Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-04-07

suburbs of the city, extending across
the corporation line, and embracing an
area of about 800 yards In width In it's
passage. It twisted houses and trees
and everything in its course from the
face of the earth, dashing them with
fury to the right and left, or carrying
them for hundreds of yards directly up,
almost into the very clouds it seemed,
then dashing them away out from the
circle of it's influence, the ponderous
trees came crushing to the earth. Our
reporter had only time to make a hasty
exploration. Just south of the creek
bridge, and just within the city limits,
a colored man about "a years of age
Can intelligent and bright mulatto),
Richard Gender, was instantly killed.
More than half of his head is gone; no
one knows how OF where-mashed Off,
we suppose, and blown away. Mrs.
Thomas johnson, a white lady of about
40, is so badly hurt that she will proba
bly, die Quite number in the same
locality are injured more or less, though
we cannot go into particulars. Houses
without number are demolished, as is
every other species of property in the
way of the cyclone. Trees, houses and
wagons were carried for hundreds of
yards through the air, and wherever
the wind passed through woods it has
cut fearful road, sa .+. u-t. ....
b Seven are wounded on the plantation
belonging to the McComb estate, and
every house but.. one on the place is in
ruins. The doctors are being sent for
from over the country. Two are report
ed killed on Mrs. James Martins place,
and every house in ruins. Others are
probably injured on the place. Two
are reported killed on the road between
town and the lunatic asylum. Others
are so badly wounded that they will
probably die.
as Haddock's station, on the Macon and
Augusta Railroad. The cyclone crossed
the road from the north side, near Had
docks, taking Dr.. Hardeman's place in
its track. Here several houses were
blown down, but no one badly injured.
On the place of Mr.. Richard Brown the
destruction was terrible. Mr.. Browns
skull is fractured, and he is lying insen-
sible, and will probably die. Here, also,
three others were killed-two negro
women and child One of the former
was killed by falling house, and the
other was caught up by the wind, car
ried for some distance to forest, and
hurled against tree. The negro child
was probably in the yard, OF in some
exposed position, as it was caught up by
the wind, and blown. away. Nothing
has been heard Of it since, and it is pos
sibly many miles away from the spot
where it was picked up by the wind;
found, a mile distant, horri bly, mangled.
Every house On Mr. Browns place is
destroyed, and every person on the
place injured Should Mr.. Brown die
(and we see no hope for his recovery,
it will make an aggregate CT four killed
on this farm On the plantation of Mr..
Charlie Harper several are reported
killed, among them cid Tom Huson
(colored), whom many of + the white
citizens will remember, he having been
known to many of them. On the Mid
way place of Mr.. Robert Trippe a negro
child was killed. In this locality the
wind did great damage. On the east
great. Many plantations are almost
completely ruined, Houses, chimneys,
fences, and forests have been leYeled
wherever the wind passed. AS far as
we can learn no one mas been injured on
the east side of the river, though q
Mrs. Stapleton. on the McComb place,
had her scalp severely lacerated, and
her life is seriously endangered from
conclusion of the brain. Many others
on both sides of the river are hurt,
some seriously and others but slightly.
A great deal of poultry has been killed,
and people are gathering it up for food.
The loss and damage to property, in
Guiding the damage consequent upon
the loss of fences, will probably
amount to $4,000. In one locality be-
tween Midway and the town eight houses
are total wrecks. We have not been
able to ascertain any individual losses,
but think that Mr.. Edward Lane, Mrs.
VIM. Lane, and Mr.. Joseph Lane, all
belonging to one family have suffered
most. Each of them owned dwelling,
two of which were completely de-
molished, and the other is almost a total
wreck. -. 1911
The killed and dying are known to be
ten in number. The wounded will pro-
badly reach forty -fvein Baldwin county
alone. In crossing the river the wind
lifted the water up in solid mass until
it seemed perfect wall of water. Chas.
Johnson, a man employed by Col John
son, was hauling load of lumber to
town, from Scotsboro, and seeing the
danger hastily unhitched the horses.
The wind picked the horses up and
h. ~ Il,
ing them quite severely. Charles, the
driver, sustained painful injury-the
wagon and lumber were blown away. A
goat on the plantation of Col. Fair was
blown off. as well as all the poultry.
We should have mentioned that all the
houses on this place, save one, were
destroyed. A single near Mr.. r. N.
Lamar's place was hurled with such
fury against an oak tree that it's sharp
end penetrated the solid wood for one
or two inches. Mrs. Lanes house
caught fire twice after the blow, but
was aytin o11isha6