Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — CYCLONIC CONDITIONS. [ARTICLE]

CYCLONIC CONDITIONS.

“Old Probabilities” Issues Some Information and Advice. The recent terribly destructive cyclones in lowa have brought forth a warning bulletin from the weather bureau at Washington. It is estimated. that 170 lives have been lost by these storms since February in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, New York, West Virginia, lowa, Indian Territory, Nebraska, Oklahoma, the Dakotas and Kansas. One million and a half dollars’ worth of property has been destroyed. In the greater number of these cases warning was given from twelve to twenty-four hours in advance, and people within reach of the agencies were cautioned to be on their guard. As a matter of precaution it is recommended that residents of the States in the upper and central Mississippi and Missouri valleys should provide places of safe resort, such as a portion of the cellars of their houses strongly protected.