The Dawson journal., 1883-04-26
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Notes from Our Exchanges
From the Albany .NieDs we learn
that the heaviest part of the cycloi G
in that section passed about eight.
miles south of that CITY from west to
east The number killed and woun-
ded in that Ticinitvwas upwards of
City, consisting in the main Of ne
groes Below we give one orktwo
extracts trem the Ncws Illustrative OF
the storms ferocitv:
"fhe scent ,on' Capt. Bacon s place
beggars description. Every house
on the plantation is completely
wrecked, and near the ruins Of the
dwell ing we foand the remains of
Capt. Bacon and his baby boy. Their
liteless bolIes had been pulled out
from under the timber by some Of
the colore1 people of the neighbor~
hood, aud had been laid ont, side by
side, on a little platform liiaS had
been improvised out of boards taken
from the wreck About y larter Of
mile away in the house Of Richard
Bryant, colored-the nearest house.
that was left standing-lav little
Berty, the next Youngest son If Cap
| tain AMI Mrs. Bacon, with the ribs
OF his right side broken. fearful
confusion on the leg, and a gaping
cash on the head Over hin 8as
the frantic mother and only sfrYiv-
ing brother, surrounded hv few
sympathetic neighbors. On, the
walls that went up around the pa
tient little sufferer and back toward
the dead ''Oh, father oh. baby
deal ! dead dead l. Strong men
had 10 turn aside ard weep, for not
ooe Of them could speak word of
comfort 10 the bereaved and suffer
ing ones in the pr sence of such woe
and death and misery But we can
not dwell now upon this sad scene.
Were we 10 indulge ohl svmpathies,
the many las auces of human suffer-
ing that we wi messed II d necln le.
anythi g like description of The
diSast r.
oN THE BACON PLACE.
the dw ing, barn and stables AID
all the aaases IN the ncgto quarter
-lline il all-wnya con .lletely
demolished. Capt l.acon, Mrs. Ba-
con an ] heir three children we're She
only occupants Of laeir house, rht.e
bel e no servants on the olace It
would have been cruel 10 lave lied
Mre. 8acon nith questions coprern-
lug t5o tsrril le disas e.. While la
nehtlg oeer the death of her hus
band aud baby, however, she said
the former lost his life in trying to
save the latter. ''Oh my dear Ben"
she once exclaimed, '1ost his pre-
cious lite trying to save cur darling
baby - l. seems thai Capt. Bacon,
-ilrs. Bacon and he oldest son, Van,
q bright youth Of twelve or thirteen
7ears, had got ont ofthe house be-
fore the tinal crash came. Mrs. Ba-
con was blown out How Capt. Ba-
con got out Is net known but when
last seen he was making his way
back into the house IRON whence
came the screams Of the Youngest
child a little fellow about six wears
old. little Berty SAYS he crept
down behind the organ in the sitting
room, and received his injuries by
having that instrument thrown upon
lln by heavy timberS. 1t would
seen that Capt. B .con reached his
baby aud had taken him in his arms
before the final crash came, for the
two we're found together, with one
OF the sleepers Of the nun part of
the bull ling across their bodies.
Lit j. j Jimmie -th&t was the ba5y'sg
nane-had The entire back part of
his head crushed in, aad the fathers
head waS crushed very much IL the
sanf' way. TIL ir beads aud bo LEG
were dreA fully manglcd, but Their
Ieat:res were not disfgured. and
each la' kol perfectly natural in
lea.h. Van SAYS that when BE- eot.
to hia father the latter tried 10 spak
but in vain Little John,a also
opened his eyes sud looked pi-
teously at him, Int never spoke.
B'ti! expire in /. few minutes. with
he heavy iitnbers still ON them.
'lrs. Blcon ana Van tried in vaia to
eXtiicate the bodies, While little Bar-
ty. with bis ribs broken. "A severe.
wound on the lee aud q fearful cash
on the head, wa ket t. the negro
quarter 10 Summon asSiNtance. The
conduct Of this little fellow, as we'll
as that of his older brother and moth
rr vas hero 9 tho ex'reme. Van, the
oldest buys was tie only one who e.
calr,F lahWrt Mrs. Bacon received
ha ssGris 'calp wound, and was bad.
i bsqisa | about the body, but she
neFer fadtered Ltttle Berry bore
- suferine+ like a soldier, and it
~ n"' until hall past 3 o'clock in
'ha fta oath t medical AID arrlv-
ed
NJ Caild VIII Hay, A r ,sv Com.
/ plauon 10 G - worms exist in the
lltesfines, ShriHers Indian Vermi-