The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1913-03-28
7H|RT-YSEvEN DEAD
UNCONFlRMEO RUMOR TO EE.
Feet THAT IMMENSE DAM
AGE is DONE IN ALABAMA.
CHICAGO WAS ALSO ISOLATED
Considerable Damage Done in Ken.
lucky, Tennessee and Arkansas
Score Hurt, With Possibly Some
Fatalities at Hoxie.

Mobile, Ala, March "a Twenty
seven persons are dead and 81 in.
jured, some so seriously that they are
expected TO die. as a result OF the
cyclone which swept Lower Peach
Tree, Ala. yesterday morning between
and ) O'Clock, according TO a spe.
cial despatch TO the Register from
Pine Hill, Ala. Seventeen OF the dead
are white persons.
The property damage Will amount to
$150.000. One death is reported at
Ashbel, Ala, as a result Of the storm
Indianapolis, lnd.-A storm of tor.
nado proportions which swept Indiana
early yesterday did damage estimated
at a million dollars.
Late reports from over the state in.
creased the loss, but the death list re.
mained at two, although several per-
sons were reported fatally injured.
The Wire service of the state was
demoralized and many places were en-.
tirely without communication.
A cold wave following the storm
added to the suffering as many homes
had been unroofed and windows brok.
en-.
Chicago is Swept.
Chicago.-Only two telegraph wires
connected Chicago with the outside
world for several hours yesterday.
The only practical relief from this
situation was by way of an under
ground telephone cable to Milwaukee.
Sleet, wet snow and occasional dash
es Of wind, driven by a 40-mile gale
from the West, struck the city and
environs before daylight and within
four hours had Frustrated telegraph
lines in all directions. All transporta-
ton lines We're crippled
Six hours after the storm broke the
sun forced its way through the clouds
and the disturbance ceased almost as
suddenly as it had begun The dam
age, however. had been done and early
estimates Of the loss to wire and trans
portation placed the figures as high as
$l50,000.
Terrific Storm in South.
Louisville, Ky-First reports from
points in central South which was
swept by terrific windstorm yester-
day tell Of considerable property dam
age, but loss Of life is not mentioned
Wires are down throughout Kentucky
and much of Tennessee. A 60-mile
wind blew at Nashville.
Score Hurt at Hoxie. Ark.
Springfield, MO.-A score or more
persons were injured, some of them
seriously, buildings in the business
district were wrecked and residences
unrOofed at HOxie, Ark, about 90
miles south of here. by a wind of un-
usual velocity. The loss to property.
it is said, Will total thousands of dol
lars.
No deaths had been reported when
communication with the town was cut
off, but it is feared later reports will
run up big total of fatalities.
The Frisco sent special trains from
this city and Thayer, Mo. to aid the
sufferers at Hoxie and other towns in
the vicinity, which it is reported also
were affected by the wind.
Spring in New York.
New York.-Winter ended at 1920
O'Clock yesterday, according to the
vernai equinox, with New York city
having had less snow and cold weather
than Tor many years. Practically all
OF the 100000 which the city usually
spends for snow removal was saved
Repeatedly warm weather records for
winter, which had stood fer 80 years.
were broken. Navigation of the FTud-
son mas been practically continuous
and the ice harvest in this state is
less than half the normal
Spring entered warmly with the CITY
enveloped in thick fog.