Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-22
Underground Telephone Ca
bic and Telegraph Lines
to st. Louis Only Ones
Left to Chicago.
MISSOURI VALLEY
DOES NOT ESCAPE
South and West Suffer
From, Sleet and Snow,
Causing Drop in Temper
ature in Places.

Chicago, March 21.-Only two teles
graph wires connected Chicago with
the outside world for several hours to.
day. The only practical relief from
this situation was by way Of an under.
ground telephone cable to Milwaukee.
Sleet. wet snow and occasional dasfes
of rain. driven by forty mile gale
from the west struck the city and en-
virons before daylight and within four
hours had prostrated telegraph lines
in all directions. All telephone lines
were crippled.
One young woman was blown under
feet OF team OF horses and severely
hurt. The first effects of the storm
were felt south and east Of Chicago.
Wires routed 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 com.
bined forces Of ice and wind. The on
" lines which survived were two wires
TO st. Louis. Dsertheae was esrried
q very small part or the mass cf in-
telligence which normally is received
land sent out from Chicago. The only
crumb of comfort to those charged
with transmitting press and CONNER
ial kilograms was that the Good Fri
day holiday relieved them Of the un
usual burden of brokerage and market
reports
| Six hours after the storm broke the
sun forced Its way through the clouds
and the disturbance ceased almost %
suddenly as 1t had begun. The dam
age, however, had been done and early
estimates of the loss to wire ana tran.
sportation placed the figures as high
as 3150,O00. .
Severe Throughout Southern Cities.
Memphis, Tenn, March 21.--Reports
from north Mississippi, west Tennes
see and southeast Kentucky ant ~,rth
and east Arkansas. which were swept
| by severe wind and rain s orm last
night and early today are delayed be-
cause Of an almost complete prosfra-
ton of telegraph and telephone wires
entering this city.
No definite advices have been receiy-
ed here from Hoxie. Ark. where the
wind is said to have blown down
large number Of houses and injured
score of persons.
At Fulton. KY, considerable dam
age was done to property
| In Mississippi the storm was severe
| from Grenada to Water Valley. At
Senatobia. the wind was unusually
high and houses are said to have been
tossed around as if they were play
things. No loss of life occurred there.
| Locally only minor damage was
done. A heavy downpour OF rain with
continuous flashes OF lightning accom-
panied the blow.
Missouri Valley Feels II.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 81. Snow
and sleet and drop In temperature
| ley and the southwest last night and
early today. In some sections the
storm was accompanied by strong
wind.
Heavy rains preceded snow Ia south
and east Missouri At Oklahoma City
the wind reached forty-six miles an
hour. The mercury this morning drop
| ped to 13 here, in Omaha, IL in st.
Joseph, 10 at Wichita and Concordia,
Kan, % at Springfield Mo-, 16 at Okla
homa City, 2 at Denver and 10 ct
Amarillo, Texas.
South Storm Swept.
Louisville. KY, March 21.-First re-
ports from points in the central south
which we're swept by q terrific wind
storm last night and early today tell
OF considerable property damage but
loss OF life Is not mentioned Wires
are down throughout Kentucky and
much Of Tennessee sixty mile
wind blew at Nashville.
Report ~ Killed.
Mobile, Ala, March 21.-An uncon-
firmed rumor from lower Peach Tree
on the Alabama river, is to the effect
that fourteen people we're killed and
an immense amount Of damage done
by tornado which swept through
that place early last evening.
Late advices are to the effect that
fifteen people were killed at Lower
Peach Tree, among the following
prominent citizens:
Family Of L. D. Bryant, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Clark, Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. G. p.
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