Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-09-25
TERRIFIC GALE.
A Cyclone Visits GeOrgia-Great he.
struetion of Property.

A Cyclone visits Ge0fEl9-eireHt BE-
struetion of Property.
From the the Thomasville Times, Sept. 20.
One of the most violent storms that has
passed over this country for long years,
swept our town and section yesterday morn
ing. It commenced blowing little before
o'clock, aud gradually increased in vio-
lence until about O'Clock, when with the
fary of gale it swept houses, trees, signs,
etc., blocking up many Of the streets with
the debris. The splendid building being
erected by Messrs. Cobb 81 Hami, for st.
Thomas Masonic Lodge, and which would
have been ready for the roof next week
yielded to the storm king, and fell with 8
crash about 8 O'Clock, entailiDg loss on
the contractors in connection with the loss
on their brick yard that viii approximate
$1,000. Riding over the town hastily
yesterday evening, after the cessation
of the storm, we could only
note the general ruin that met the eye ev.
erywhere. The kitchen Of Rev. VIM. Tay-
lor was blown down, and one woman (col-
ored) was killed in it, two small children
narrowly escaping. The large dining hall
at the Fair Grounds, is mass of iuins.
The ladies' reception room is partially de-
stroyed, whilst much of the enclosure is
blown down. Tbs stables on Mr.. j. L.
Firms lot are fiat on the ground, aud we
understand that Master Willie Finn made q
narrow escape from the falling ruins. In
fact there is hardly house and lot in town,
that has not suffered more or less. We do
not think an over-estimate is made when
we say that the losses of the town viii foot
up $4,000. Bat the most painful part, is
the loss Of life. As stated, a negro woman
was killed in the falling building on Mr..
Tyson's lot. It is also reported that ne
gro was killed out az Major Tsylor's place,
and also pair of mules. There is no doubt
that considerable loss of life has taken
place, whilst many narrow escapes have
been made. An immense tree blew down
across the building on Mr.. Hendricks place
some three miles from town, in which were
six persons. 1t lodged on large bed I'M
der which three of them had taken refuge;
none of them were injured.
From the Savannah Advertiser, Sept. 81.
In QQitman the storm commenced on the
evening of the 18Th, about dsrk, and increased
in fury until on the next morning nothing
seemed able to withstand its violence. 1t
finally lulled about noon of the 10th, but in
the meantime great damage had been done
to property in the town. The stores of
Frank Harden, Mccall s. Grover, and s.
Shandel, were unroofed and damaged, their
stocks Of goods receiving slight injury. Mr..
Crane, mechanic, suffered total loss of
his shop, which was toppled over end
wrecked. Several other buildings were
shaken up, and the Baptist and Methodist
(colored) Churches were .effectually blotted
out by the storm. Shade trees, to the ex-
tent of one hundred or more, aud fences in
all directions were torn up and ruined. The
roads are blocked By fallen timber, and
travel is completely blocked. The cotton
crop has been injured terribly, though moth
Ing definite can as yet be ascertained. At
Bainbridge, Cairo, Boston and other points,
the cyclone did its work thoroughly.
Houses were leveled to the ground, and
cotton By the acre ruined.
From the Macon Telegraph, Sept. 3D.
We learn from Col. Styles, of the Albany
NetUs, who was in tho city yesterday, that it
was also very destructive in Mitchell and
Dongherty counties, blowing down tres
and houses, and blowing away open cotton.
One planter in Mitchell county, had several
bales of cotton that were waiting to be
picked blown out of his gin house, from
which the top had been lifted by the wind,
}; scattered all over the country for miles.
Another in Dougherty who had two or
ihree hundred bales in the field, waiting for
he pickers, estimates his loss at fifty bales.
It was not 80 severe in the upper part of
Dougherty and in Lee county, as farther
Town, though an immense amount of cot
on ia both those localities was destroyed.
Col Styles thinks that up to Friday, Dough
'rty county had three-fourths of crop
nsde, ....r.