The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-09
4 CYCLONE IN GEORGIA.
MANY ~ su. .rs nrninii.hed In trgustn-A Rnii
rn.i icpot Wrecked.

AUGU~rA. Feb. g. Al about O'clock last
risLt ,h.e c.N Wu-N tod ".th % snDw VIZ ul hail.
which w. followed hy n ranstorm. accomps-
MED hy thunior and Lightning. There wa- II
runlhline AMI trcmor similar 10 that which A'-
companies "A i.ht shock OF earthquake. The
storm pg4s4ol away. hut WAS followed hy u cy-
clone. which left destruction IN its Inih. Alitl"
after OIL lo'k this morning the cyclon struck
the city on the southeast. near Centre street. and
demolished many houses. The lower market
house large structure in the middle Of Broad
street. was literally lifted and smashed into
atoms Several brick and wooden buildings
were wholly or partially destroyed. the Column
bia Railro 'ld depot Is a total wreck. Some dam
age was dove To the Central Railroad depot and
many priy te resdcn'. w'rc injured. Charles
Dives and wife. colOrcd. wore found dead under
the ruins oi their house. The cycl me travelled
from southwest 10 north 'u~t. and covered u
space II about 300 yari- wide
tn ry.lonc stru,k this rity first about mile
from the Court House. and demolished shanty
and buried negro man IN thr RUNS. He WAS
aiterwarl res urd. Int H. badly injured. HIS
wife and children hat Barely IS 'aIct h'iorc the
disaster cnn". Containing IA norihcnsterly
direction. the hurricane tore down fences,
demolished q wH.'n y4Fd' nlrootrd trgs ana
unroOird nous - culor"l chur h on the out
skirts ot H. c.iy W. coa.l,et,iy des,Tosed; \
the Central Railroad freight derot completely
unroofcd. A negro tenement house was next
hiown down. .l and an 90 man ana ms VIE
iy the entire eastern end OF the Guar
lotto Columbia and Augusta Railroad
depot was 4 stroyed. Two hundrcl feet II it
were blown in. and the freight buried beneath
the ruins. Tin roofing. fence panri- ndirunks
OF trcoS are scattered about the stg'eis III the
path Oi the storm. Outhuu-'s wer" iilt"d from
their foundations. brick walls and iron Ten 'rs
cvelled. and massive II me pillars of rc-illen 's
twisted and blown from ther places. In one
case "A brick building was blown over upon a
dwelling. smashing the furnitur" and crushing
the bods in which the family wrTe slceIlng.
Every person. however, miraculousy rs raprd.
save an old lady, who wus much bruised, ana
whose Injuries. uggrayat, 4 by fright may prove
fatal. The steamer Rosa. moOrcd at SaNaEuhh
river wharf. was torn completely away ana
drfted some distance down the river. Two
freight cars on the Carolina road were blown
down an mbankmcnt. and in some cases heavily
laden trains were moved along the track.
The cy lone struck the city ut about o'clock
and did its work in an incredibly short time. ~
ricorhctcd like a bounding. twisting ball. and
| was nbout 200 feet wide. The lower market, be-
longing to the city, IL "a mass oi runs ana was
| visited by large crowds Of citizens to-day, lhe
| old clock in the tower there poalcd out It's last
| chime at O'Clock. and in u few moments more
| was buried ia the debris The market was hum
| total damages by The cyclone are not, however
| n great ms at first estimnied. They VIII amount
| to little over sjOouO The last vcstige OF the
hurricane disappeared in South Carolina.
Reports are rife Of damage IN the nelghbor'
ing county south Of Augusta. The weather was
| cloudy and windy all day.
| On Saturday. March 20. 1875, this section was
| amount Oi property and caused the loss 81 many
| lives This tornado divided above and below
| Augusta. passing into Carolina and doing very
| Aule damage to property in the city.