Show THE DEATH DEALING CYCLONE EASTERN exchanges say my that since the settlement of the country west of the mississippi no such storm has been elpe experienced as that of a week ago it extended all the way from the gulf to the lakes marking its entire pathway with death and destruction the extent of territory embraced by it comprises texas kansas missouri illinois iowa nebraska Neb and eastern colorado an area about 2000 miles long and 1000 wide the destruction of life and property has been immense im menee it is estimated that in addition to the wiping out of whole towns and of incalculable dam age to railroads and telegraphs one hundred lives have been lost though kansas seems to have had the main current of the cyclone yet reports from chicago and from hous ton texas show that it was equally destructive at both these eastern points this will form an interesting problem for our signal service and for the host of weather prophets who pour their prognostications into the public ear this cyclone has departed entirely from the stereotyped course of its predecessors decess ors heretofore they were all more or less local and usually occurred in the summer months the recent meteorological rupture was almost national and occurred far in advance of summer |