Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-04-27
THE TOKNADO's TRACK.
EArH AND DESTRUCTION AT MACON, MISS.

THE TOKNADO'S TRACK.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION AT MACON, MISS.
MERIDIAN, Miss, April ga heavy storm
passed over Macon, Miss, last night blowing
away twenty-five houses, including the Mobile
& Ohio railroad machine shops, round house
depot, telegraph office and master mechanic s
office. Seventeen persons were killed and
TWENTY-FIVE wounded. Loss of property esti.
mated at not less than 300, 900. Meridian
was called on to send physicians, and six or
eight have gOnc from here TO attend the suffer-
ing.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED AT MACON.
A special to the Appeal from Macon, Miss,
says: Last night at half-past o'clock one of
the most fearful and furious cyclones struck
the northern part of this place, resulting in a
sad loss of life and wholesale destruction of
property The day had been unusually sultry.
At the hour stated two terrible currents of air,
one from the northeast, the other from the
southwest, bearing clouds charged with cleo
tricity were hurled together. Be-
sides incessant lightning balls of
fire were seen to whirl across the clouds vary
ing in size from chestnut to that IF mans
head. Right in the center part of town around
the railroad station, the storms met and the
work of destruction commenced, and IN less
time than can tell it, the place was IN ruins.
The loss of life was fearful. Through beating
rain and against pitiless winds our citizens
rushed to the scene to aid the sufferers.
Through tho night squads of men combined
and went to work to remove the debris and
gather up the wounded, dying AID
dead that were scattered everywhere.
The scene beggars description. To-day cltl-
zens have closed their places of business, and
Aho IN aarIn fnrf
and wounded. Eighteen were killed out
right and forty more less wounded some
perhaps fatally. After the storm some of the
ruins caught fire but it was checked before
spreading to any extent. About 10 o'clock
perfect water-spout visited the scene
to render it more horrible.
Men and women were found to-day,
decapitated, limbs torn from their bodies and
otherwise mutilated quarter of mile from
their homes The stock was all killed in that
vicinity. A bolt of goods from the store
was found eight miles from the town In tree
top.
TIE KILLED ARE:
MIR, and Mrs. James Horton, Matte, John and
James Horton (whole family, Mrs. James
Epps, Charlie Epps, James Epps, Miss Shop
roma Ramsey, Cicero Moss and three Others,
30 badly mutilated that recognition was i'm
possible.i
In addition to the above named, who are
white, the following colored were killed: Louis
Barker, Henry Williams child, Ottawa Will
sons child and one unknown c3lored man.
THE WOUNDED ARE
Leo Smiths child, Jas. Epps, Mrs. Bercant,
Mrs. W. A. Kelley, Ed. Ford, Mrs. Rhodes,
Miss NJ. Ramsey, MIR. and Mrs. W. @.
Mitchell Mrs. Ballard and Babe,
Mrs. George Ballard, Moses WE'LL,
~ I, lodi
Bryant j. W. Blackwell and wife, Mrs. r.
Ruff, f. Dismukes, Mrs. Speacer, Mrs. Moss,
Frank Gilmore Dave Clayton, Joe. Evans, Par
thenia Wilkerson, bod Alenensing, Henry Will
liams Solomon, j. II. Bryant L. E. Ford,
W. A. Kelley. child of Mr.. Hor-
ton was found dead quarter
of mile away from the scene of destruction.
One house near the center of the storm was
whirled around and its front changed in the
exact opposite direction. A negro woman was
found dead in the field west of the depot en-
tirely stripped of all clothing. Wagons bear
ing the dead and wounded from the scene Of
destruction are to be seen on every side.
AT oAKvIILE, ONT.
OAKvIILE, Ont. April ga violent wind,
rain and hail storm passed over this section
this afternoon. Houses were unroofed barns
destroyed and trees uprooted. James Pickett,
at work on a scow, fearing he would be blown
lakewards, jumped overheard and attempted
to swim to shore, but drowned.
NASHVILLE, April 26.-Destructive storms
south of here Sunday. At Durhed, OF the
Chattanooga river, Presbyterian church was
totally wrecked. Great damage was done to
houses, stock and fences. In Gilese county
three children were drowned. The
Storm struck Point Rock, Ala
bama. on the Memphis & Charleston rail
way, destroyed five houses, and killed three
killed by lightning six miles this side of the
city Sunday.
DEATH AND DES TRUCTIoN IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, April 26.-The following are addi-
ditional particulars of Saturday nights storm
at Ashland, Ill. Several thousand dollars
worth of property was destroyed. Hail. alter.
mated with rain, which continued all night,
flooded the streets, permeated tie cellars and
easements of stores etc. At Farmer City, ILL.,.
the creeks and sloughs are higher than ever
known before, and fences, culverts, bridges,
walks, ETC., were carried off. Charles Straus.
burg was drowned while trying to cross the
creek on horseback.
At Kankakee there was an almost unprece.
dented amount of water fell. The river rose
five feet. Farm lands are flooded and work will
be delayed two weeks. Much of the lately
sown grain will be drowned out.
Near Taylorville the cyclone was terrific
Many houses were demolished and inmates
crippled, killed or carried away and are still
missing. Many were rendered homeless by the
storm, which ragged from the evening to mid
night. Alenzo Ouller's house was blown tC
atoms. one of his children killed outright ano
another carried off and found dead in the
morning. Mrs. t. f. Langley was killed; Jno
Gesser, skull fractured and will die; Alexander
Watts and his wife were blown about quertel
of a mile locked in each others arms and Wer,
found badly cut, bruised and insensible. I
W. Brentz, Mr.. Elliott and two children, littl,