Show Floods Do Damage Sto Storm m Takes Heavy I Death Toll MISSOURi HIT MANY PERISH I IN WINDSTORM Northern Arkansas Also in in P Pith Path th of Cyclonic Fury Record Snowfall Recorded in Minnesota I POP POPLAR AR ll BLUFFS Mo March 29 Known 29 Known dead in southeastern l as a result of ot last nights night's windstorm increased to four with on onet- onet one expected expected to die and unconfirmed unconfirmed un un- un- un confirmed d reports of or four others having perished eishe Probably one hundred hundred hun hun- dred were yere Injured man many seriously Livestock valued at thousands hun I of I dollars were wee destroyed Damage resulting from the storm which h struck ck di and I northern Arkansas last night proba probably probably a ably will reach according i iI I to reports rec received here today Many I Iho ho houses were demolished orchards and farms farms damaged Telephone and telegraph communication was paralyzed para para- I f The dead are Ertle Ertie Steger Cape Girardeau killed when her house collapsed Mrs M. M E. E Forgo of near Sikeston infant son of Mr 11 and Mrs 1 George Bryant near Charleston and an unidentified negro OTHERS REPORTED DEAD Reports rea reselling reaching here that three persons were killed near Camp Bell Mo could not be ue verified because of ot crippled wires Mo March 29 Three Three persons were injured and numerous houses and barns were damaged by bya a tornado which swept this part of Jackson county last night ALTON Ill March 1 29 Alton Alton suffered probably damage from a tornado which passed over the business district last night One man was nas Injured Roofs werd lifted off several store buildings many houses were damaged and small buildings s w were re carried long dl dis dis- dis ance s. s I i tl TV rL Arl March 2 29 2 Dis Dispatches received by y the Arkans Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas s Democrat today property proper proper- ty damage at l Ark city and in the southern Arkansas oil oilfields oilfields fields near Smackover as a result of ot last nights night's wind and electrical storm TREE INJURES D. D L. L Evans LEvans Evans of l was se seriouslY seriously se- se Injured when a tree was blown across his automobile and a cotton cottonseed seed house and oil plant at were wrecked by the storm At Arkansas City twenty occupants oE or a rooming house sUffered suffered suf sut- minor injuries when when- the structure was blown down down- and andin In Inthe inthe the Hie oil fields several d derricks are reported to have been blown down and one str ck by lightning and burned ST. ST PAUL Minn March 29 Buried Burled under a record fall taU of snow Minneapolis and St. St Paul Petit fought desperately tonight IjO 0 o open up rail and und vehicular communication paralyzed paralyzed paralyzed para para- for nearly eighteen hours BLIZZARD RAGING Minnesota North and South Dakota Dakota Dakota Da Da- Da- Da kota Montana and parts of ot Wisconsin Wis Wis- felt the grasp of ot the worst blizzard of or the season and one and OTIC ot unprecedented effect in the Twin Cities and vicinity Rail Hal traffic was as seriously crippled a at at t a standstill li in h many sections while wire communication was seVerely se- se Verely handicapped many small cities cit cit- cit cit- lea ics and towns being completely isola iso iso- la ted Streetcar traffic was at an absolute lute standstill all day At Bismarck North Dakota DakotaS three and a halt half inches of ot snow fell while Grand F Forks N. N D. D was outside- outside the blizzard reporting a minimum temperature of 14 degrees GALE IN NORTH In northern Wisconsin Superior reported the worst blizzard of the year A sixty-mile sixty gale drove the snow into huge drifts and caused almost complete sus suspension ensi n of busi busi- ness I Two of t si the largest department ft ss st stores 1 In St. St Paul closed a closed l d their doors at noon and the heart of the busness business business busi bus ness district was nearly deserted I Every very conceivable m method thod was employed by workers in in- getting to their places of business One on skis carrying a broom broom- coasted Continued on page 7 7 1 MISSOURI HIT MANY PERISH 1 IN WINDSTORM Continued from page 1 1 I hill district down from St St. Pauls Paul's landing at the door of ot his office with hardly an effort OMAHA Neb March ch 29 South South Southeastern eastern South Dakota isolated by bya a storm which crippled communication tion In the whole eastern half of the state today was WIlS brought ino touch with the outside world again shortly after noon when the Associated Press broadcasting news from stations stations sta sta- I V AA Wand and V at Omaha and the broadcasting station of tho the Norfolk Neb Dally Daily News gave to Its member papers papers at Yankton and anti Sioux Falls Fails S S. S D. D enough nough news to enable them to publish their regular editions Sioux Falls Tails was being served with news tonight by the Associated Associated Associated Press from station V at Omaha and reported that it was coming coining through in fine shape BIG DIG PROPERTY LOSS The Tho sleet and windstorm which swept the eastern half of South Dakota Dakota Da Da- kota last night did damage estimated estimated esti esti- mated at several hundred thousand dollars dollar The Northwestern Dell Bell Telephone company estimated its loss in in the tho state at 7 and re reported ro- ro ported one thousand telephone poles down in the vicinity of Sioux Falls Railroads said it might be a a week before their wire facilities are arc are re restored re- re stored Train service was less In in- in Reports tonigHt from Aberdeen said ald northern South Dakota was being be being being be- be ing swept by a northwest vest wind of blizzard bUzzard proportions and Pierre Pierro re reported reported reported re- re ported eight indies inches of snow Mitchell Mitchell Mitchell Mit Mit- chell Hurch Burch and Yankton reported that the storm was continuing and the temperature falling |