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Show Jan. 6 Nine buildings wrecked by explosion ex-plosion of dynamite nt Lowell, Ariz. 18 Floods In Ohio river' valley worst In. 20 years. 19 Several largo steamers driven aground and $1,500,000 damage done by terrific gale which struck Buffalo, N. Y. Feb. 28 Washington, Ark., partially destroyed de-stroyed by tornado; two persons killed. Mar. 15 Floods In vicinity of Pittsburg and down Ohio river valley caused property prop-erty damage estimated at $10,000,000; about 100,000 persons thrown out of work nnd at least 14 lives lost; Apr. 5 Tornado swept across Louisiana, Mississippi and part of Alabama; considerable con-siderable property destroyed and 15 or moro lives lost. 15-Cltlcs of Chtlpanclngo nnd' Cllllapa, Mexico, destroyed by violent earthquake. earth-quake. Jun. 8 Thirty persons, killed, many hurt-nnd hurt-nnd great property damage dono by windstorms nnd cloudbursts In Kentucky, Ken-tucky, southern Illinois and Iowa. 22 Storm causing property dnmoso estimated esti-mated at $500,000 swept over Indian Territory. Ter-ritory. 24 Three distinct tornadoes struck Medicine Medi-cine I-odge. Kan., destroying 25 houses; several persons Injured. 27 OH fields of northern Indian Territory swept by tornado that kilted three men and destroyed hundreds of derricks; loss estimated $500,000. Jul. 2 Rochester, Tex., noarly destroyed by tornado, 3 Buena Vista lake tcvco near Bakers-field, Bakers-field, Cal,, broke, flooding 30,000 acres nnd doing $1,000,000 damage. 4 Storm In western Wisconsin caused death of 21 persons; many Injured. 15 Waterspout caused $500,000 damage In vicinity of Leavenworth, Kan. Aug. 11 Tornado caused great property damage at La Crosse, Wis. 26 Tornadoes In Wisconsin and Ohio caused several deaths and destroyed much property. Oct, 8 Tornado nenr Leeds, Qa., caused 15 deaths; damage to property enormous, enor-mous, ...Severe storm caused great damage dam-age In New York city and In harbor. Nov. 20 Floods caused great damage In southern Texas. |