The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-04-28

A TERRIBLE CYCLONE
Swoops Down Upon the Quiet Lit
tie City of Meridian, Miss.
Fifty HOUSES Entirely Destroyed by
the Fearful Gale.
Eighteen Persons Killed and Some Forty
Seriously Wounded.
A Scene Among the Dead and Dying
That Beggars Description.
A Tornado in Mississippi

Tornado in Mississippi
MEMPHIS, April PA destructive tornado
swept over Tue country in the vicinity of Ma
con, Miss, last night. Telegraphic communi-
cation is interrupted, and meager reports
bring intelligence of the loss OF several lives.
Fuller details are hourly eX pected.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MEMPHIS, April 20 A special to the Appeal
O'Clock a most fearful and furious cyclone
struck the northern part of this place, result.
ing in the sad loss of Life and the wholesale de-
unusually sulIry. At the the hour stated two
terrible currents OF air, one from the north
east, the other from the southwest, bearing
hurried together right az the fated
locality. 1t was war OF
storms. Besides iDcessaLt lightning, balls
fire We're seen whirling across The clouds,
varying in size from chestnut TO q mans
head. Right in the center of that part OF
town around the railroad station the storms
met and the work OF destruction commenced,
and in less time than 1t can be tCld the place
Through the beating rain against pitiless
winds our citizens rushed To the scene 10 aid
the sufferers Through The night squads of
debris and ID gather up the wounded,
dying ana dead, scattered everywhere.
Tne scene beggars all human attempts at
description. To-Day the citizens closed their
places OF business, and are uevOting the day
TO caring for the dead and wounded Forty
eight were killed outright, and forty more or
storm some OF the ruins caught fire, but 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 the body, and otherwise mutilated,
a quarter of a mile from their homes. Stock
was all killed in the vicinity. A bolt of goods
from store was found eight miles from town,
in tree top. The killed are Mr.. and Mrs.
Horton, the whole family; Mrs. James Epps,
Charlie Epps, James Epps, Miss SophrOnia
Ramsey, Cicero Moss, ana three others were
so badly mutilated that recognition was i'm
possible.
In addition to the above named, who are
white, the following colored persons were
killed: Louis Barker, Henry Williams, child,
Otto Wilson, child, and one unknown colOred
man. The wounded are: Leo Smith,
Sh @r W. aSs Kelly RPi ha Ford Mf Mrs Iede RaSdes
Miss NJ. Ramsey, Mr.; and Mrs. w. c. Mitchell,
Mrs MDssI Bsd W and pShe Mrs MGsoge
Spence, W. l.. Dodds, jos Bryant. j. w. Black
well and wife, Mrs. r Ruff, L. Dismukes,
Mrs. Moss, Frank Gilmore, Dave Clayton, Joe
son, II. Williams, Solomon Hand, j. II. Bry-
ant, Z. S. Ford, w. A. Kelly child. Mr..
away from the scene OF destruction. One of
the houses near the center of
the storm was whirled around
Direction. dh on Anegro Woman was found in DEAD in
q field west of the depot, literally stripped OF
all her clothing. Charnel wagons bearing the
are to be seen on every side.
1t rained nearly all morning and most 1.-THE
night; but a noble band OF women, true to
Biblical tradition woman: last at the cross
ana first at the tomb, 'are doing all that human
hands can do In administering TO the wound
ed and dying. portion of the only two
houses remaining intact are lined with dead
and wounded, and the faces OF the dead
and groans from the mangled and dying make
up a picture that would bring sorrow to the
hardest heart. ltwas thought best at first to
establish a public hospital, but a mejority IA
vored the private residence plan, and the
wounded were divided out and cared for in
that way. Collins have been ordered made, by
the Mayor, for the dead, all of whom Will be
decently buried. The railroad shops, round
houses and all rolling stock on the side track
was completely wrecked. Major Flynn, assist
ant general superintendent of the road, is on
the spot with large force, clearing away the
debris and repairing the loss The loss is va
rioJnsly estimated at from sl25,OOO to 900 600.
Macon, Miss. is about l25 miles south OF Cor
inth, on the Mobile and Chic Railroad.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
MERIDIAN, Miss. April pa heavy storm
passed over Macon, Miss, last night, blowing
away twenty-five houses, including the
Nj. and V. Railway machine shops, round
house, depot, telegraph office and master
mechanics office. sixteen cars were blown
from the track, seventeen persons killed and
twenty-five wounded. The loss 10 property is
estiu ated at not less than 100000. Meridian
was called on to send pin ysiclans, and six or
eight have gone from here TO attend the suffer
ing.
DESTRUCTION IN AND ABOUT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April pa destructive
storm south OF here on Sunday, at DecheId, on
the Chattanooga Railroad, the Presbyterian
Church was totally wrecked, and great dam
ages done to houses, stock and fences IN Giles
County. Three children were drowned. The
storm struck Paint Rock, on the Memphis and
Chsrleston Railroad. and destroyed five houses
and killed three children of p. NJ. Edwards.
Il. j. Mann was killed by lightning six miles
SnnnaV.