Robinsonville cyclone wipes out town in Mississippi
Robinsonville, Miss. was demolished by a cyclone Thursday evening. Seventeen people killed and about fifty wounded. A fire ignited in debris, burning bodies and delaying rescue. The town faced $100,000 in property loss with thirteen stores, six residences and many cabins destroyed. Homeless count around five hundred. Names of killed and injured listed, including clergy and multiple residents. unknowns among the dead.
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Robinsonville
Miss
Memphis
Mississippi River
Emma Lusk
Isaac Chapman
R. R. Shipp
Olive Branch
Migs
Isaac Chipman
Ben Ray
Annie Spiaght
Manuel Mur
Blount Dissolves Aimerlong Protectorate In Hawaii
April 1 marked the dissolution of the Aimerlong protectorate in Honolulu as Commissioner Blount ordered the American flag lowered and held audiences with the provisional government. He pledged no foreign troops would land to threaten the government and noted provisional forces would guard against unrest.
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Honolulu
Stevens
United States
Cleveland
Dole
Japan
Rain Dampens Racing Meet in Memphlis Area
Rains soaked the track at Memphlis April 14 causing a muddy, tame racing day with 1500 in the grandstand. Calhoun won the feature after a rain-soaked start. Michael led early, Francis Popa pressed him, with Belfast and Revenue in the places. The stake reached 32,490 to the winner amid a damp, slow program.
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Memphis
Hugh Penny
Calhoun
Michael
Bob Speed
Revenue
Francis Popa
Belfast
Destructive late storms sweep Kansas Missouri Nebraska
Fierce winds and rain on April 18 struck Kansas Missouri and neighboring states. Parker Kansas was leveled yet no deaths reported. Gearnet Walnut and Hiawatha suffered structural wreckage, with injuries and fatalities in places such as Stanbury Missouri and Higginsville area. Atchison and nearby towns reported unroofed buildings, falling timbers, and multiple injuries. Across towns including Ypsilanti Michigan and Rolla Missouri, homes barns and businesses were demolished as debris filled streets and storm cells moved eastward.
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Henry Dykes
Walnut
Hiawatha
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Powhatten
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Robinson
Owen Pelton
Hence
Atchison
Atchssox
Central Branch
Here
Muscotah
Burns
Everest
Visitanti
Mich
Ypsilanti
William Kurgely
Curtis Wagon and Carriage Factory
Business College
Draper Opera House
Hawkins House
Congress Street
Joseph Voorhees
Moore
Storm Toll Across Plains and Midwest Regions
A sweeping early 20th century storm caused widespread damage from South Dakota to Illinois and Indiana. Reports describe flooded streets and destroyed barns near Mitchell South Dakota, high winds and hail in Albany Texas, and a cyclone destroying Tunidax near Yazoo Mississippi Valley. Casualties include several injuries in Newtory Iowa and a seven dead count for Tunidax.
Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Regions With Damaged Homes
Reports from Nobritakia Lincoln and surrounding areas describe a damaging storm that toppled eight ton columns at the new union station in Nobritakia and wrecked houses and barns across the county. Geneva suffered partial building damage while no injuries were reported in some towns. A cyclone near Jackson Tennessee damaged dozens of buildings with no loss of life.
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Iowa
Newtoy
William Haskin
Ira Livingston
W. F. Roseman
John Dixon
Allinois
Chicago
Illinois
Vandalia
Napoleon
Galena
Quincy
Union Station
Gran Ila
Nodient
Orange
Nobritakia
Lincoln
Pago
Geneva
Fillmore County
Sackwon
Vou
Damazed
Jackson
Tenn
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