The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1883-04-28
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.


wesson, Miss, Blown TO. Pieces and Beau
regard, an Adjoining village, Com
pletely Destroyed-I,wo Hundred DWELL
ings DcrnoIished by the wind-A Number
of Lives Lost-An Appalling scene
Weather in other Localities.
NEw ORLEANS. IA, April y.
A wesson, Miss, special says: 4 trightful
cyclone passed over wessou aml ttlie town of
Beauregard, "a mile above, about four O'clock
this afternoon. The wind for the past three
days has been blowing II gale, and lowering
clouds indicated Il storm. Its approach was
known some minutes before it struck by deep
rumbling sounds windows in dwellings shak-
ing with violence, and many intelligent people
thought 1t an earthquake. The thunder
roared, the lightning flashed with alarming
force and vviducss. Fences were torn down,
and trees which had stood the storms OF years
were uprooted and cast - hundred yards
away. East of the railroad, in Wesson, the
damage was light, but in the western portion
of the town the destruction was awful in its
character As soon as the storm had some
what abated, and people began to look about,
loud peals of church bells rang out People
were seen running in all directions toward
West WcSson The rain in the meantime
was pouring down in torrcuts Reaching
IcdcIl OICnilu SJIcti uh llIutSCIlbuult NCChV
was witnessed This street is lined with
large number of houses in which rho opera.
tivcs of the Mississippi Mills are domiciled,
and here the greatest destruction occurred.
People were seen on all sides sobbinE, aud the
groans of the wounded beneath the ruins we're,
perfectly appalling.
DWELLINGS WERE TORN TO ATOMS.
A pine forest just beyond was blown out OF
existence The work of removing the dead
frip
then began .t ...a. -t..H
Calvin Reed, living in the vicinity, died from.
excitement 1924
Drs. Sexton, Reese and Butler were soon up.
on the scene and did all in their power to re-
lieve the suffering of the wounded. Up to this
hour estimate the number of killed mt thr-
teen. Two or three children are missing. One
hundred and fifty or two hundred dwellings
were blown down. From some of them the
escapes were miraculous. The number OF
people with broken limbs is estimated by
physicians ut sevenU-fve. The wounded we're
removed as fast MS possible TO houses which
escaped injury. Several of the dead lay out in
the violent rain for more than an hour after
the storm.
THE DEAD
are now all laid out and collins are being made.
for them. The mills will not run tomorrow.
Captain Oliver, manager now in New Orleans,
mas beeu IOf. lie Will ne up TO-
night. Citizens are doing all in their power
for the wounded, many of whom, it is feared,
will die A special train with physicians from
McComb City and Brookhaven arrived here at
seven this evening, and DIR. Bowen tonight.
An extra special train will be here with adj
dltional help from Magnolia and summit
Some of these physicians will go to Beaure-
gard, where the destruction TO life and prop
erty is simply indescribable. Among the
killed in Wesson are:
Mrs. Causty and two children.
Several children of j. II. Gibson, one OF
whom was found crushed under a chimney.
Two persons were so manged as to be unre-
cognizable, and several others whose names
could not be obtained in the confusion.
little boy was found in the woods several
hundred yards away unhurt.
Our town, except in the locality mentioned.
suffered little, except the general destruction
of fences and trees. The dead will be buried
tomorrow.
Beauregard was visited this evening. 1t il
only mile above here, and lay in the direct
path of the cyclone. The scene is absolutely
appalling; Beauregard is no more. 1t is in
truth mass of ruins. 1t is with difficulty that
one can ride through it, so thickly are trees
strewn across the road. There is not Il house
of any character standing in the place. The
dead, dying and wounded have been brought
here. The two brick stores of Thompson X
Co. and NJ. Daniel & Co., the largest in the
place, were swept away Timbcrs are scat
tered for miles around, even out in the coun-
try, two and IA half miles. Dwellings were
! swept away. List of the dead and wounded:
| John Ross, MORALLY.
| Young Milton Story, killed.
james Morgan, mortally, and Isaac Bloom,
/ seriously.
! NJ. Nj. Daniels, badly injured.
| Mr.. Quinnbull, of Brookhaven, fatally.
! Captain Lampkin, wife and child all dead.
George Holliway, MORALLY wounded.
Mrs. Holiway, leg broken.
The depot was swept away and not a sign of
! it now remains.
Mr.. Wilcox, both arms broken.
A. J. Ferguson and family, including ten
persons, dangerously wounded.
Mr.. Charles Lane, MORALLY.
DIR. Albert q. Pierce and child, mortally;
! their house fell on them.
! o. Williams, killed.