Morris tribune., 1880-05-06
The Casualty Record.

The Casualty Record.
A telegram from Bucharest, says that
fire at Joksharry, left 800 families homeless.
The Union window glass factory in
Baltimore, Nd, burned April "a. Loss $25,-
900.
The st. Petersburg GGsetts OF April "a,
says the plague has appeared In the Nolsk
district government of Saratoff. Famine al.
so prevails. and 81 peasants have died from
starvation.
The village of Medicina, in Galicia,
Austria, has been destroyed by fire. 800 build
ngs were burned
The Touring mill of II. Buckner, at
shebaggon Falls, was struck by lightning and
burned on the afternoon of April 94-loss $40,
600.
Storms, tornadoes, destruction of lite
and property are numerously reported In va
rious sections Of the couLtry. The season
seems to be one unusual in the destructive
nature of the storms.
A serious storm prevailed in portions
of Texas, April 20, destroying many buildings
and injuring crops. Several persons were in
jured in Brenham by falling buildings, but no
loss of life is reported.
The christian committee at Bagdad
telegraphs that famine is raging throughout
Mesopotamia and Kindistan. Immence mass.
eS of starving christians are reported to be
crawling TO Bagdad for relief.
Great floods have prevailed in the val
laws of
entertained for the safety Of Sacramento, Ma
ryville and other towns, but fortunately the
rain changed to snow and tine danger was
over
A cyclone of wonderful velocity and
terrible in its effects passed half mile north
OF Carlenville, Ill, on the evening of April "a.
Everything was swept before it. Several per-
sons were seriously injured, and dozen or
more killed.
On the line of the Central Pacific rail-
road, between Alton on the West and in
Truckee on the east side of the mountains, q
terrible snow storm is reported. In the noun
tains 16 feet of snow have fallenY and on the
line of the railroad it has drifted 40 feet deep.
The St. Petersburg GOIos of April 81,
says phantoms of death and hunger are pass
ing from village to village in the Don district,
where all the granaries are empty and there
is absolute dearth Of many other articles of
food. Provincial papers report deaths from
starvation among the peasantry in various
parts of the country.
There was heavy fall of rain at Col
umbia, South Carolina, on the afternoon of
April %, during which a cyclone swept across
the southeast portion of the city. Large trees
were blown down and two houses, one with a
family Of eight negroes, the other with three,
completely wrecked. A woman and three
children were severely injured. News from
below the city is to the effect that many farm
buildings were carried away. l.s' .-#
A heavy storm passed over Macon,
| Mississippi on the night of April %, blowing
away twenty-five houses, including the Mobile
| & Ohio railroad machine shops, round house
depot telegraph office and master mechanics
| Office. Seventeen persons were killed and
twenty-five wounded. Loss of property esti.
mated at not less than 100000. Meridian was
called on to send physicians, and six or eight
having gone from there to attend the suffering.
A Macon, Mississippi, special of April
| 81, says at meeting of citizens called by
the mayor to-day to adopt some plan of re-
lief for the sufferers from the effect of the cv-
clone Sunday night, April 25 relief com
mittee was appointed to raise funds to repair
the losses, provide food, raiment and shelter
The committee have 20S on their list whs
are absolutely destitute, some not 9
piece of clothing nor bread. After
carefully estimating the urgent de.
mands saying nothing Of reparation of losses
twas considered that $40 ,0OOwould be required
Over $4,000 has been contributed from citizens
including $5OU donated by c. Fleming, super
intendent of the Mobile & Ohio railroad, who
was here to-day to witness the ruin and devas
tation done his road, which will amount t.
about $4,000. A committee of which Rober
C. Patty is chairman, will issue an address to
morrow for aid from abroad, which he hopei
would meet ready response. At precisely
o'clock on the morning OF April 81, ever
bell in town sounded the death knell to the ech,
when the remains of those who perished wer,
driven in wagons to the spot agreed upon
The procession moved to the cemetery. I'm
agine the spectacle, fifteen wagons in q line
each bearing q corpse, followed by the larges
concourse of people that ever attended a burr
al. On reaching the graveyard, the wagon
filed to the graves prepared, were relieved o
their burdens one by one, the empty wagon
moving on and halting for the next. Truly
was sad scene; orphans weeping for fathe
and mother, brothers and sisters. Scarcely
dry eye could be seen in that vast audience
Appropriate ceremonies were held by Revf
J. L. Newall and ]. Buck. The colored peopi
were provided with necessaries for the buria
of theil dead, anc heir destitute are in tn
houses ellie committee. Business n
mains suspended, so occupied are the peopl
with the suffering - ~ - "a