Salt Lake Herald | 1908-03-28 | Page 1 | Wind, Snow and Rain Hit Poor Old Michigan

WIND SNOW AND ANDRAIN ANDRAIN I RAIN HIT POOR OLD MICHIGAN Tornado in Southern Part of S the State and nd Blizzard in the North IOWA ALSO WRESTLING 0 WITH HEAVY STORMS FREIGHT CARS tARS BLOWN FROM TRACKS AND SEVERAL PEOPLE INJURED I I Detroit Mich March 27 nA A tornado near Jackson In the southern part of tho tb state late this afternoon and a with heavy snowfall In the upper p nir uia tonight are the tile of a gen sen general eral ersi storm that struck Michigan today The fhe tornado did muck much damage to farm Carm property around and anti rifle northwest and west of or Barns were split windmills destroyed and antI orchards uprooted but no loss of life liCe has been reported At Menominee in jn the up upper upper upper per peninsula a wind of the elo ity of forty miles an hour is reported the snow into lute huge drifts Train and trolley service are lIela td in tn upper tipper Michigan Heavy rain and ind wind is reported from all punts parts of the stat and anil nil telephone and telegraph communication is seriously Near Battle Creek tonight the south southbound southbound southbound bound Michigan Central r train traill on the Goshen branch bran h was ked b bi by byI bythe i the overturning of or the locomotive I four I I miles south of Battle Battie Creek when th thO train struck a bed bad be of sand that had been Deen washed over the track to a death of or a 8 afoot afoot foot The coaches remained on the track and the engine crew saved themselves b jumping