Destroyed.
| HARRISBURG, ILL.,, April 80 1t is
reported that Texas City, ten miles
north, has been destroyed, twelve be
ing killed by the storm last night. A
special train with physicians left here
this morning.
A boarding house at Swasson, foul
miles from here, was blown over and
one person was killed and sixteen in
iured. Other houses were demolished
Blizzard in the North.
CHICAGO, April 30.-The storm
damage here is estimated at from one
to two millions. Rumors of disaster.
on the lakes continue to come in. but
are v rue, and unconfirmed. Informa
. tion from the north says blizzard i!
racing in Wisconsin and Minnesot;
today.
Large Number Injured.
Memphis, April 30.-Reports just ar
rived from scores of places devastet
by cyclones Thursday make it Ger
tain that the number injured in thu
lower half of the Mississippi Vale.
! will reach 1000 1t is believed thu
death list will be greatly increased.
More Cyclone Victims.
ELDORADO, April 30.-The home o
Edgar Overton, three miles north, wa
: destroyed by the tornado. Overton
i his wife and two children, and Dicl
/ Stallings were killed The daughte
h of Thomas Wilson was killed in he
home nearby.
J,
Suburbs Inundated.
DETROIT. Mich, April 30.-Higf
land Park and Fairview, fashionabl
a suburbs, were inundated today as
+ result OF the heavy rains and sno'
). last night. Car tracks are under tw
: feet of water. Residents are usin
d RATS to travel.
h Small Village Destroyed.
PULASKI, Tenn, April Goth
e most destructive cyclone in the MI
tory OF this county swept this SCI
d ton early this morning. Bee SPRING
village, was totally destroyed.
l. is reported twenty were killed an
e forty injured.
K Report is Confirmed.
y HARRISBURG, Ill.,, April 3O.-Th
II latest reports from Texas City say tn
4 town is completely destroyed. Sixtee
n persons were killed. Telephone an
telegraph communication is cut 0
and no word has been received frol
the rescue party sent there early t
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