The daily Panola star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-01

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Ihe ire which destroyed i'eshtlgo oc-
cufred on tne evening OF VIC IN lnst;'
anu history mas never FURNISHED pIM-
lel 10 us terrible destrllctiveness' shortly
after ,he chureh going people had re-
turned from the evening service. an ON.
lnous sound was hearu' IKE the distant
roaring o. me sea- or IKE coming
storm; rms Increased IN intensity, ara
soon the Inhabitants became alarmed and
hpprenehslVe OF uanger' baIS OF NE
were observed 10 iali llke meteors IN the
Town, lgnlllng Whatever they came N
conmct WIN ny thls tuma the whoie
population were thoroughly aroused and
alarmed, anu caught up their chllureh'
ana VIVA. NaiuaDles tney eouIu hastlil
seize, ana began 10 nee Tor a place OF
SAFETY. NOW oright nght appeared IN
the southwest horizon, gradually N
ereasihg till tne neavens swefeaglowwlth
ight; But a Jew moments elapsed Al hr
this before the horrible tornAuo OF 1re
came upon tue people, ehVeioPing Lhela
IN name, SMOKE, burning sanu ana cih,
uers. Ihose VINO had NOT now reached
the river, or some other place OF sa'ety'
were suiiocated ana burned 10 cinder
before they coulu advance haii uozen
steps iurtner, Hou only KNOWS the nor
ror ana terrible sunerlng OF the whoie
town Oh ieshugo on that memorable
sunday night ltseemed as II the love OF
uou nan peen withurawn from the place
ana the fury hehcs OF nell hau peen zoos
eueu 10 Waneohiy VeN anu lormeht tht
people.
10 tongue can eii, no pen Gan oescrine
no prus'i can depict the reaiitles OF tha'
hgnt' Exaggeration Woald DC utterly
Impossible. " dehes human ingenuity
IL was the OBSTRUCTION OF oodom ~
enacted, III seems as II the wlckeunes
oi the place hau mocked Goa until herl
tnuhuerDoits were loosehed ior its ue
structlon. but now, ne VINO nau peei
boldest In sin was iirst to call upon hi
Maker for succor.
The character Of this fire was uslik
any we have ever seen described before
1t was flame famed by hurricane, an'
accompanied by various electrical pheno
mena. Those that survived the terribl
ordeal testify that they received electrica
shocks, while they saw electrical flame
flash In the air and dance over the surfac
ofthe earth around them. But the fur
of the flash was past In halt an hour
,hough the fire continued to burn NOR
: or less fiertely during the whole night.
The full effects of the storm were no
apparent until daylight returned, AM
, the survivors could come forth from thei
retreats. A party OF l50 fortunately raj
together upon low meadow below IN
bridge, and all were saved. a iamlly 0
five persons saved themselves by Jumping
into SHALLOW wen. An0ther hmiy o
the same number were all sullocat,d D.
q IKE resort a large numper threV
themselves lnto thc mlll-pond ana hns
tained themselves by cnnging 10 IN
, boom and floating logs, at the same Tim
con inually wettlng the head to prevent
t ing it from roasting,
, Wesfw many cbfiu,et, some oniy or
molln olu, wnicil nau Deen kept 70 Wy
water tne wnole hlgn., ana yet survived
oJme VINO were 700 W 10 Walk were iahei
rom tneir peos ana thfown INTO the wa
er. ,,
n arpe nu,noer we're usoWheu, lon'
oy oeing IanPisu i upon p.,,, or .l,r9mn ,, , si
IRON rom g tIielr iogs py 'ne cattle ana hors.' i,
tha', INSURGENCY Dy tne hre, ru,hea lnt'
tue waerr; MANY enlire 'ainil'es pei
shea. ELEVEN Werc iost out oi oh'
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some oI I've o,ules were 50 tnorougnly
Durhcu anu consumed tiiat ,hey cVuIu p'
scoopeu Up anu De,1 10 ,ne uouole nalus
ou. tie uela,ls ana ih'i-enes are 700 mar
iV"ipK W io'aeo'
The tornado came from the southwest
and swept over tract Of country. eight
or ten miles in,Eldth, and OF indefinite
length. The tinber IN US course wa'
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