Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-21
SCORES KILLED
IN Big Storm
LAST NIGHT
FAR SOUTH SWEPT BY WIND AND
RAIN LEAVING THIRTY. THREE DEAD
and MORE THAN One HUNDRED
BADLY INJURED.
CHICAGO IS HIT
BY WINTER GALE

Thirty-three known dead and ITO
more or less seriously injured, wire
communications almost completely
Frustrated, transportation facilities
badly interrupted, and property dam
aoe that, it is estimated, will reach
into the millions, are the known re-
suits of the seriousness of the storms
that swept the middle western states
last night and early today. Through
this entire region extending from the
northern section of the southern states
across the ohio valley to the Great
Lakes the rain, snow or sleet was
accompanied by high wind that var
led from 40 to 70 miles an hour.
The greatest loss of life, according
to reports received up to o'clock
this afternoon, occurred at Lower
Peach Tree, Alabama, where fifteen
we're reported killed. Five are report
ed dead at Poplar Bluff, Mo-. with
ntore than so injured while one was
killed at Hoxs, Ark, and 25 injured
According the meaeer reports the cen.
ter of the storm was felt in the vicin'
ty of Poplar Bluff, Mo-, and Hoxie
Ark, and in western Tennessee and
kentucky. The town of Popuar Bluff
was practically demolished. Through
the storm swept district, business
buildings and residences we're wreck
ed, telephone and telegraph wires
prostrated and railroad and street car
traffic seriously delayed where not
completely interrupted
Reports up to 2 p. m. show the fol
lowing casualties:
Peach Tree, Ala, IS killed.
Saline, La, I killed.
Tiffin, Ohio, 1 killed. injured.
Poplar Bluff, Mo-, killed; SO injured
Hoxie, Ark, killed; 25 injured.
Walnut Ridge, Tenn, 2 killed; 1C
injured.
Frankfort, Ind, | killed.
Lafayette, Ind, killed.
Murfeysboro, Tenn, killed.
Central Ohio, I killed 20 injured.
Tyler, Texas, dead; I injured.
FftTtSShtNF Sld'y u"c6. ''lo'S St'
Decatur, Ala, I dead.
SECOND BAD STORM
SWEEPS OVER TENNESSEE,
Nashville, Tenn, March 21.-Follow
ing hard in the wake of the storm last
week which cost twenty lives in Ten
nessee and did untold damage, the
state was visited early this morning
by another storm which swept up
from the southwest through the heart
OF middle Tennessee, concentrating
its fury on Murfresboro, injuring one
man, Hall Jones, fatally, and doing
half million dollars worth of dam
age. The storm struck Murfresboro
about o'clock, ripping path through
the public square. Nearly every build.
ing there was leveled or practically
destroyed. The Presbyterian church
was completely wrecked. One corner
OF the court house was unroofed. The
people were aroused from their beds
by the terrific wind and the early
morning hours were to them hours Of
terror
Between Murfresboro and Winstead
a station on the Nashville Chatta'
nooga and st. Louis railroad to the
south, train conductors report that
houses were lifted up bodily and some
OF them deposited across the track. In
Alexandria ever residence was dam
aged, but no lives were lost.
Wire service in nearly every direc
ton was paralyzed. West of McKen
zie all wire were out and the extent
of the storm in West Tennessee is not
known, but trainmen report a heavy,
blow west of Mckenzie. The Atlanta
train on the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Louis due here at :55 a. m.
was nearly six hours late, being
caught between Murfresboro and Win.
stead in a maze of tangled wires, to
cut which required two and a half
hours. Louisville and Nashville train
No. 4, from New Orleans, was swept
by fallen tree and eighteen car win
dows shattered.
TELEGRAPHlc COMMUNICATION
IN CHICAGO TIED UP.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 21.-Only two
telegraph wires connected Chicago
with the outside world for several
hours today. The only practical relief
from this situation was by way of an
underground telephone cable to Mil
waukee. Sleet, wet snow and occas.
ional dashes of rain, driven by forty
mile wind from the west, struck the
city and environs before daylight and
within four hours had prostrated tele.
graph lines in all directions. All trans
portation lines were crippled. One
young woman was blown under the
hoofs Of team of horses and severe
ly hurt.
The first effects of the storm were
felt south and east of Chicago. Wire
routes around the south end of Lake
Michigan went down within an hour
OF the time the storm struck. Then
the territory west of the city was cut
off and about two hours later the last
of the above ground wires along the
north shore succumbed to the combin.
ed forces Of ice and wind.
The only lines which survived were