Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-20
A Terrible Cyclone in Georgia.
CoLUMBUs. Ga. May 2

Harris County was visited with the
fifth tornado since the Goth of March on
last Saturday. The cyclone was terrible.
1t swept everything before it, doing an
immense deal of damage, tearing down
houses, uprooting trees, scattering
fences and killing people.
The storm, as first heard of by us, was
blowing things away about Cusseta, Ala
The amount of damage it did there we
do not know. Coming eastward, the
storm king crossed the Chattahooche
at Hale's Ferry, and, dashing aside every
thing that opposed his course, swept
through Harris County, across Pine
Mountain, and on, we know not where.
Upon entering the county it scattered
the dwellings, outhouses, fences and
everything else on Henry Williams
place, wounding several of his people.
Going directly east it played havoc with
the farm of Henry E. Morse DIETER
known as Hal Morse), two miles south
of Whitesville. There is not house of
any kind left on his place. Six negroes
were killed by the falling timbers. Mrs.
Morse is wounded, it is feared fatally,
and several others of the family slightly.
After going about one and half miles
farther east, John Booker's place was
| crossed, and all his tenants were scat.
tered to the winds. The report of the
number of killed and wounded there is
conflicting.
The Widow Smiths, about one mile
farther east, was the next place in the
path of the tornado. There was no one
killed there, but the list of wounded is
large and the amount Of damage is con-
siderable.
w. G. Davis house, about three-quar-
tiers of mile further, was the next
house that CHANGED to be in the track of
the wind-storm. His house was blown
down, his leg broken, his wife's leg
broken and three or four children In
jured.
Two miles further, and Judge Spence's
place blocked its passage. After beat
ing against the house for a while it gath
cred unusual strength and, hurting a
tenement house from its path, attacked
the Baptist Church, which is on his
place, and utterly demolished it; in fact,
"one stone was not left on another" 1t
then tackled his dwelling house and blew
one-half of it away. Four negroes were
killed and six or seven wounded by the
falling of the building. Scattering fences
and running crops for about three miles,
it struck Murray ~ Spence's mill and it
did not leave a timber standing Jourdan
Riley, the negro miller. was killed and
three white men were wounded.
Going up the creek about one mile, 1t
laid low the house of Pickens Murray.
He and his family were only saved by
leaving the house and taking refuge in
the peach orchard. Still rushing east
ward, it, after skipping over two miles,
1,,;p
building standing. Then, crossing Pine
Mountain, 1t changed its course by turn
ing little to the south, and com
menced its ravages on Col. James r. Mo
bley's place. His Clubhouse and all his
outhouses were blown down, and six ne
groes wounded.
Another tornado in Harris and Talbot
Counties started near the Chattahooche
River in Harris, and went through Tai
bot. The storm neared the recent lorna
do and in one place followed it for five
miles. The loss of property is i'm
mense Up 10 this evening it is ascer
tanned that seventeen lives were lost,
among them five whites. About thirty
five persons were wounded, and large
number of mules and COWS killed out
right. Fences and houses were blown
entirely away, and the crops along the
route are entirely destroyed. Portions Of
houses were blown "A distance of fifteen
miles
WEST POINT, Ca Mays
A very destructive hurricane passed
one mile north of West Point at two p
IN. Yesterday. 1t demolished all the out
houses on eX- Mayor Reed'sp place. a large
wagon was picked up and carried across
Chat tahooche River
At Golfers farm in Alabama, three
miles from the city, all the outhouses
were destroyed and three negroes Killed.
The tornado came from the west and
passed on 10 the east.
Another hurricane passed south OF
here-ten miles-through Berlin, Ala,
destroying houses of all kinds on the
places of John Booker, where it serious
ly, if not fatally, wounded the wife OF
the proprietor and killed all his mules;
Il. G.. Collins, where it wrecked every
thing but killed no one, and } j Benton,
where ii tore down all the outhouses and
killed one negro.
RurLEDeE, Ga. Maya
The following you will find, as near as
possible, a correct report OF the terri
BILE tornado that passed over this place.
II crossed the Georgia Railroad at this
place AZ quarter 10 three o'clock,
going in an eastern course. The day
passenger train was just leaving the
depot AS TIE storm was raging. 1t de-
stroyed the house of DR.. j. j. Mont
gomerv, but none of his family were
killed. All of his outbuiloings and
fences were blown down. Next in the
line was the plantation of Mr.. John
Stapp. His small plank dwelling house
WAS picked up from its pillars, turned
half round, and set on the ground
twenty feet from the original place.
Outhouses and fences all down. The