, 1875-03-26
TORNADOES.
Tflc Recent Hurricanes in Gcor.
gisa and Louisiana
Man5 Persons Killed, and an Immense
Amount Of Properly Destroyed.
GEORGIA.,


| hagHsM s;d.> C"1,stt.ut,onalfst, March II,
| lohsesuay afternoon, report WAS rapidly
opteau On tho atfeota that tho Town Of Tho,p.
son, on tho doorgta hai!snad 81 niIoa from An.
g'lata, Lad bnen viAitcd by tornado. and thai
ehero wcro many casualties.
1he HURRICANE or tornado appcared to },ayA
struck camak about o'clock \. m. tvcnty
minutes previous to the tlmo at which tho down
day'passesRer train sas due at that station. Tlo
coming Of tho tornado waa anticnatct1 bv man,
persons who haw IL approaching, hut It evoopcj
70 suddenly and with such force nnon thu dr.
9olfd SIllaGa az to provont tho inEabitapta frou,
escaping. even IL they had place Of rofuRo,
Every louHo In tho village was demolished In
'c" minutes, Including tho depot, tho large
'otc'' ahd several cars standing on tho railsoad.
track. Not houso w.A left standing, tho tor.
rnms. ano secmnf' to sweep down everything tn sts
cou1se. ~ apparently Ettu:k lie Ground
aooit . milo aboso CamaS fow 1ninntcs
paM ociock p. m., coming fron, tie
I'sscsloh , OF WatfeIton, OIL tho Macon t. Augusta
rsn,nod t. nve mer !say camak tho hurricane
Ln1nal 70 tue east, touclstng Thomson, about 10
miles below. Oh tho Georgin Railroad. w mi
nos lea1i, the extent Of Tho damage At this
iit., ,uttocr aha that como hoscs "ero blown
Tho casualties, III far AZ we cuuId jearu vca.
teruay evening, Weso considerable. At Ca,1n;.
tAe hlEAt-WAtchmAn tn tho anlt3!0y Of tim f;nnr
E'a hai!foaa at TINT poiut, nnncd Thumas Hee.-
Ing, attempted to reach house near by 10 e.
cape tho Storm but finding It Impossible, took
refuge under freigl,t-car standing On tho Track.
loaded With III tons Of enauo. Whon tue t rnldo
struck s ao car !, was overturned by tho force Of
neath by the great weight falling upon him,
Edward skinner. .lEeman OH tho roai was alsn
injured. his Ekull md ono arm being BROKEN i,Y
inc falling Of tue depot. in which ho was staud-
J., At tho tirne tho train passed Ca,nak it was
thought tAein werc two negrocs bu.iod boucath
tho ruina Of tic depot bnildiue.
Al thomson 1t was sa,a that nino pcfsons
were KILLED. Tho nntues, M far Az known, being
,ioted as follows: John s.oyxlI and wife, Nj,
Benso''' taseo childtou Of ]. L. Benton, aud tho
uerrocs.
The storm seems first to hare taten nortbor-
lydirecslGn between Ca,nak aud Thomson, and
al'crTard proceeded cast. Then 1t apparently
aHcefded 10 tho clouds and passed soutu Of
aue''Asa, crossing tho Contral Railroad beswecu
tlens r.. sAtion and Wasneshoro. L alao usrack
hid no damage further than blowing down Il
humber of trees
1t IL reported that terrible storm occurred
YESTERDAY IN tho nciyhhorhood Of a1r. John
tnh; threo negroes weEo killed IN consequence
Of this riBe.
~, htspttea g a< dua'4s4. cs,..titutio,lalis.
anomS9S' .r.on e u. Aaren 2o.@7:55 p m.-Atn
tcen gathering IN tho uortlawcHt, which in very
few 1ninntos bocamo no augry-look!ng AZ to si-
tract tho universal attention Of the citizons Of
onr town: Scarcely had tho awful Biglt passed.
r1yo from different directions, briMsin. sud newt
Os desasta.on Of property aud I,,sA Of life, and
usl;11g for help. Our citizens, Hou,o mounted
aud Aone ou loot. hurried towards tho arsuo but
10 ifsn dead bodics, Wtoclss Of houses and foccn.
aud, for TIC distance measured by the hu1rlcanr.
afl ths treos fclted.