, 1875-03-27
The Two Terrific TornndocS it,.
GcorEiu-
Whirluim's Mo,ins viii, Speed of.GO
to 11O Niles an Hour.
Plantations Demolished at the Rnte Of
Three a Minute.
Tho storm-0loud as Luminous as Blazing
Fire.
Great Destruction Of Lifo and Prop
.sorty.
GEORGIA. ...
Sarannah st'd.l .serf, NaTra ea.

s"'""a"' s''"! - -
ri1G nEGl;sF CYCLONES. .....
Tho BtormH which hayo recently pnsecd oyrr
tho State soc,n 10 lavo Icon Of aln,ost ,lnpreee
,,,t,d ,.o,,,,, ~, hare nfroa,1v t,;yon lrtcY
aop.eu Violence ". .,," anh0 nassoI % ,,s,,a 1,T.
Aceouhth oI the QUO "n'cii i'"eHo" .'''o"s" "o'
fcraon County OIL tito 1ltt1 inst. Further infor-
nation shows that this disastrous totnndo cH-
terod Tho State in chettahoochoo County, t,asA-
IT,, ,,,ro,,,,, sfor,o,, Srh1ev. N1acon tlnuston.
n6 'niuus.s Si"'Aer, as'' 1'@' @e..1 W.
Twegs, Wilkinson, Washington, Jetforso''' Rich
mond, aud ColnubA. Much Of tho ecetlon
through wl,:cl, It toso its diBastrouA path Is re-
mote iron, mail facilities, aud wo sall probably
mayor In nhto to ln,a,,treutly ost,mute Tho dam
NV, =. "'s ,'.', ~. '''.a.,.s ,ss,s..a,
age ao'le' pnt tne amount o1 pfopofls oea'tosc"
mnBt 6e unusua,1y large. ....
THO storm was ren!y cyelouo,-a whirlwi1i
within a ,,birtw;ul, Il cnto,cd C,sttat,oochoo
eo""'y run ~, luz s.oiSu"ee'' "uu ""oi. hs
around llHti' WHICH, II ontefod soath Cafollia' "
waa moving in litoction nearly northeast. Az
far aa wo cau lotrn from accounts that have
t,,,, t. o,,.arod t,, ststo until II oft II. II ia
'''ae ~ on'e'ou suo o'a'o wv. ~ lot' ~
more than pronaDlo shas long s'rose1es o1 coU''-
Try directly n tho path Of shis cyclono wefo "s'-
4 te:sleuoy to alternately rso in Tho Dir and fall
to tho earth. For Instance, upon cue inrn, Ia
Chattnhoocieo Ca,nty-ti,nt vi AIr. Nicholson
tho damage appeats 10 lsnvo leon considerably
CtauteF tEQn At Dttitf fDl8 NlfGctlT Ill Tile pain
of tno stor,n. Nearly ali tho buildings ,se:a de-
was caught in tic talons OF the w1.a Ali carried
u mile amt llalf.
Io st9rn entered onstoa oeunty from the n
Btroyiug proper:r, according to tho estimate of
tho Perry Journal, to tho amount Of s50,o00.
The track Of tho cyclone WAS about quarter Of
d mile wiue, and it Mnyel forward at tho rate Of
possibly l2Jn,i.es All hoar though the contral mo-
lion was probably largely in excesB Ut these .lg-
urce. dwellings,. nln.Io,iAos, barns, stables, out
houses, cottolI-scTows, sad fences. we're Pros
tratod or torn to pieces, ono uearo killed, and
abou. twenty earloualy injured. In one i1s,a,,co
q trunk was blown moro than u mile.
Auothor storm passed through tic State on
saturday laht. in track nearly parallel to That
OF tho cycIono Of tho 18th. Our first inloriMa-
tion NJ tH,a tornado which spc,nB to hBye bpo,
nearly, If rot euuulIy, on disastrous as ,ts prn-
eiccosRor.. conns from IniUot by uostai card,
Eoyorol houses wers blown down, including tile
mllla or Mr.. John u, 0or1na1,. Of lilo Standard
4. Mr. d, Culpont>er vas killed, and hia tta,ch-
tar-in,,aw seyosoly injured. We ucIt bear If
tIIia crclone In Hancock County 40 that II must
llayo passed, with more or lcss dsaeter, through,
portions Of the Counties OF TayIur UpBon,
Monroe. Jonog. baldwin, Hancock. Warren.
aLcDulle, aud COLUMBIA. III Hancock, th1us
pcrsons were killed, aud buildings prustl 4ted.
in McDutIie md Columbia Counties lhe tuly Of
lilo storm. voen,p 10 lavo cuI5pi,tatea. Al
Camak, several buildings wess destroyed md
Layu been killed Ut Appling, iii Columbia Couu-
~ nnri tle damage to Droperty III largo Saar
Thomson, in AlcUuie County, the losH Of lifo
and property wAs largo; and ut Aiken, u. O.,
our telccta1ns inform M, tho Catholic Church
building was utterly demolished.
Since the foregoing waa written. later to!e-
grams give hesrttontiiug account Of the dis-
SAter ocra4loneA by tho storm In Warren,
Columbia aud hfcl}uttie. uouseB and other
property wore literally avspt a~ay. and, In many
instances parao,.s wero cauSht mp BY tho ilerco
|. fury Of thu wind nnd hurled through tho air
distance Of GO yards or moro. A church ueur
Camall, on tho deorKia l:a,lroad, WIS demolls!i-
Cd, thseo persous Killed, aud twon.y-t!yo pcraons
wounded. 1n Columbia County, three negroes
were kil!od and many peoplo Injured, Wills
onttto plantations woso destroyed.
4 TERRIBLE. vlBrTATIuy.
Savannah td'a.> }e.es, .tiareAea
Detaiis Of the terrific tornn1oos ti,at swept
through this State last wacl continue u como
u u,d show tnat they wcro not o''ly tho tlorccat
several important ,,articniars tncy dIirered 1na.
ierially from. nuy storms ever hsforo Witnessed
in foorgin. Tho Macon Telegraph, In Aun.rlinf,
up Au1na OF tho remarkable tsal,ires of tic ey-
cintiea, A.4yn that The damage wrought IN sums
instances was Utmost incredible in cllai acter a,,
axtsnt III rwIESa County, tno destruetion OF Oh
tho 10Th was heavy, Tho track Of tho hurricane
WAS not over II OF 100 yartia wido. II entored
tho countyfroG' tho webt aud. M 1t approached
the middle, It appeared to aoparase, and tno ti-
yergent cyclones tssncl OIL AMI ont Off tho
county, oacll doing Its owu work Of doasructou.
I but Verl,aps tla, 1uoRt remarkable uccurle,Ies
TOOK place upon thu farm OF afr: JoH' l.: Glbur',
il 1!ilb County 4 mites fron. Macon. Tls liTs:
slor,n wsa from uerro 10y, WHO ra;l in and told
lin, tl,nt tlIu.,rootls wcro on fire. On lnoKi.,g
out, 10 discovered tilat wl.at tbs boy had mis-
taEou for Bn,oko wns clouds, sono distance OF,
ThrBa Clouds IN two l.xlics,. reached to lilo
ground, wbilo- tito upon Bpaca bptwuon teu,