The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-04-03

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several loaded freight carr. two of wb.at
ere blown from the track and one orthrr
very badly broken open.
At this point the mighty wind seemed ID.
SHIFT somewhat 10 the north, bat imm,dI
ately veered southwestward, ga b. forms.
course. going through gardens and our.
houses. Nothing further Of note was dam.
aged, excepting chimneys etc, until thr gII..
reached row Of business houses, IuaIul...
the Pierce House, Gin which place, iue..
nately, no person was iniurrd) which N..
badly damaged, having the entire rea....
blown on, including the roof Six stores 6r
this (Clay street. were vefy badly damage.
several OF which must necessarily be tu,.I..
rebuilt Next came the
COURT HOUSE AND sURRoUNDING GROUND.
nearly every pane OF gla.. ID fac buI. ...
was broken, aud the large door were- ..
from their castings, hinges and alI. Ta.r.
covering on the dome was liftcd co., ...
one piece was found half milo avar. T.
trees and shrubbery were nearly aI ...
rooted and torn from the ground. hid ..
iron fence was In several piaers M..
broken. IL Is said that a Mr.. RiNpus. SSH.
crossing The street at the time, aud H..r.
the noise and seeing the dying m...t
dropped behind the brick wall surra0a
the Court House fence, and by ~ luin.a.
uninjured
CA the corner, directly opposite fu.t..
House. stands Whit rs known J- tNu -....
House. "a largo frHum buIIH"g which ISL.
very badly shattered: 9. u.l- occupied ...
rhe first flpor, and 20. "a p.r.,-.... -...r.
10y Mr.. RiVtnlc, apoycf hr.a .t . .... ..s.
heavily by damage 10 stock. y ..
room, adjoining the hurdvar.
occupi 4 a., a restaurant By ..
wh..-, damage consists principally
,ry hld his show windows broken. ISL
h,lved goods removed to tine floor
Here, after taking the brick hrc-waU .r
the Gwiner Bros. building. occupied
TOY and stationery store, the toUGIuzD...
10 roll up and down like huge ocean n...
and kept on the even tenor oI its H..
doing no more damage, until em.
near the earth again. 80 mroo.a ..
completely riddled the house and u...
turc of a wIdoN lady, named F.n.
who was sick in bed nj the time. TH.r.
sided with this lady two widowed -.-u..
Mrs. Iowa Jetirics and Mrs. IIyn J.U..
the former, we understand. was -UH.-...
at the time from di-locat,l anb.e ..-
| ceived by the running away Of ta,ar..-
! horse not long ago. Fortunately uue.
| the inmate, of this house Wpr. injured
though, Of course badly frightened
Next in range came the
COUNTY JAZZ.
This building, besides having consider
able Of the slate roofing torn OF, haI Oh.
roof blown completely on Of the Lin0n
part. and the stove and other cuIiu.
utensils were badly smashed. Here u
! tornado seemed to widen % go lea.l ua
hundred feet. taking IN the hou.c otaN.
| Killian, which IL lifted from its fouuIa
and turned completely around, buHh.
the building badly and turning enc pint
and household goods upside down.
member Of the family was injured, bc}o.
few bruises. The condition 81 Cine
OLD CEMETERY
Adjoining the Jail grounds, TO u-e o. l.r.
bare expression, beggars de-cHru
fences, tomb stones, shade trees, etc.. n.
torn. broken and matted together llar N..
one large cedar shade tree in tur ceU.h.
was broken of near the ground aU. ..
ried at least a quarter OF q mile away
Across "A narrow street from the u.Hr
etery stood three tenement building. uH.
ed by Judge Shackleford. Forunalau.
first one. standing on the corner. bd 1..
vacated but short time since. pI.. t....
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have all been killed.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE oFAItuI
The house next 70 the corner o.e H....
cupied by Mr.. II. 4. SlmgerIaud- WN.
the time. was absent from the riIr aH ..
ness. Mrs. Singerland, not feeling Hr
had retired early on that evening
when the house was struck, wac IInD. "..
the bed and carried through du.r H..
into an adjoining room nud thruHuauu.
stove, when door fen hrfu'.u l.u..
falling wall which, undoubtedly. 1850.
life. This lady gives g., very .... .-.
on OF the noise, and character ui rU..
nado. Upon the impulse uf rl. m..
she says she imagined The Dly of I..
ment had came. She described Hr r.a
Of the elements as not unlike
"RIsING AND BoILING s0r>r.
And that Immediately anar tlat -owH ..
passed away, there wa- druh..I.
ness. She had one ot bier tret badly ...'
glass and uail,, aud "u- muu
bruised SHE viii ir ,o.iGtd "a. ... .
for some days. This house, together "
the furniture, etc. was completely 0.0"
ished
The rear kitchen ct Mr.. 0iugr..
house was occupied by "a colorcd hm
named Rodgers, whose hou-pHud a."
were completely pulyerizrd. 8 Inuo
aged ,ix years, the child OF rua ra...
man, Rodgers, was
BURIED ALIVE
In tie debris of the fallen ch.mne.
upon being taken from under oboe Hr.
was found that her collar-b0uc was hr..
and forehead was badly cut.
Next to this building stood small. tt.
house, occupied by coiorcd H.u.
named Slaughter, together with s .I-
family of children, pair OF twin.
longing TO this woman, were aIa0 Hu
under the rubbish of The fallen U1.
and were very severely bruised Dig u..
upon by partic, searching
them. Next in range was q -ma.
occupied by colorcd pair named D...
and here resided
Tux ONLY PFHsON KILLED,
The woman, Ann Dawson. was
dead ia one corner Of the huuIiuE
very few II any bruises upon Der Hr
and 1t Is supposed, by the hidcou ~
sion Of her features, that she had bDe.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH
Next house 10 where the dead
was found was occupied by c1.ora .