, 1874-11-26
T:he Destruction Of Lite at rus.
=. cumbia, Ala. -.
7,'4'.'. Z - 7 u. u.-.j 4
a hundred Houses Unroofed at Bal
timore.
Several Persons Injured In rhaat.
!. !; City i


T,ntttts. Ttt D'f'8'S" - s"' +se" FORK
A fow Of tho oitizonp hastl,, formea than.
selsos INTO m organlzod body, appointed a
!oaaors and sot about aBcortainng tho uat,ro of
tho damage that had boon dooo. As thox woro
about 70 ;set oas tlioy.wors mot BY 1ltis gil
."~s',',,: nuS a1i'o.t, Who' with "hito lips aud
.'on'onns voice. told tEotd that hot nabtfs house
had boon completely! blown down, and that eho
foarcd every ono in it lad bccn killed. ,rho
party At once hnstoned to tho -houao Indicated,
Esarr.,..n" u sas' l.,,,4 ~ was indeed ruin.
EVefStnins "ha atll about 'thb nlauo.
and the mon wcro. about to turn AWAY
from IL wien they heard tho yoico Of !. c,,,l1
crsinr for aap;.t.,.o rh. ~ "'en!'o
r,;,,is ~ -. .1s o. Auo eau came from tho
.,, o'u VI 'o 1n,loh oua!o'ns, anu tue party, by
tlils time largely reinforced, aok at once to
work, to tomovo tho brick and timber ucar thu
place indicated. Aftor fifteen minutcs' l,nr,
rir1a ~ 10y "o.s ie"a,aoa W nno'ng TWO ht1lo
=. stto, =, one ahd Tue othos Sears OF agc. Ono
" .no cnildfcn was entirely unhurt. and was
easilS removed. Tic other had her urn firmly
wcdgcd In between two bpams. hnt. wi,h
siio ealici ont t. ahn 'e!oaa ~ ono 90 suhgs
out got nv .notbor ,''p ~ ,t'on, uet ny mothor
last tue boans woro c,t .a" .atIu ue; at
roeasod. ~. s"' a"as aho TUG nsslo ono
Digging further into,tho rnbbjeb, . tcrr,h,o
.AuJ-A
brokeu bed Inv fEe 1odr ~ ~ "p,ai1en. avn Tue
massivo crpsa- tin1tr rn1tnp ~; IT, Mol'an' Lwo
dor her wero two Ittie chiidrar ~. in,hd u
others arma, both dead and "r,sho o,, - - s'lcn "
shape. Tho lady was the wfo of s'ato ~ sonat ~ a
yonnRost Children wefc ,,',rasse% ueeego noth hsr
aud iiho lttio ciria uio wnra mnep tonna,
tl,oir mother wa iust .nnttn9 te a,,i;a fh;a .nat
bed when tho houso was blown down. 'u''o'en ~
Llttlo Lillie Elliott, who royo thc a,orr, ,r,.
niece Of Mre ooroe and yas ,pu Tas t
eho folt tho houpo ia1'nn Iae 81 81. sne says TINT
atrango as It may seon, bo sns ,nhar,oI mJr' nus.
ing herself on top Of tho fallen ho,ao ':iiu ha
conveyed to tLe house Of a fr;cua. e"'1atsa wore
When. tho first ai,nale ~ tou, t4,o +ox,.a
passed, John odkins yo,,ng n,on ya1. 1t, maa
in tho town. ctafIcd into tho al a. VIII H. Atn"n .
ounbia Hotal. mud stated that 10 ind hern
house by lie forco nf tc sto,, sloM tl,n. w.. 81 is
had been ontiroiv htnwn Ion,, a,.I ~ H.. uose
brbtho,'s family wcrn bur,o1 honnbai .nat nls
party at oi1co formed and nnaded ' hs .otfe "
houpo, procecJei tn t',n peslorca M NGw W f9rk
ksns. They found thu. buf]nr " 1avct noui vi;
tl1o urot,nd. Ti,rnu,,h ot, nnon;, .utu. '; Tlt1
been formed throneh tho fIIt;.ub faIt;.. "Ilcn naa
uatBey orawlod unGer thc i.nmnnh anI ,a tul'
cred Mr. Uotlpkins nni lis W., '.H I.t u'soos-
= bed apparently tiaad H,a s n,,tn T!.o ~ Hng upon
,vnrl1 ~ rc. usao. tn n.a party NJ once aot to
upon tbs bod;es Tho s;do ~ Seu .n n9a 1alien
was cnt fl,rn,zh hr ,r1,;, S.a. " tue 1aleh foof
mnntos ia hoI,os waro n"naa NY ~ twenty
Il fho ri iv;nT a,r,.s T. 1'aeiaoa; az mo loot
bepido hin, i'ia n.ito .nt1 .ase.' l' Ho1ghlhe.
chii,Iren l,o s;r ,va~" ,;t .nn1a ~, .uolr tour
cld har vnnnrrat cI,,,d uGMu: isn lae mother
tnthor wns Ivfnts a. t. ~ l Iut . tue, AMu Tue
,rotcnt fha ntbnr a1;'1as LII y ~ eAofs to
FnIlv dresaeti an5 M ~ II aao pou!oa Toro
,yidcnriv i,o ~ snan,a;. a.. anansleo Ihoy lad
emovni inst NJ NJ 'thnv assou. sos. no bodies were
,ouso. sDo5 "'to " I'LL adjoining
shnrt1v aftcr Tim nrd,rr osr,o 7r.,-
~ n t,n2tv nrooaadaa ~ ~ " Ky noeSK1ha ram
vinstpr rrni I,.o ~ sle neuse ot 1lia. !. W.
,o,lan was ono ~ 1,o ts ~ tnis placo; The
oet SID mn ho,nro ,t,a H. tn '"1a p,hce' haVlg
ostroyad a,d Mr. wn smS MaE: u "as on.jrey.
L Tim hnnsc tai i, .in ,saa. n..su. a. tno eiae
tnni,nT wot1 ~ ~ ~ nn3 "aa auI1fea asa1tlst the
,l,irh si,a noc;,,ea a ,o5o. " wy Hacoh9 iioor.
thnr n;ccas ~ "na uonfy "nfdfooo mud
iio,l instontjx 1fns .t., ialats on nor, eho Mas
,ho vnrn IN tie 7ovar ntars ns". aua ls family,
Mrs Wf"s,nn ~" "It ~, s.u.yt escaped nfhnrt:
On nnd rnothar.;n.inrs ~ ~ 80 - sAITov. WINS.
M Stnto ~ cA'ooV' L@ntlaey, Of
Lator in Hin ever;,r - ,..a !; j; a.,
I;sa naas;a ~ Eo,s sAin6 ~ NnS alfcovorod thnt
ut of lie town. Ind Icn iinI 1itas H., sthg nsle
tho eotfnnn T., a.;a upon hled ny quo falling
III nd,t;nn to tnn ip S'orxars por ,1ttu. fs',..,
,tct nInva +horo ,rna noua !ounu aeaa us mar
Huo ~ .L... WI - ot0%a49
'yer. |' D1p''''" ~ 'o-
Maitn Patterrou, au old resident of tb;a nIoco i
hon ho first fclt lilo shook Of the Bornt, .cat,,ht
IL Two ol'lll1oh ln'lia arms md calling his vita IT,
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