The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-15
Cyclones, Gales and Billiards
Wreck Trains and De-
molish Houses
MERCURY IN OZARKS
GOES TO Y BELOW
Two Hundred Are Reported
Injured and Property Loss
Is Placed at Not Less
Than 100000

ST. LOUIS. March IA storm
which spread over the entire Middle
West, the Rocky mountain region, the
South and Southeast. caused loss Of
life and great property damage late
Thursday night and Friday. In the
Middle West and the Southern States,
the storm took the form of winds of
high velocity, and from further west
billiards that are moving eastward
are reported. A fierce blizzard Is rag
ing today along the line of the Union
Pacific in Wyoming and is moving
rapidly eastward The cold wave
from the west reached St Louis to-
night, the high west TO northwest
winds sending the temperature rapid
iy down.
A conservative estimate places the
number of dead in the lower Middle
West, Southwest and South at fifty.
with no fewer than geo injured and a
property loss OF $4,000, 600 or more.
Engineer Saves Train.
Charles Whiting, c. Nj. Il S. p.
engineer saved train load of pas
sengers in Minnesota He feared q
washout and ran slowly as ne ap-
preached a bridge. His engine plung-
ed through the bridge. His fireman
was killed and he was hurt fatally.
Hundreds were rendered homeless
in the eastern part OF Wisconsin and
hundreds Of lives were endangered
The damage Is estimated at s50Q 00E
Four killed, twelve injured and five
men missing and thought to be dead.
is the record made last night and
early this morning In Nebraska by
the billiards.. Train service In that
section has been annulled as the wind
has blown snow into high drifts AT
Gothenhurg. Neb., shortly after mid
night fast passenger train No. IL
crashed into the rear of No. A.. teie-
scoping Pullman sleeper and throw
ing II and the coach ahead into the
ditch. A search OF the debris reveal
ed four bodies OF persons who had
been killed, while ten others are more
or less seriously injured Three OF the
injured cannot live.
Death Roll of Fifty.
Reports received at Memphis. Tenn.
late this afternoon from the tornado
swept portion of the South and Mid
die West are that the death roll prob
ably will reach fifty, 200 injured and
a property loss approxinating $4,000
900 at a conservative estimate.
Wires are down to many of the af-
fected localities. and late this after
noon only an approximate estimate
was possible.
Five persons were killed in Madi-
son and Henderson counties, Tenn.
At Lexington. Tenn. three persons
were killed and 100 houses wrecked.
-Four children were killed at Halingr
Tenn.
Eight Killed i'm Mississippi.
Eight persons were killed in North
ern Mississippi r W. Friar, man
ager of the New Albany, Miss, Of
fee of the Cumberland Telephone
company, was one OF the victims.
Several Texas cities were badly
damaged. Six persons were killed in
the vicinity OF Gadsden. Ala. A
Southern railroad train that left for
the tornado swept territory this morn
ing was wrecked.
In the vicinity Of Atlanta, FIVE per
sons are known to be dead. At Dali
ton. Ga, tremors of the earth were
felt after the cyclone passed and
many houses were rocked,
A woman and infant child were
killed in Sabine Parish, La.
One person was fatally injured IN
Montgomery county, Mo.
Twenty-Five Below Zero.
After two days of the hardest gales
district tho apple belt OF Missouri,
the temperature fell tonight to %
above zero, and the wind died down.
The freeze is not believed 10 have
done much damage to fruit.
One person was killed at Jackson
willie. Ills. Many thousands of dol
lars damage was done by the win. In
Peoria. Woodford, Tazewell. Morgan.
Cass, Menard, Jersey and Greene
counties In Illinois. the wind created
great havoc. A church steeple at
Spring Hill, Ills, blown over while
a meeting was in progress, caused a
panic.
A terrific gale ragged over North
eastern Oklahoma for thirty hours.
Atlanta, Ga, reports tonight that
scores of people In Georgia were kill
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