Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-04-22
TERRIFIC STORMS
SOUTH AND EAST
DENVER, COLORADO, VIRTUALLY
ISOLATED UNDER HEAVY
SNOW.
NEAR 100 PERSONS KILLED
Mercury at Freezing, Wires Blown
Down, Schools Oismissed--South.
western Arkansas Swept by
Tornado.


DENVER. - Denver was virtually
isolated Saturday by the worst storm
of the year, which showed no sign Of
abating after more than 10 inches of
snow had fallen.
Street car service was almost at a
standstill, only few of the lines be.
ing open. Schools were dismissed at
noon.
Eight Feet Of Snow.
At Fort Collins and Greeley the
storm broke the power wires and
Greeley was without lights and
power
In the San Luis velley IA inches
of snow fell. At Alamosa the storm
hindered fire fighters and two BUSH
ness buildings were destroyed.
Eight feet of snow blockaded the
Denver & Salt Lake road at Corona.
The mercury in Denver stood at 32
degrees.
Colorado Springs isolated.
COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. - A
storm of record proportions struck
Colorado Springs and the Pixies peak
region.
Tornado in Arkansas.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Reports re-
ceived by the Arkansas Gazette gave
total of 80 persons dead as a result
of the storm in southwestern Arkan-
sas. Twenty-six of these were said
to be white persons. A large number
were unidentified.
Eleven Dead, Thirty Injured.
TEXARKANA, Ark.-At least II
persons are known to have been
killed, more than 80 injured, some
probably fatally, and heavy property
damage caused by tornado that
swooped down upon a stretch of rural
territory near here.
At Shiloh, six miles east of Texar-
kama, schoolhouse was wrecked.
Miss Lena Owens, demonstration
agent, who was holding meeting,
and four children were injured.
The school house at Trigenta was
wrecked just after school had been
dismissed. -.
Great Property Loss
Especially heavy damage is said to
have been caused at the Boyce, Pot
ter and Sims plantations near Shiloh.
In Texas.
ATLANTA, Texas.-Seyeral per
sons were reported killed, many
houses destroyed and fruit and veg
etable crops damaged at O'Farrell, a
thickly settled farming community
west of here
Report is Dead.
Hope. Ark.-Fifteen persons are
reported dead and scores injured as
the result of a tornado which swept
Hampstead county from the Red
river to within a few miles of this
city.
seventy-five Reported Dead.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.-Seventy.five per-
sons reported dead, several hundred
injured and property damage estimat-
ed in the millions made the toll of a
series OF tOrnadOes in northeast Texas
and swept eastward Saturday over
sections of five states into Georgia.
Arkansas, with so persons reported
killed in Hampstead and Miller coun-
ties, suffered the heaviest loss of life.
In Alabama the number of dead was
estimated at 10; seven were killed in
Texas and six in Mississippi. In
Tennessee no fatalities were reported.
The storm apparently broke in Texas.
swept sections of five northern coun-
ties and passed into Arkansas.
Snow at Chicago.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and gales
that in many places were reported to
be the worst in history swept an area
from the Rocky mountains to the At
lantic states Saturday. Railroad and
wire traffic was interrupted in many
places and thousands Of dollars dam.
age done to property and crops.
Latest Reports.
MEMPHIS. Incomplete reports
from the six states swept by the
storms showed Monday a death list
OF 81, with 20 seriously injured and
nearly 30 suffering lesser injuries:
Property damage, 1t was estimated.
will run into millions and when relief
parties report from isolated sections
1t is feared that the death toll will
mount still higher