Morris tribune., 1883-04-25
CYCLONE.
Two Towns i'm Mississippi Wiped
Out of Existence.
A Terrible Destruction of Life and
Property.
Other Parts Of tie Country also Visited
bY the Storm.

Other Parts of tie Country also Visited
by the Storm.
In specials from Wesson, Nissis-
sippi, we learn of frightful cyclone
which passed over Wesson and the
town of Beauregard, a mile above,
about O'clock Sunday afternoon. The
wind for the last three days had been
blowing a gale and the lowering clouds
indicated storm. Its approach was
known for some minutes by Il deep
rumbling sound, windows in dwell
ings shaken with violence, and many
thought an earthquake at hand.
Thunder rolled and lightning flashed
with alarming force and VividneSs.
Fences were torn down, trees uprooted
and east a hundred yards away. East
of the railroad in Wesson the damage
was light, but in the western portion
of the town the damage was awful III
its character. AS soon as the storm
had somewhat abated and the people
began to look about, the loud peals
from the church bells rang out and
people were seen running in all direc-
tions toward West Wesson. The rain
in the meantime was pouring in tor
rents. Reaching Beach Orchard street
an indescribable scene was witnessed.
This street was lined with a large
number of houses in which the opera
tives of the Mississippi mills are DOM
iciIed, and here the greatest destruc
ton occurred. People were seen on
all sides sobbing, and the groans of
the wounded beneath the ruins were
perfectly appalling. Dwellings were
torn to atoms and pine forest, just
beyond, was blown out Of existence.
1t is estimated that the number Of
killed is II. Two or three children are
missing. One hundred and fifty or
POO dwellings were blown down. The
number of people with broken limbs
is estimated by the physicians at IS.
The wounded are removed as fast as
possible to the houses which escaped
injury. Several dead lay out in the
violent rain more than an hour after
the storm. The dead are now all laid
out and coffins are being made for
them. The mills will not run today.
Citizens are doing all in their power
for the wounded, and many, it is
feared, will die. A special train with
,hySiciaus from NcComb City and
Brookhuven arrived last evening at
O'Clock. Another extra special will
ie here with additional help from Nag
..i1 ANA Summit. Some of these
,.--j-"u~ will 80 to BeAuregard,
.t,~Gt lAr destruction of life and pro-
sr,N j. simply indtscribable.
5a1ur gard was visited last evening.
i j. only mile above here and lay in
me direct path OF the cyclone,
The scene is absolutely appalling.
Beauregard is no more. 1t is in truth
a mass OF ruins, and it is with diff
Guilty that one can ride through, so
thickly are trees strewn across the
road. There is not house of any
character standing in the place. The
two brick stores of Thompson & Co.
and L. Daniels & Co., the largest in
the place, are swept away and the
timber scattered for miles around.
Even out in the country . miles, the
dwellings were swept away.
Beauregard is small town in
Copiah county, on the New Orleans,
st. Louis & Chicago railroad, A miles
southwest of Jackson, with a popula-
ton of 400 to 500. Wesson is Il more
important place on the same road, one
mile from Beauragard, short of sum-
mer resort for the people of New Or
leans. 1t has population of 1000 and
a large cotton and woolen factory, en-
ploying 800 hands.
Reports from other places and from
the country show the stosm was wide
spread and disastrous. The telegraph
lines were blown down for miles.