American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-04-03
TORNADO In LOUISIANA.
.or- Of III, yi,ksl,utr Hcrald.1

Coz OF the NioisbuiE iIcraid.l
/ Doubtless you viii have heard
before his reaches you, ri the ter
III i.ie tornado that visited th'S = -.
ton of Madison parish yesterday
evening. We have been UniJ a
! little battered, AMI with the s-Xce,p-
ton % two or three houses demo
/ Iishpd, and one mule killed, We are
not seriously injured on this pace.
! though fences an,i Warehouses; Weni
down like chaff. A mile below t!!is.
at the place OF Mr.. Wha'iey every
building WIS blown down and he
, matcri II scattered save one, which
WAS blown from its foundation and
lodged against u large stump in IA
wrecked condition.
Mr.. Flahigan, formerly of Ficks
bu: g, lives across the bayou, but I.
stranger passing there to-day
would not dream that - human be-
ing had ever lived there, much less
survived such tornado. Houses
and trees We're faitened to the
earth. Sill further down the
bayou, on the Morton place, belong
ing 10 Mai. Geo, c. Waddiil. the
wind made clean swe+p-every
thing in the shape of IL house was
blown and scattered to the four
winds. Strange as it may appear,
there were from forty TO fifty people
in these houses, aud yet not one
was dangerously wounded. There
was no bone broken, and not a
single dislocation though there
were an abundance of gashes and
countless bruises.
The desOlatiOn is absolutely APP
palling. Trees are twisted, broken,
sha ;tered, uprOoted and generally
smashed. Wardrobes, beIsread<,
mattresses, bedclOtheS, household
and kitchen furniture, sewing MA
chimes and feathers, are scattered
aud clothing is hanging in shre,iS
upon the shivered trunks of Onc,.
handsome trees. The family of
Mr.. Whatley, numbering six grove
persons and four children, are in my
house. They walked up here late
yesterday evening, some without
shoes, some without hats, and al;
battered, bruised, aud wet to the
skin, with not a dry rag to put on.
NV own family have almost eXhaus-
ted their stock of surplus cl thing
in furnishing these unforlunates
with garments to cover them. Two
are in bed, unable to move, and
yet, like the Irishman who had his
leg shot off in battle, and was thank
tul that he did not loose the other,
these unfortunate nel2libors are
profoundly grateful that. with all
their losses, they escaped with
their lives.
/ will inform myself more fully
70 morrow in regard 10 the cOndi
ton of Mr.. flanagan, and will write
yuu. | expect l shall have to ca
Oh some OF the good people of your
city to aid him in his extremity.
merely mention this to remind you
That charity is no; circUmscribed by
State lines, by ia ionality, or hy
colGr, for there are II few poe.
negroes Who have lost their little
ali and need as>iStaure.
| cannot conclude this hurried ac-
count of Il terrible visitation OF Pro
violence, without Il brief reference 10
one OF its lu.licrus phases. Nj!
better half is completely heart
broken. She ha.l eleven hens set
ling, sOruc of which were just Com
men.ing to hatch. | wish you
could see that establish meut for q he
of spring chickens now.
1t wouid take Bret Hartr, OF Mark
Twain, 10 describe the condition OF !
hat henery, and the inci,inting !
owls who Weie so recently OF /
thoughts intent. All L |
"n say is that The whole lag ont |.
Vas smashed iutO everlasting |
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