The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-18
THE TERRIBLE sr0RM IN MISSISSIPPI
NAMES or THE VICTIMS.

Inc iafai wind storm which swept over the east
ern portion OF Mississippi, on the 29th nit, hs,
been noticed. The Psnlciug (siissj Clarion givei
some additional particulars and names Of sh. vic.
tins:
When the wind subsided, three persons present
jackson, who. ~ We hsve said, was uuipjured. one
Of the young Moody's nd. young man named
Turner, slightly injured, we're left able 10 give ibe
alarm 20 the neigbborhood, and render as.is.apcs.
crowd OF the netghbors were soon assembled
VINO set about collecting the bodies II the dead aud
those unable to move for their wounds Every thing
was done that kinduess ard sympathy could die.
tate 10 relieve the suherings If the wounded and
give decent burial 20 the dead When the bodies
of the latter were brought together, meisnchoiy
spectacle was presented Nine mar gied c,rp.es
u various ages sad sizes, from the gray haired
grandsire down to the tender infant isd out siae
by side. 90 rude boards ga hered from ths ru;,.
OF their isfe happy dwelling. was sight 10 melt
the heart If the beheider The names ana agss ri
deceased are correctly given In the following list
ed the family record:
Josiah Nocdy. aged IS; James Moads. arsd 2o
With his wife, Margares aged 81, aud his danuh
ter, Mary E.. aged 10 month";; Elizabeth G. Moody.
aged l6 years; Martha A. MOODY, IL wears. Co.,
Mocdy,s years; Adsliue Moody. 8 wears: and
Sarah Z. Moody. years.
Mr. Moody was u minister OF the Methods, Pr,
testant Church, and school teacher He was A
native OF south Carolina, but had lived in this
State for many years.
The incidents and circumstances Of this terrible
catastrophe furnish terials Tor chapter for the
horrible. as thrilling sby similar narrative TO
oe iouno 10 tue press OF the day. fhe dwelling in
"hitn NEST OF the ianily were sleeping WAS newly
puilt, OF heavy green logs. These were carried
some 10 tue distance of several miles and Others
hutiea together or against trees, aud broken like
| pipe stems. The heavy hewn sIIs of the hausa
we're taken upand carried off like feathers
The bodies of the dead we're picks ed N o Ar yaro,
Instances aud ia different directions frcm the
mouse every ses'iSe OF ciothing having been -tru.
ped fl ON theIu by the wind aud eoy.red with Ak
| aud mud occasioGed by tire h.ayy rain Nr-
Moody, sr, who vas severely hurt, and whose r.
very Is doubtful, says thar she aud her busb.po
heard the roar of the storm; he sprang ont of hes
| and commenced putting on his pantaIoops Sh.
raised herself and was also in the act of s,enpiu.e
| nn tie fl tor, when terrible crash came and sh-
| remembers nothing else until restored TO con.
| sclou-ness several hours afterwards The vours
| man Moody, who escaped with norhiug wnt "a thar
some severe bruises. Was scarcely of whst
Was happening, until be found himself ab IN. fl {,
Ya'f' down the hill from the house, clingipg to 4
stump.
40 soon as he could, he started back, and on IN.
way found one ot his sisters, whom he took uu IL
| HE arms. She made several efforts to sneak anf
when he got TO the yard size dead. 0oe Of IN,
children wac found with the top of its head s.ke,
| of above the Eyes. aud the brain gone, while th4
| +caip 'ss dangling from the branch Of a falie,
tree. The eldest Miss Moocy was found at the foo
| Of an uprcoged tree, against which she had eyi-
IDENTITY been buried before Il fell aaI killed Tn,
| body of James Moody was found lodged at a con
sdersb|e heighth from the grnund, among tb,
limits of fallen tree. jackson, the son 10 law
slept in an ou.-h ,use, and saved himself by fallin.
| d'wn aud ciiuging to beam, which somehow
bappeGed not TO be carried away. The youns
| man Turner. employed by Mr.. Moody escaped IL
| the same way, with only slight il jury. tn,
| tate Of James Moody, aud bis wife aud child Ia :
| notable instance of how little we can tell When
| the most trivial circumstances or actions a~e I,
| affect our destiny. He lived some distance from
his father aud had come with his little family ~
| i visit to the paternai dwelling. Tue.day, aftsI
,iinner, they got ready to leave for home bat be
ing urged by the family, reluc iantly consented {,
remain uutIi morning.
| number of incidents showing the extreme fore
| OF the wind, as we'll as IT'S singular freaks, were
noticed by those who visited the spot. A field from
| which the crop had been gathered. and which hat
| grown up in crab grass, was swept nearly eiear o
| hefgriss. Quantities of which was drifted agsins
| the stumps aud l"g-as though il had been washec
| there by swollen stream. COW. which mu II
| have been one hundred and fifty yards from the
house wheu the storm commenced. was found head
| foremost in the we'll. Another remarkable occur
| renee. worth mentioning, was the preservation o
| parcel of stock. IN field, heavily timbered
se timber beited and dead, there were five or siS
yoke OF oxen aud several hotses. Af.er the storm
| sas over, to loSk At it, one would have thought Il
hardly possible that a cat 10 have been there coul
have escaped being killed. Yet, nguIsry enough
| If the animals referred to, only one horse was
killed, and all the others escaped without the
| slightest injury.