The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-03-21
Second Severe Wind
And Rain Storm
This Month
Houses Tossed Like Toys Dur
Ing Hurricane, with Velocity
Of so Miles an Hour

OF bU Niles an h0uT
Washington, March IA terrific
storm that ragged over the csntraE
| western States throughout the nfRhs
| was today moving northeasfwa I'd
leaving wake Of destruction T4ezv-,
loss of life and property was report
ed from Tennessee and Kentucky
| where the storm took the form Of Sc
we're shifting gales with heavy rains.
| Telegraph and telephone comunica--
| ton were crippled throughout the dis
| trtct south of the Ohio river and the
storm moving northward and east-
ward over Ohio and Indiana. creates
Storm warnings were ordered dis
played all along the Atlantic coast
from Hateras to EaStport, Me.
Last nights storm swept Arizanaaa.
Mississippi and on north ACROSS che
! Ohio river and, today, WaS centsrsd
| over the Great Lakes. The weather
forecaster after examining his reports
said:
The storm Is accompanied By 49,
we're and shifting gales and widespread
| precipitation followed by a cold wave
OF unusual severity for this season q
| the year Heavy snowHa1lS are re-
ported at many points IN the north
central States ana great damage has
been done to electric wires, the storm
/ cutting Off communication throushoue
| the middle west. The STORM win
1 move MISUNDERSTANDING 4OWyN
| Lawrence valley accompMn4~A bJe gem
| eral ratn ID tsfs eastern S6a4eg ana
lake region and Ohio valley 4d1fg af-
ternoon and tonight
| Memphis, Tenn, March sI-Efvs
| persons were killed and more than
4 so injured by the storm, last nigEt.
4 at Poplar Bluff, No, according 70
Il members OF the crew OF the gt. L.ouln
/ & san Francisco railroad paaaeumaE
A 49, -. NmasN
also reported one dead az "A 1B fm1uraa
4 at Hoxfes Ark and the town practi~
eaIly destroyed
| Great damage was done at Poplar
| Bluff and the country between that
| point and Hoxie-
| Mobile, Ala, March z1-southeru
/ Alabama was swept by a cyclone. last
/ night At Dyas, Ala, a short distance
/ above Mobile several houses are re-
ported blown down.
An unconfirmed report from Lower
| Peachtree, on the Alabama river, is
to the effect that IA persons were
killed and an immense amount OF
damage done
! Shreveport, La, March z1-One man
| was killed, several persons were In
! tured and heavy property damage was
| wrought at Swine, La, a. town Of
about 200 inhabitants in Blenvfils
parish, by last nights severe wind
storm, according to a report received
here today.
Memphis, March 21-Storms OF wind
| and rain, in some instances approach
| ing a tornado in proportions, swept
| through portions Of the central south
and southwest, last night The storm
/ was especially severe In northern Ar
| kansas and unconfirmed reports tel
| of serious damage in the vicinity of
Hoxie Wire service out of Memphis
l in all directions was demoraIizsd- In
Memphis telephone and electric wires
were badly tangled and other damage
| was done.
| Reports from north Mississippi
west Tennessee, southeast Kentucky
| and north and east ArkanGas, which
were swept by a severe wind and
rain storm, last night and early to-
| day, are delayed because Of an al
most complete prostration Of telegraph
and telephone wires centerins in this
city No loss of life had been report
| ed UP to an early hour today
No definite advices have been re-
| ceived here from Hoxie, where ths
wind is said to have blown a large
number of houses and injured scores
| of persons.
Al Fulton. KY, considerable damage
was done to property. In Mississippi
the storm was severe from Grenada TO
Water valley.
At Sonatobia, the wind was unusu-
ally high and houses are said to have
| been tossed like toys.
Locally heavy downpour Of ran
with continuous flashes OF lightning
and rolls of thunder accompanied the
blow but there was no serious dam
age.
Birmingham, Ala. March IA bur
rfcane wind and rain storm RtEuc<
BirminghaHl, this morning about 3
O'Clock while no loss OF life f. re-
ported, considerable damage was done
to property
louisville, KY, March z1-Firgt re-
ports from points in the central SOUTH
swept by terrific wind storm, last
night and early today, tell Of consid-
erabIe property damage but loss Of
life is not mentioned. All wires are
down throughout Kentucky and much
of Tennessee,
A sixty mile an hour wind blew at
Nashville and it was reported half the
buildings facing on Public Square at
Murfeesboro, Tenn, had been blown
away.
indianapolis, March 21-A score or
more persons were injured and dam
age estimated at thousands Of dollars
was done, today, by one Of the most
severe wind storms that has visited
the state in years. No loss Of life
had been reported, thus far. Ths