Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-03
ATERRIBLE CYCLONE.

TERR1BLE CYCLONE.
wessons srfss., Blown to Pieces and Beau
ssregard, an Adjoining VILLAGE Com
pletely Dsstroyed-Two Hundred Dwell
.fncs Demolished by the wind-A Number
of Lives Lest-An Appalling Scene
weathersin other Localities.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April q.
A Wesson, Miss. special says: a, frigndul
cyclone passed over Wesson and the town OF
Beauregard a mile above. about TOUR ciock
this afternoon. The wind for the past tnree
days has been blowing a gale, and lowering
clouds indicated storm. Its approach was
known some minutes before it struck by deep
rumbling sounds, windows in dwellings, shak-
ing with violence, and many inteihgent people
thought it an earthquake. Inc thuhoer
roared, the lightning flashed with alarming
force and vividness. Fences were torn down,
and trees which had stood the storms of years
were uprooted and cast a hundred- yards
away East of the. railroad, in WesS0n, the
damage was light, but in the western portloh
of the town the destruction was awful In It's
character. As soon as the storm hao some
what ahated, and people began to look ABOUT
loud peals of church bells rang out. Peopie
were seen running in all directions toward
West Wesson. The rain in the, meantime
WAS zpouring down in torrents Heachlng
Peach Orchard street an indescribable scene
was witnessed This street is lined with
largo number of houses in which the opera
lives ofthe Mississippi Mills domiciled,
People were seen on all sides sObbing, and the
groans of the wounded beneath the ruins were
perfectly appalling.
~ z, fnwELL INoss WE'VE TORY 70 ATOMS.
A pine forest inst beyond was blown out of
existence Theswork Off removing the dead
a. AM a rr1in
ELoaaein Reed, living thesicinity, dicdsfrom
excitement. - - -
.Drs. sexton, Reese and Butter 2erdsbon 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 at thir-
teen. Two Or three children are missing. One
hundred and fifty or two hundred dwellings
were blown down. From some of them tho
escapes wepes miraculolsa The number of
people with broken 1iribss Is estimated by
physicians at seventy-five. The wounded were.
, removed as fast as possible to houses which
escaped injury. Several of the dead lay out in
the violent rain for more than an hour after
i the storm, 1UU11amt pMsly U tIIh
~are-new all laid out and collins are. being made,
for them. The mills will not run tomorrow.
Captain Oliver, manager, now in NeWrOrleans,
hassbeen telegraphed for.fss, He, viii beup to-
night Citizens are doing all in thfak power
1.-THE wpunded many Of whom, lsfeared,
win die. a special train with physicians from
McComb City and Brookhayen arrived here at
seven this evening, and DIR. Bowen tonight.
IAN extra special train will be here with adj
ditiona1 help from Magnolia and Summit.
Some of these physic iaIrs will go to Beaure
gard, where the destrnctfon to life and prop
artsa is simply indescribable. Among the
killed in -WsSSon are
AIrSs Nv md fvT,a
Several children Of ]. II. Gibson, one OF
whom was found crushed under chimney.
Two. persons were SO mangled as to be unre-
cognhabley and several others whose names
could not be obtained in the confusion.
A little boy was found IN the Woods several
hundred yards away, unhurt, &c
Our town, except in the locality mentioned,
Suffered little, except the general destruction
of fences and trees. The dead win be buried
tomorrow. .s...-. =
Beauregard was visited this evening. 1t is
only a 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 a house
of any character standing in the place. The
dead, dying and wounded have been brought
here. The two brick stores of Thompson Il
Co. and NJ. Daniel s. Co. the largest in the,
place. were swept away. .Timbers are scat
tered for miles around, even out in the coun-
try, two and a half miles! Dwellings were,
swept away. List OF the dead and swounded:
John Ross, 'mortal1y. j.. % <eia '9'
Young Milton Story, killed. NsAs "
James Morgan, mortallyy, ans, isaac Bloom
seriously.
8 M. MsDaniels, badly ininredy A.
Mr.. Quinnbull, of Brookhaven, fatally.
~ Captain Lampkin, wife and child, all dcau.
Hf,IliH roll laI
Mrs. Holliway, leg broken
The DEPOT was swept away and not a sign Of
it now remains. SE
Mr.wilcox, both arms broken.
A. ]. Ferguson and family, including ten
persons, dangerously wounded.
Mr.. Charles Lane, mortally.
DE-. Albert G. Pierce and child mortality;
their house fell on them.
O. Williams, killed.
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st}:g Wind and Snow.
49, DENVER, Colo, April %.
-, At Como, Colo, a tei1'iblei Mind and snow
storm began night before last, and ragged all
day yesterday. The wind at times reached a.
velocity of sixty miles per HOUR. 'Chimneys
and stovepipes have been blown down in vari-,
GUS parts of the town. A large two-story
building nearly. eompieted was blosyn to the
ground The printers in the Headlight Office,
were obliged to suspend work for fear the
two-story building in which they are situated
would also be Frustrated by the gale. The
South Park passenger train, which left
Iieadvipe yesterday morning. was blown
from the track sahdg ssthe baggage
Gar and three coaches turned over.
on theirside. abont q mile west Of Como. A
number of ladies and children We're aboard.
l0neIhtld wss injured Slightly, and several
train men received scratches and bruises but
NC. -one--was- badly hurt. "A special was sent
from Como, and the passeHgefs-sxeEse brought
here Travel the South Park
Road has been suspended'til1the storm abates.
The suow is drifting badly. but will not inter-
Herewith the movements OF trslIns when the
wind ceases. Residents I'M the park say this
is the most severe storm ever known in this,