Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-03-21

mass of intelligence which normally
is received and sent out from Chicago.
The only crumb Of comfort to those
charged with transmitting press and
commercial kilograms was that the
Good Friday holiday relieved them OF
the usual burden of brokerage and
market reports.
In a few hours the storm broke,
the sun forced its way through the
clouds and the disturbance ceased al
most as suddenly as it had begun.
The damage, however, had been
done and early estimates of the loss
to wire and transportation companies
placed the figure us high as sl50000,
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED
IN STORM IN TEXAS.
Tyler, Texas, March 21.---A negro
woman was killed near here and a
white child was injured at Winona, in
severe storm, which visited Smith
county last night, Many houses were
damaged telephone and telegraph
wires weer blown down. The city OF
Tyler was not in the storm zone.
TWO CHILDREN PERISH
WHEN HOME is DESTROYED.
Huntsville, Ala, March 21.-A cy-
clone swept belt of destruction a
quarter of mile wide through the
northwestern section of Madison coun-
ty at 9 o'clock this morning, killing
two children of Jonas Roberts, whose
house was blown away and a third
child was badly injured.
The storm was followed by terrific
hail and rainstorm. l.. Whites gin
MILL l. ID. Bufford's house, jerry Hor-
toms house, and barn, a negro church,
John SeXeia's store and barn and the
Matthew's house were blown away at
Whites Crossroads.
The Methodist church at Nerd
dianville, store of William Mitchell
store of Clark Thompson, Hampton
school and other buildings were badly
damaged. Nearly all the trees in the
path of the storm We're swept away.
Complete reports are impossible, all
wires being down.
MANY REPORTED HURT
IN ALABAMA TOWNS.
Mobile, Ala. March 21.-The storm
struck Dyas, Ala, town on the Louis
Vile & Nashville, shortly after mid
night, wrecking a number of homes,
and leveling telegraph wires for 10
miles. A number of people are re-
ported injured. Many homeless resi-
dents have congregated at the Louis,
Vile & Nashville station.
STORM PLAYS HAVOC
WITH PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
Decatur, Ala, March 21.-A white
10y. Joel Sheriff., aged s, was killed
ard a number of negroes are reported
killed by the cyclone storm which
struck this section last night. The
roof was blown off the Masonic
temple at Trinity and the Episcopal
church and a number of tenements
We're wrecked.
TERRIFIC STORM is
FOLLOWED BY COLD
| Washington, d. c., March 21.--A ter
lific storm that ragged over the central
western states throughout the night
was moving northeast today, leaving Q
wake of destruction. Telegraph and
telephone communication was Grip
pied throughout the district south OF
the Ohio river, the storm moving
rorthward and eastward over Ohio
and Indiana threatened further de-
struction.
The weather bureau from the
meager reports, compiled over the
crippled wires, predicted severe
cold wave to follow Storm warnings
were ordered displayed all along the
Atlantic coast from Hatteras to East
Port, Maine
Last nights storm swept Arkansas,
NJ ssissippi and on north across the
Ohio river and today was centered
over the Great Lakes. The weather
forecaster after examining his reports
said:
THE storm is accompanied by
sever and shifting gales and wide
spread precipitation followed by q
cold wave of unusual severity fer
this season of the year. Heavy snow
falls are reported at many points in
the north central states and great
damage has been done to electric
wires, the storm cutting off communi
cation throughout the middle west.
STORM WRECKED DISTRICTS
CUT OFF FROM WORLD.
Memphis, Tenn, March 21.-Reports
from north Mississippi, west Tennes-
see, and southeast Kentucky and north
and east Arkansas, which were swept
by severe rain and wind storm last
night and early today are delayed be-
cause of an almost complete prostra.
ton of telegraph and telephone wires
entering this city.
No definite advices have been re.
ceived here from Hoxie, Arkansas.
where the wind is said to have blown
down large number of houses and in
jured score of persons.
At Fulton, Kentucky, considerable
damage was done to property.
In Mississippi the storm was severe
from Grenada to Water Valley. AT
Senatoba the wind was unusually high
and houses are said 10 have been
tossed about as if they We're play
things. No loss of life occurred there.
Locally. only minor damage was
done. A heavy downpour of rain with
continuous flashes of lightning ac-
cOmpanied the blow
Five nerSOnS were killed and more