Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-01
THE WESTERN CYCLONE.
Generous Donations Already Distribu
ted, but More Needed

NEW ORLEANS, April 30.-A special tC
the ItH1eS-Dem0crdt from Hammond. La.
says that a severe wind and hail storm
from the northwest prevailed there YES.
! terday evening, doing considerable dam.
/ age. The cOlOred Methodist Church was
demolished, trees uprOoted, fences torn
down and glasses in houses shattered.
thousands of dollars in damage was suf-
fered by farmers. whose crOps were en-
/ tlrely destroyed by hail stones, which
ranged III size from marble to one and
one-half inches in diameter. Hail stones
were picked up this morning a mile east
OF here, where the storm was most severe.
Inc Times Democrats jackson special
says: "Col. }. l.. Powers. Grand Master
OF the I'd Fellows, and Grand Secretary
OF the MasOns, has received to date for
the relief of the sufferers bv the cvcIOne.
from Masons $56S, from Odd Fellows $a65'
from the American Legion of Honor
$50, from the knights of Pvthias
500, and from citizens and various COM
mittees S61S, all of which has been dis
trlbuted ut Beauregard, WeSsOn. Rock
Point, Westville, Morton, and French
camp"
The reports from the interior indicate
that there is Il vast amount of distress.
which will only be relieved by continuous
contributions.
y special dispatch to the Times Demo-
cFdt, from Minden, La, says: "a terrible
cyclone visited this parish seven or eight
miles@bOve here Saturday evening. pass
ing from northeast to southwest, its track
extending fifteen miles. The wind was of
such terrific force that not house. tree
or other obstruction is left in its track.
On one tract of forty acres of heavy tim
bered land, not tree is left standing.
Fences were blown away and not a yes
uge OF corn or fodder is left. Mrs. Young
blood was seriously and several children
were slightly hurt. Most miraculous es
capes are reported. Several negroes who
were blown across field alighted unin-
Jured. No one was killed or mOrtally
wounded, but one dwelling being directly /
In the track of the tornado.
The Times -DemOcrdtS WessOn special |
says: "Wm. Blackburn, aged fffty-fve !
years, died to-day of injuries received |
during the cyclone. The other wounded |
are generally doing well. The Red Cross |
society is doing noble service for the relief |
OF the sufferers. The Relief Committee at |
Beauregard will continue to supply the |
immediate necessities of those in the city |
limits until the funds on hand are eX- |
when the Red Cross Society |
Will take charge of the relief work there
The WessOn mills are running regu-
l"i y, anu d IdISe IOTce Is feDulIQlng the |
destroyed houses on Peach and Charles
streets. The Red Cross Society ac-
knOwledges the receipt of additional CON
tributions and supplies.
The committee sent to ascertain the
damage in Lincoln county in the path of I
the cyclone reports the following persons.
all with families, in distress, their prop
erty having been swept away: p. Case,
VIM. Smith, Benjamin Bledzo, Allen Laf-
Ter, Daniel Fulcher, Lewis Lyons, E.
Butt, VIM. Calendar, Perry Smith. Abe
Arlington, Pleasant Smith, NJ. Britt,
Elijah smith, Marion Case, Hiram Allen,
John Ratclifi, Kelly Davis, f. p. Douglass.
John Allen, Emanuel Middleton, d.
Smith, John p. East, Joel East, Henry
smith, Tom Baker, Isham Walker, Gil
bert Smith, Bailey Smith, John H. Case.
Mrs. Allen Butt, NJ. G. Davis, c. d.
White, j. j. Davis, N. c. Barlow, Jesse
Case, Belcher family and Lewis White.
Crowds of citizens of Beauregard have
been sitting on dry goods boxes apparent
" unable to act for themselves. The
worst is now over, and resumption of
business at Beauregard will take place at
no distant daV