The daily gazette., 1883-04-24
ONE HUNDRED KILLED.
AND MANY MORE INJURED BY
A STORM.
ToRNADoEs IN FOUR STATES.
Terrible Destruction of Life and Property
In. Mississippi, North Carolina, Iowa and
Georgia.

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about O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The
wind for the past three days has been blow
| ing gale, and lowering clouds indicated a
| storm. Its approach was known for some
minutes by the deep rumbling sounds, win
dows In dwellings shaking with violence, and
many people thought 1t was an earthquake.
Thunder roared and lightning flashed with
alarming force and vividness. Fences were
torn down, trees which had stood storms for
years were uprooted and cast hundred
| yards away. East of the railroad in Wesson
the damage was light, but in Wesson por-
tion of the town is In destruction.
As soon as the storm had somewhat
abated and the people began to look about
| loud peals of church bells were rung out.
| People were seen running in all directions
toward West Wesson. The rain meantime
was puring In torrents. Reaching Peach
Orchard street, an indescribable scene was
| witnessed. This street is lined with large
number of houses in which the operatives
of the Mississippi Mills are domiciled, and
| here the greatest destruction occurred
People were seen on all sides sobbing, and
the groans of the injured beneath the ruins
were appalling. Dwellings were torn to
atoms.
The pine forest just beyond was blown
| out of existence. The work of removing
the dead and extricating the injured from
the ruins has begun. Calvin Reed, living
in the vicinity, died from excitement. Doc
tors Sexton, Reese and Butler were soon
upon the scene and did all in their power to
relieve the suffering of the wounded 1t is
estimated that the number of killed is 12
Two or three children are missing. One
hundred and fifty or 200 dwellings were
blown down. The number of people with
broken limbs are estimated by the ply
sicians Ut rs. The injured were removed as
fast as possible to the houses which escaped
damage. Several dead lay out in the vio-
lent rain for more than an hour after the
storm. The dead are all nov laid out and
coffins are being made for them The mills
will not run o-day.
The citizens are doing all In their power
for the wounded, many of whom, it is
feared, will die. A special train, with ply
sicians from McComb City and Brookhaven,
has arrived. Another extra special train
will be here with additional help from
Magnolia and Summit.
THE SCENE AT BEAUREGARD.
Beauregard was visited last evening. It
is only mile above here and lay in the
direct path of the cyclone. The scene is ab-
solutely appalling. Beauregard is no more.
1t is, in truth, a mass OF ruins. 1t is with
difficulty that one can ride through, so
thickly are the trees strewn across the road.
There is not house OF any character stand
ing in the place. Two brick stores of
Thompson & Co. and NJ. Mcdaniel d Co.,
the largest in the place, are swept away.
Timber is scattered for miles around. Even
out In the country two and a half miles,
dwellings are swept away.
The depot was swept away and not sign
of 1t now remains.
TILLMAN DESTROYED.
the town of 1illman was destroyed and
several persons killed and wounded. On the
Vicksburg and Meridian railroad the town
of Lawrence suffered terribly The reports
from other places and from the country show
that the storm was widespread and very de-
structive. Telegraph lines were blown down
for miles.
Besides the losses in the towns named, the
devastation of the country lying In the path
of the hurricane is very great to crops, farm
houses and stock, and there is some loss of
life. A public meeting of citizens tonight
subscribed $500 for the sufferers.
DEVASTATION NEAR RED LICK.
NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-The Times
Democrats Red Lick (Miss.) special says
At o'clock yesterday morning a tornado
passed about mile east of here, causing
some loss of life and great damage to pro.
perty. The track OF the storm was 200
yards wide. Everything in the track was
swept away-dwellings, cabins, trees, fences,
cattle, etc. On Ross place, a mile from
| here, the storm levelled the quarters and
fences, killing a coored child and injuring
several persons. Only one house remains
standing. On the Killingsworth plantation
great many cabins were blown down and
much damage done to crops and fences. In
one cabin were five people, who say the
| lie md If I'D
carried away. leaving the people standing
unhurt on the floor.
DESTRUCTION NEAR sTARKsvILLE.
New ORLEANS, April 2S,-The Picdy7o,e's
| Starkvilie, Miss special says: Yesterday,
between 2 and O'Clock, one of the most
terrible wind storms ever witnessed in this
section passed within one mile of this place,
| going in a northeastery direction. While
the destruction of property was appalling
| the loss of life was comparatively small
Dwellings, gin houses and barns were swept
away, and in every instance scattered before
| the wind. The reports OF the destruction
and distress continue to come in. Five or
ten lives were lost in this neighborhood. At
the colored church negro man was taken
bodily up, and the last seen of him he was
far above the earth, wildly beating the air
as If seeking something to stay his progress.
THE STORM ELSEWHERE.
NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-The Times,
Columbus, Miss, special says : A destruc-
tive cyclone passed eight miles north Of here
yesterday afternoon. Near Tibbe Station,
on the Mobile and Ohio road, much damage
was done to the houses and fences. Mr..
Charles Jordon was injured.
At Cooks plantation. on the Bigbee river,
nearly every house was demolished. Cross
ing the river IA houses were destroyed on
Dan Hutchinson's plantation, but no lives
were lost. At Caledonia, IL miles north oi
Columbus the storm seems to have concen-
trated Its fury. Every fence for miles was
blown away, trees blown down and carried
before the wind like chah, and many
houses torn to pieces. Jack Stevenson, an
estimable young man, while bending over
his wife to allay her fears, was struck on the
head by falling beam and instantly killed
Mrs. Kalb was dangerously injured as wa,
also Mrs. 0din.
The Pcdyune's Aberdeen, Miss, special
says: "The most terrific cyclone passed
over the portion of the city known as Freed
manstown at noon yesterday, destroying
much property and cattle. Eight or tel
lives were lost and about so persons In iured
mostly negroes, some of whom will prob
ably die. The storm track was about 30(
yards wide. The direction was somewhat
to northeast"
TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS KILLED IN GEORGIA
MACON, GA, April 2S.-Specials to tn
Telegraph aud Messenger report a terrifI
cyclone In Southwest Georgia, attended b,
: large loss of life and property. Not les
than 26 deaths are reported, while the mum