Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-03-26
HEAVY TREES ARE BLOWN DOWN WHEN
 STORM HITS CITY
Plate Glass Shattered and Many Fences
 Levelled.
RIVER TO RISE t3 FEET BY SATURDAY
Heavy Rainfall Is Reported at Sev- eral Points in Stat e--Water Will Reach Fl Feet
 Here

The miniature wlnG storm 'Winch i swept over Pine Bluff yesterday aft | ernoon while lacking in the violence which characterized the main part of the hurricane which hurled itself over Texas. Louisiana, Oklahoma and other parts of Arkansas, left in it's wake here a small havoc of brok on plate glass windows. torn signs. fallen trees and fences, and filtered debris. No injuries by flying ob- jects or falling trees and fences were reported. The storm here was un- usually violent in the southwestern part Of the city where a number of large trees, many of them of firm growth, several small outhouses and , a number of fences were blown over. Other parts of the city were swept by the wind, and two plate glass win doWs in the business section were blown out. One of these was the big plate glass windows of the Pogue- Buick Automobile company on West Second, the other was the. window of the Barnes Music house on West Sec ohd
 Just what damage was done to early planted crops in the outlying districts could not be learned, but 1 it was stated last night that havoc had been wrought in many spring gardens in the city and it is possible that some damage was done in this manner in the country. Telephone and telegraph wires were blown down between Pine Bluff and outside points.
 Notable among those to suffer was the Mackay Telegraph company whose wire to Memphis was blown down and connections were not re- sumed last night. The Western Union wires to Memphis suffered like fate yesterday afternoon, but connec- tions with Memphis were maintained last night. All but one wire of the Southwestern Bell Telephone com pany to Little Rock was out of order on account of the wind, while all wires of this company were discon- nected from Pine Bluff to Memphis No damage to local telephone connec- tions was done. The wind reached | Pine Bluff about noon yesterday and was manifest at first only in intermittant bursts of wind which blew dust about the streets and made automobiles, as we'll as pedestrian locomotion difficult.
 As the day progressed, the wind grew in violence and reached de- gree of steadiness which culminat- ed in rather violent blow, but lied away toward late afternoon. The wind was preceded Wednesday night and early yesterday morning by rain, which ceased about 8:30 yes
 terday morning. Heavy hanging clouds presaged rain and other ele- mental disturbances all during the day, and they were particularly low ering during the wind storm. With the abating of the wind, however, the clouds were swept away and clear sunset was registered.
 l River to Rise.
 That Pine Bluff received only 2 part of the outer circle of wide
 ranging wind and rain storm whicf included several Western and South
 western states, is evidenced in tho ! reports which came in last night O.
 havoc wrought in these states by ter
 rife winds. The storm had it's cen ter in Oklahoma and spread rapidl, over a wide section of territory. Higl water is also reported in severa 4 states.
 The river at Pine Bluff registered
 at 8.4 feet yesterday, according to R Hammond, local observer and will at
 tain stage of 21 feet by Saturday he said. The flood stage here is 9 feet, but the rise will be so sud
 den. MT. Hammond said, that consid crable damage to the river bank I might be expected. The fall vii
 be quite as rapid as the rise, he stat ] ed but that will not occur unti some damage is done because of tn suddenness of the rise. The rapi, I rise here is due to 4-inch rain a
 Dardenell Wednesday, and heav,
 rains in other parts of northwes
 Arkansas. Warnings have been sen ,I out by the state observer at Lit ! tie Rock. who last night predicted l3-foot rise in the River at Littl
 Rock by today.
 The heaviest rainfall in years wer
 reported from northwest Arkansa
 yesterday while Little Rock also ex
 perienced a violent wind storm yes terday, the velocity of which ex ceeded 30 miles an hour at times , Rainfall reported in different part J of the state yesterday was as follows | At Dardanelle 4.32 inches fell an, 1 at Danville 4.72 inches. Rainfall
 reported from other towns included
 Mammoth Spring, 1.38 inches; Ben
 tonvillc. 2.10; Eureka Springs, 2.10
 Calico Rock, ITO; Batesville, 22
 Fort Smith. 1.70: Tulsa. Okla, 2.50
 Higden, 2.35; Newport, .85. Ligh | rains were reported in other sec
 tions of the state.
 l Wind Abates.
 ,l Dallas, Tex, March 25,-The wind
 storm. which <Faged over north cen tral Texas today. was considerabl, I abated tonight. leaving in it's wax