, 1875-03-31
CASUALTIES,
Fearful Destruction Caused by
tho Recent Cyclone in
Georgia.
Ihrao Hundred Persons Killed and Eli.
teen Hundred Injured.
Record Of Minor ,lisliaps,

THE GEORGIA CYCLONE,
Carrt*psndencs Lsuisriks Couyfty.,Journat.
AUGUSTA, Ca, March 24.-Tae recent cyclona
Which passed over thls region VAS tho uost awful
eTos hoard Of In tho United States. II cro.sed
tho chattahoocheo I,syos from Len Countv,
Alabama, and entered Harris County, Georgia.
From thence It passed through tho Counties Of
Talbot, Cpson, Monroe, Jones', Baldwin, uau.
cock, Warren, 1tcDutIle, and Coumbis. It
crohaed tho Savannah River IS mitos aboyo
AuE"sta, entered EdgeGeld County, soutL
Carolina, lassol though Darnrell, Lexington.
R.chlaud, sumter, Marion, nnd l1oE7y Counties
Of that State, aud finally ran into tho Atlantic
Ocean on tho coast Of North Carolina.
a rocond CYCLONE, precisely at tho aa,ne time,
heencd to llnrc formed this side Of lfslIalgo-
fillo crohsod tho Ogeorheo Nvet IL miles below
sno Village OF Maytlo!d, III Hancock County. and,
NtcluIond crotned tho Savannah, IL mites below
AuEuHt74 into Beech Island s, C., aud from
thence ran duo cast into the Atlantic
az wEs along tito northern ono Of those
tcye!ones. Will moro particularly dosctibe that
two wore exRctty aliko III Hizo, sape, color aud
dcyastat!on. Tho cloud waB, in color, inky h1sch.
hatf hinlohiGh, haff 4 milo wide, wan cylipdr1cat
~ shape, aud Travelled very much Mkon revolving
barrel cotn'nE ond forcmott. It was Illuminated
with .phosphuEescont light, and nlououtar;ly
would glitter as II ono million matches Ind beoi,
iguitcd by it. 1t was accompanied by a cont;nl.
tua, roaring sound, rs ot COO cannon In tho decI.
htse lnomenss Of q pitched battle. I,ho braYost
man over born could naithor aare falt, soon. nor
heard with calmnesa. Thcro WAS force and a
power, sublilnity and grandeur hb5ut it uunat-
urat, awful, wholly ts own. hut Thousand in
cidcnta aro related showing that tho Lnud Of
Providence wns in it-tlat 1t MAS governed bv
laws ~ regular and imrnutablo ~ IN tile auu, ii
Travelled from west to q litto norh OF duo cant,
going % straight ns q crane or cannon ball
would Ny. 1t passed oyor tho entire State OF
Georgia In oxactlY thsoo hours, travelling at tho
rate OF t&fsy-tlree 1niles per hour
The whole humber Of killed In Georcia will
not fall below 9ou, and the wounded reach 1904,
Through Carulina the devastation and death
wcro equally AZ great. Tho nou,lc,t, cyclono
crossed tue Savannah ut Fury's Ferry, sunk tho
boat. struck the plantation Of iir. rorotnan,
toro It to ploccB. aud killed and wounded f.roat
many Oh 1t. From thence forward to the ocean
the accounts aso az tcrribso aud as appalling.
on the itt of April, 1901, now 1ackng Gus a
low days OF Bercnty-oue years, great storm
me This caulo up from tho direction u Dolly
county, ani passed through I1aucoci, Hnrrcn
and Rlclnonl. C1oahing tho Sayauuah Is miles
hboso Augusta. There aro a few pcopIo now
iiirlny who remember ii, aid rlcnty WHO have
beon told by their parents Of it, 1t was dencr;boti
~ tue Augusta Chronicle. All accounts agreed
that II "as illuminated By tho Same strange light
ID tAo one Saturday. No QUO wa killed. by Is.