Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-08-04
STORMY SUMMERS.
The TOrnndOeH of the InSt Decade The
Great NlOrma Of the Past.

Great SiOrmS of the Past.
The occurrence ofgreat and destructive
storms is frequently marked in history
Perhaps the most terrible one on record
is what is known as the great storm O
November 26.27, 1903, in England anC
throughout Europe. In that frightfu
tempest, lasting throughout the greater
part Of two days, the number Of person,
drowned in the Thames and Severn, anC
lost on the coast in ships blown from theil
moorings and never heard of afterward
was estimated at eight thousand souls
The loss of property sustained in London
alone, by wind and food. was estimated
at the enormous sum Of 100000 pounds
sterling. In the county of Kent great
number OF trees were torn up by their
roots, the great Eddystone lighthouse
was completely destroyed, and immense
numbers ofcattIe were killed and drowned.
In the West Indies, from the Sd to the
18th Of October, 1880 terrible hurricanes
devastated the whole country. At Bar
bddoes over 1000 inhabitants lost their
lives in this tempest, ani the destruction
of British and other vessels in West In
dla harbors was trlgbtlul. Another ter
riblc hurricane visited the Island of Bar
bad0cs, August 10, IS /. In this tenn
pest over $500 inhabitants were killed
aud over 5000 wounded.
Many Of our reader. will remember the
fearful hurricane which swept over Ohio
and states living to the westward as far
as Iowa in June, Of the year 1860. The
violence of the wind which attended this
great storm, was declared by many to
have been without parallel Great
destruction to trees, crops, roots and yes
sells, and some loss OF lie were the results
along the broad tract OF this tempest,
reaching in width for many miles
In the year 1866, tremendous gales
swept across the American lakes and INC
Atlantic coast, from the 9th to the llth
OF January. Ihesame hurricane reached
Europe, and the steamer Amelia went
down with cargo valued at 81 ,oOo,oVo'
Many wrecks and great loss OF lite were
reported in various countries, showing
that an unusual atmosphericPerturbation
pervaded theglobe at the same time.
A trighttul destructive storm was the
tropical hurricane which struck the
coast OF Nova Scotia with terrible fury
on the 24th and 10Th OF August, 1913.
The loss OF life was frig ghtful, and that OF
property was estimated at the time from
four to five million OF dollars About
nine hundred houses were destroyed, the
damage done to waryes and crops could
scarcely be calculated, and the nuns
Der of vessels known to have been de-
stroyed during the oath and 25th OF Au-
gust was 1892. In the .neighborhood OF
the gulf of St. Lawrence aud the Allan
tic shores of Nova Scotia and Newionnd-
land the loss OF life was not proportion
ately large, being estimated at less than
five hundred in all.
1t Is notable that tine month OF June,
1871, was prolific in thunder and rain
storms, especially in the western states.
The 10Th of June there was an awful tor
nado at EldoradO, Kansas, that near y
destroyed the whole town. ON the Sth,
at several points in Wisconsin, violent
and destructive tornadoes were reported
The same day a terrific hurricane at