American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-04-10
The GEORGIA CYCLONES
Correspondence of the Couricr-Journal1
AUaUsTA, Ga MAJ ch %, 10.


Correspondence of the Couricr-Journal1
AUGUSTA, Ga MAJ ch %. 20.
The recent cyclone which passed
over this region Was the most awful
ever heard Of in the United States.
l have been along u portion OF Its
track, aud, having just returned,
will endeavOr TO give the readers OF
your paper an account Of IT.
1t crossed the Chattahoochee NV
or from Lee county, Alabama, and
entered Harris county, Georgia.
From thence it Iassed through the
counties OF Talbot, Epson, Nom oe,
Jones, Baldwin, Hancock. Warren,
McDuffee aud Columbia. 1t crossed
the Savannah river fifteen miles
above Augusta, entered Edgefleld
county, South Carolina, passed thro'
Barnwell, Lexington, Rlchland,
Sum or, Marion aud Horny counties
of that State, and FL ally ran into
the Atlantic ocean OFT the coast OF
North Cai DINA.
A second cy clone, at precisely the
same time, seemed to have formed
this side of Mill-dgeville, crossed
the Ogeechee river fifteen :uiles
below the village of May field, in
Hancock county, and passing
| through Glasrock and the lower
edge of Richmond, crossed the
Savannah, twelve miles below Au-
gusta. into Beach Island, South
Carolina, and from thence ran due
east into the Atlantic.
AsIwas along the northern one
of these cy clones, will more par
ticularly describe that. The TWO
were exactly alike in size, shape,
color and devastation. They were
both the most terrible visitatiOns
ever sent by Providence upon the
States of Georgia and South Caro-
lima.
The cloud was, ia color, inky
black, half a mile high, half mile
wide was cylindrical in shape. and
travelled very much like a revolving
barrel coming end foremost. 1t was
illuminated with phosphOreScent
light, aud momentarily would gilt
ter as if one mi lion matches had
been ignited in it.
1t was accompanied by a continu-
Gus, roaring sound, AS of five hun
dred cannon in the decisive mo-
menis of a pitched battle. The bra
vest man ever born could neither
have felt, seen nor heard 1t with
calmness. There was force and q
power, sublimity and grandeur
about it unatural, awful. wholly it,
own. But thousand incidents art
related showing that the hand u
Providence " as IN it-that il waSgOv
erned by laws az regular and i'm
nutable as is the sun.
1t travelled from the west to 8
little north of due east, going a:
straight as a crane or "a cannon bal
would fly. It passed over the Ell
tire State of Georgia iu exactly
three hours, travelling at the rat.
of fifty three miles per hour.
You have already seen and re
published from the Georgia papers
in detail the thrilling incident:
and terrible results which marked
the course of the cyclone, an;! thi
letter is simply to give you thu
general results.
Six thousand dollars have beer
subscribed in Augusta, 35, 1000 il
CoIumbus, and many thousands a
Iother points for the wounded ant
suffering. A great ma " package
Of money, provisions aud clothing
were forwarded yesterday and to
, day from this city. Never Wa
charity more fitly bestowed.
The whole number of killed il
Georgia will not fall below tire
hundred, AMI the wounded reacl
: fifteen hundred.
Il Through Carolina the devastation
and death were equally as grea;
, The southern cyclone crossed tn
Savannah at Fury's Ferry, sunk tn
boat, struck the plantation of NJ,
Foreman, tore it to pieces, and XII
r led and wounded a great many o
it. From thence forward To tn
ocean the accounts are as te1ribl
aud rs appalling.