The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-04-22
DENVER, COLORADO, VIRTUALLY
ISOLATED UNDER HEAVY
SNOW
NEAR 100 PERSONS KILLED
Mercury at Freezing, Wires Blown
Down, Schools Dismissed-So South
western Arkansas Swept by
Tornado.


!, isolated Saturday by the worst storm
n 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.
r 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 bust
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
a 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 a 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 a meeting,
and four children were injured.
The school house at Trigenta was |
wrecked just after school had been t
dismissed.
Especially heavy damage is said to
lave been caused at the Boyce, Pot
er and Sims plantations near Shiloh.
Great Property Loss
ATLANTA, Texas.-Several per- t
ons were reported killed, many Il
Iouses destroyed and fruit and veg f
table crops damaged at O'Farrell, 4
hickly settled farming community v
vest of here. "
Report IS Dead. v
HOPE, Ark.-Fifteen persons are t
eported dead and scores injured as s
he result of a tornado which swept b
hampstead county from the Red
liver to within few miles of this a
ity.
Seventy-five Reported Dead.
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Seyenty-five per- P
ons reported dead, several hundred
ljured and property damage estimat-
d in the millions made the toll of
cries of tornadoes in northeast Texas
md swept eastward Saturday over >,
ections of five states into Georgia. A
with 80 persons reported J.,
1lled in Hampstead and Miller coun- =,
les, suffered the heaviest loss of life :,
n Alabama the number of dead was -
at 10; seven were killed in ~
'exas and six in Mississippi In y,
no fatalities were reported. =,
he storm apparently broke in Texas. y,
wept sections of five northern coun
es and passed into Arkansas. -.
Snow at Chicago.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and gales
lat in many places were reported to Al
the worst in history swept an area
'om the Rocky mountains to the Att
ntic states Saturday Railroad and
ire traffic was interrupted in many
aces and thousands of dollars dam in
sc done to property and crops. pa
Death List of 80. de
MEMPHIS. - Incomplete reports W
ON the six states swept by the :"
orms showed Monday a death list III
81, with 20 seriously injured and oe
Early 80 suffering lesser Injuries
roperty damage, it was estimated
III run into millions and when relief :
rites report from isolated sections of
is feared that the death toll will at
ount still higher fro
Utterly exhausted after wandering on
more than 20 hours in the woods Vii
ar his ranch home here. George mis-
;Caiium returned to the house and res
rendered himself Sunday. rec