| Show A DEADLY CYCLONE hcVl Town hiatrus 111114 bT violent MEMPUIB Tenu Jan 2A cyclone cy-clone leaving death and devastation behind descended upon tbe little town of Moorlngaport La at 830 oclock tills afternoon The reports from the trloku town are verymeager owing to the complete pros ratlon of all telegraph and telephone wires cut a sjeclal received at Texarkana ut midnight mid-night nays that four people ucro killed outright and three known to have beau fatally Injured Moorlugsport Is a towu of OUO nr lUOl Inhabitants situ rated on the Kama Clly Im burg i Texarkaua Gulf railroad Iweutyflvu mile west if Advices from southwestern Arkansas Arkan-sas btate that a violent wind and lightning storm prevailed the a lull afternoon Wires wire blown down Rod lu some Instance railway travel la I Interrupted A report from Denton Ark on the Iron Mountain retire I twenty mile front Little Rock bayii that a Iado struck thai place latu today and twenty houses were demollsbe3 There was no loss of life mentioned In the dispatch All communication with Hot Springs ban boon cut on Cameron a small lumber station ten miles north of Tex arkana on the Cot Iou Holt road tbu storm raged furiously One man it I reported killed at that place livery etlort has been made by Ibo lelu rapu company to establish communication with IiBUlivllle MeN I Magnolia Pine Blull and the larger lawn The relief train readied Moorings port at 705 pm In a downpour ol rain A relay wise was rigged up and at a late hour the report Is I lint lour are cloud three are fatally wounded nuj will die and twenty others more or lets I Injured LATER REPORTS BIIHKVKPOUT In Jn Braaral Is lllua to add 10 Was Moorlngipgrt dig aster retorted last nlnlil The reltol train I of the Kaniu Clu Bliruveport it Uulr road arrlvm this nnrnlns Into In-to woutidedo who were convjyul to I e hoipllnl Of the number it Iho liopltal Mr Morgans clnM anti Mir limn halve little chance of recovery Tue wounded are ncelvlnKall lli > at vnllon unit Cato Ihiitoin be given Tho reside icu or J a Noel anil iho MitLodlil church have been convered Into temporary hospital ale The path o the storm was narrow nar-row still I short but terrible and do Btiuctlve A number of horse > callo and Ito 14 a were killed Tile body of a man who ws blown train a brl luu has been recover a J Lilt Is I not Identified A mn whose namn Is rot maven li I mliBme I It la believe he was killed I A uumberol ladlea I vlMled thobolpllal today and provided garments for the Injured 1 MANY 10WNB WRECKED LITTLE HOOK Ark Jim aCom uulcallon wa reestab lulled WHO all of 1 the towns OJulh of hero on Ibo Iron Mountain road today and the reports Indicate tbe trotiat balloting by last Inhts storm was In Ibo town of lieu Ion where half a dozin small frame houses were demollthod and several freight cars standing at tile station were overturned tievtral l persons were moo or less I Injured and many had narrow eec > r > and thrilling expert encet but no fatalities occurred I come tin storm was severest In tile southern portion of the state and it Is I not unlikely that casualties occurred In Borne ol he numerous lumber Gamin I lu tile eecllou I All the towns between little lock I and Toxarkaua BUllerel more or leas I damage and replete from the country gives several Instances 01 damage 10 farm bOUui and cbID Tile ruin overall the southern portion por-tion 0 Ibo oht was the heavleit yean and nil tho branding and creeks were ovetflutwed The railroads lu many pieces uru under water but trains life nol running nearly on time SNOW AND FLOOD CHICAGO Jan BFrom nil pal of the Wr t repjrts of damage by Hood aim storm during the lat twentytour hours are coming In Illinois levy rain has fallen trading are flooded making the roads Impassable and damaging winter wheat Julia Is threatened with one ot tbe worst floods lu Us hlitorr In northeast Michigan the rain Is also severe In Minnesota a Lllztard tailed all day with nliernatlnz rnln and bloet l South Dakota euflerod a severe snow storm which prevailed 1 day yesterday The allow drifted and a railroad blockade la I eared Nebraska Is Suffering from the worst blizzard I has tocpurlenceu for years Snow wostwelvo inches on Ibo level last night and the wind piled great drills six and eon feet high KANSAS CITY Jan 3A Times I rreclal from Jfllmon City Mo aayt Fears ol a serious flood along the Osije owing to the prenoul heavy YalualuaVaueeuaa addutlbg tile past twentyfour bent Tonight a rise of several feet Is I reported from IliKuell nod Oieeola BT LOUIs Jau 3rbo heavy rain which baa been falling In this vicinity for the past IWO days continued until this evenings when n cold wave set In and the temperature dropped 80 to 40 degrees In a short time Tile heavy rain have caused the rivers on both tides ol the Mltsltalppl lo rlco above I tho danger mark |
