The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-03-28
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rsomasgille lGa.) Enterprise
r,sm the best information we can
!bsr there was a cyclone in a portion
81 t.bi. county last Thursday night. The
go. -. or wind, rain, thunder and light
~. md hail was pretty general, but not
10 -. enough to do any damage except
90 ,he nejg6borhood of Mr. Geo. Harrod,
liza. Spairs and J. B. Mabry's places
~. cvclone seems 10 have swept every
'.;ag before it, The report we have is
H., an the places Of the gentlemen
med we're wrecked, and almost every
80 blown down, the fodder, stacked in
- barayards and fields, and oats blown
,v Mr.. Harrod was not killed as ut
s..f reported, but had one foot badly
rs.bet. His wife had one leg very badly
Ton and the other fractured Several
.,ber parties were slightly injured, but
lao we're the most serious that we have
lad Of Il IS a very severe loss on
"a naTties. but we learn that some of
1.;r i,ejqhbors have kindly sent their
5.,ds 10 aid them in repairing and re
sGIjinp houses enough to shelter them
,..tI fhey can do better. We have heard
sl.o Tint considerable damage was done
n timber between Ocklockonee and Pei
ham stations, but have heard Of no other
damage.
since writing the above we have
Earned the following additional partic-
MARS in reference 10 the cyclone:
DISCOURSE was from little south Of
vest 10 a little north Of east, and first
,.rsck John \. Spairs' place, and then
went from there to Mr.. Harrod's and
from there to Mr.. J. E. Mabrys; then it
.,ack W II. Culpepper's place and
Heg down all his out-houses and carried
oF HI. fiddler and oats it went through
P B. Masseys place, but fortunately did
not strike bis houses. 1t then struck DR..
Carson's place and demolished his gin
house. The next place was VIM. Nc
DJnalIs. All the out-houses we're torn
TO pieces and his provisions were badly
scattered. The next place struck was
Mr. Crawford's. 1t looked as if his house
had been lifted up, twisted out OF shape,
and dropped down right on Mr. Z. and
family. Mr. Crawford and wife were
badly injured, and lost everything in the
aay of provisions. 1t here crossed the
creek. and striking Mr. ID. a. Horne's
place tors his gin house, crib and stables
10 pieces II then struck Mrs. kemp's,
AMI blew down all her houses, except
die dwelling house, and then struck Tom
Dukes place and tore down all bis out
houses Mr. Highsmith's place was neEt,
aud here the wind swept everything all
his out-houses were torn to pieces and 1t
is wonderful how he and his family es-
capped with their lives, as every house
was blown down and seemed to have been
piled on top of each other. He and his
whole family were buried under the de-
brs, but none Of them killed, though
they were badly bruised up. At Mr..
Harrod's young girl sleeping in his
Eouse, was blown out with the bed she
vas sleeping on and lodged in a peach
tree some distance from the house, but not
seriously hurt Mr.. Harrod's trunk and
the clothing of himself and family were
blown away and some money he had in
his trunk lost; pieces Of his trunk were
found several hundred yards from the
house.
The cyclone swept every thing clean
in It's track; pine stumps were torn out
Of the ground; cotton stalks all leveled
with the ground, and even in some
places, the wire grass torn up by the
roots
Dur informant stated that one could
form no idea of the immense amount OF
damage Done without going to the scene
Of disaster. The fields in the track of the
storm we're so 8lled up with trees, etc,
that but for help from their neighbors
none of them could plougI 4 furrow under
a month.
We hope our citizens will do allin theil
power to aid these people in their dis
,ressed condition.
We learn that another cyclone passed
above here, near Pelham, on the ,. u.
and Fla. Railroad, and from a gentle man
from Colquitt, we learn every house on
the place of Hon. James Wick, III that
county, was blown down, also every panel
9fierce and every tree, but fortunately
Snjufed no one. 1t also blew down the
house Of Thomas Griner, and bruised his
wife somewhat, though it is believed she
Is net seriously hart; it blew down every
house on John Jones place, and wound
ed his wife pretty badly about the head.
It's reported that the places Of Rev. IL.
Z. tucker and Isaac Royals. in Colquitt,
and Of VIM. and Joel Culpepper, IN
Mitchell County. were badly damaged.