Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-05-02

Devastation and Death Wrought by a
Terrible Cyclone in the south.
NEARLY ONE HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

A terrific cyclone, which came from
the northeast, swept through southern
Mississippi on the 23d inst, sweeping
everything III its path and leaving an
appalling wake of desolation and death.
Beauregard, small town in CaIiph
County, was completely wiped out, the
number OF killed and mortally wounded
numbering twenty-five, while the list of
injured foots up three times that num-
Der. Not single house was left stand
ing. The town of Wesson, summer
resort OF about 900 inhabitants. stu
ated a mile southwest Of Beaure-
gard, was also in the % tth
of the destroying breath and suf-
fered severely. Over one hundred build
ings were leveled and thirteen people
killed. A pine forest just beyond Wes-
son was strnCk by the full force Of tie
whirlwlnd and there is nothing left Of it.
Loaded freight cars were lifted from the
track and carried 200 yards and trees and
timber are scattered for miles around.
| TIE peCuniary loss at Beauregard is not
less than $3.50, 900. The storm also
struck Tillman Depot on the Natchez
and Jackson Railroad, killing a Mr..
Baggett and injuring three others. At
| West Point a number of buildings were
unroofed.
Lawrence, Miss, suffered severely,
but no lives were lost. The cyclone
passed eight miles north of Columbus,
near Tibbe Station, on the Mobile and
Ohio Railroad, doing much damage to
houses and fences. At Cooks plan
tation, on the Big Bee River,
nearly every house was demolished.
! Crossing the river, fourteen houses were
| destroyed on Dan HutchlnsOn's planta-
ton, but no lives were lost. At Gale
dOnia, twelve miles north of Columbus,
the storm seems to have concentrated its
| fury. Every fence for miles was blown
away, trees were thrown down and car
RED before the wind like chaff, many
houses torn to pieces. John Stephen
SOD, Young man, bending over his wife
to alIay her fears, was struck on the head
by falling beam and instantly killed
Mrs. Kalb was dangerously wounded,
also, Mrs. Alden. Eight or ten lives
were lost at Freedman's town, and about
fifty persons were injured, mostly ne
groes, some of whom will probably die
The storms track was about
5000 yards wide al this point,
and its direction southwest to north
west. Five or six lives were lost
in the neighborhood of Starkville; ne
gro 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
gale passed about mile east of Red
Side, razing houses and fences and kill.
ing q colored child.
The southwestern part of Georgia
was included III the sweep of the terri
BILE storm and a general rain was expert
enced all over the state. Not less than 25
deaths are reported, while the number
of injured cannot be estimated At Al
bany eight persons were killed and
twenty-five wounded. At Eastman the
house of John Register was blown down
and two children were killed. Samuel
Harris house was also demolished, and
his wife and children badly injured.
The depot and several dwellings, and
stores were unroofed at Chattanooga,
Tenn, the damage amounting to fully
$4,000.
DUNLAP, Harrison County, Ia, April
24.-The tornado first reached here
about $40 o'clock Saturday evening,
striking the earth about two and a half
miles south on knoll, and then dropped
on J. t. Green's barn. There were SIX
teen COWS in a row on one side of the
barn and three horses on the other.
The barn was torn all to pieces, and the
hor es were blown thirty yards, but none
were killed. The floor was taken from
under the COWS and carried one hundred
yards, but all the COWS save one were
left standing. One cow was carried 100
feet, dashed to the earth, and killed.
Mr. Green's fine greenhouse was entire
Iy carried away, together with 500
worth of plants. His ice-house was
next taken, and not vestige of it re-
mains, although The ice itself stands there
unmoyed, with thesawdust over it. Mr..
Green's wagons, buggles, reapers, seed
ere. plows, etc., are scattered every
where. Nothing remains but his house.
A hay-rack was thrown backward right
In the face Of the tornado hundred
yards. A seeder in its track was left
unmoved, but a tire from one of it's
wheels was carried quarter of mile.
The tornado then crossed a creek. carry
ing away the bridge and moving the
trees like weeds, tearing them out by the
roots and throwing them in piles.
Joseph Roskapf's house, which was just
in the edge OF the tornado's track. was
lifted up, turned around, carried about
thirty feet, and badly wrecked. One
entire end of the house is gone and
nearly all of the roof is blown away.
There were ten people in the house, and
all are uninjured. From there the tor
nado passed across the open fields,
sweeping the ground clean, crossed the
Chicago and North Western Railroad
track, about one and one-half miles
southwest, taking with it the telegraph
poles and wires. It then tore through
Boyer River, where it left the earth for
about two miles, and, coming down
again, struck the farm of G. D. Troy,
carruinn AWAY the large house barn