The Russellville Democrat., 1882-04-27
WORK or THE WIND.
The Havoc Wrought by the Tor nado at Brownsville and
 Other Towns.


 Other Towns.
 A special of the goth to the St. Louis Post Dispatch gives the fol lowing particulars of the recent des. tructive cyclone in Missouri:
 The devastation worked by the terrible cyclone in it's path could not Dc more complete. At the trumpet blast of the storm Brownsville's stateliest buildings crumbled to frag- ments. An eye witness of the ter rible affair says the cyclone with the exception of q peculiar white cloud, whose dread omen was not interpre ted, came unheralded. But few l people were on the street at the time Of its approach, a rain storm having preceded it. Those exposed noticed two dark clouds, one Co the south, the other to the southwest, nearing each other in the direction of the toNn. By Ia singular fatality Brownsville was the eonyerging point Tor the twin demons of destrue. tion, Their meeting was aecompan- ted bY a violent crash, the vivid Hash of lightning and the deafening roar of thunder. Darkness then fell like a pail, and with an accelerated velocity the cyclone moved directly | through the city. The vicinity of Spring and Main streets was the irst Co suffer, the giant hand of the storm crushing the brick buildings ike egg shells. Next the Browns i vile Hotel and the Star Mill were demolished, the cyclone sweeping then in a whirlipig, zigzag manner in q noFtheasterly directlon. The ey. clone disappeared as it came. like a Bash, lasting but a moment A ter rible sight then met the eye; build ings shattered, in some cases lifted bodily from the foundations; others unr0ofed, streets arendered impas- sable by the debris, dead and wound ed men scattered promiscuously among the ruins, and horses, cows, and other animals, impaled on the broken timbers all over the town. X sulpharic deposit was left tn the track Of the storm, in some localities an inch thick.
 Fears arc now entertained that the searches now being prosecuted will result in the finding Of more victims Of the holocaust The Sweet Springs Hotel was saved by a miracle, the funnel raising just before it was reached. The Brownsville Herald escaped, while the houses all around it were smashed and blown to atoms. Numbers of families are houseless, their entire possessions having been destroyed. Active measures are being taken by the more fortunate citizens for their relief
 By a providentlal chance the pub lie school, containing l50 scholars, was dismissed a few moments before the storms approach. The town is full of visitors from neighboring towns curious Go witness the scene. The body of an unknown man was found last night. William Parsons is dying from his injuries. He Is the tenth victim. While the damage cannot vet le calculated, it canuot possibly fall short of Sl5O,O00.
 Following Is a partial list of the wounded: Seriously Perry Wilson, leg broken; C. NJ. Kelly, leg broken and internal injuries; Mrs. Hulpiu, crushed against a hst stove; Conrad Rice, foot crushed. Slightly injur. ed Wash Rembert Tobie Steers. Mrs. John l.. BackneF, Taylor VII son. Richard Nsckmer, William Sturgeon, James Sim, John Ovens, John Lampkin, Wm. Steers and Mrs. John l.. Edwards.
 There are numerous other cases that have not yet been reported
 AT MoSrR0sE
 A Titanic war among the elements ragged in this place during the Cy clone. Houses were picked up bodi ly and hurled against each other with deafening crashes. The Bap tist Church was rased Co the ground, the west side of the First PFesby ter ian Church crushed in, and the in- terior. wrecked. The Christina Church IS remembered now by Its foundation only. Private residences in the track of the tornado are pros trated, and the public school house scattered to the winds. An hopes of the fruit crops are utterly des troyed in this immediate vicinity. The young trees are killed, and the more hardy stripped of their limbs and branches. The total damage ca this place cannot fall short of t2a, 900.
 AT JEFFERSON.
 Monday evenings storm here was the most violent experienced for years. A remarkable feature of the storm was that it followed directly in the path of the fatal one two years ago. Considerable damage tO prop. erty has resulted, but no loss of life in this district has as yet been re. ported.
 A Memphis dispatch of the 2lst says: Reports from Haywood, Tlp. ton and Lauderdale counties, Tenn.,