The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-04-24
A soUrIrERN CYCLONE.
The Town Of Beauregard Almost Com
pIeteIy Demolished.
An Awful visitntion-Indescribable Scenes
Two Hundred Dwellings Frustrated
and Many Persons Killed
and Wounded.

NEW ORLEANS, April 23.-The Times
! Democrats Wesson, Miss, special says
that frightful cyclone passed over Wes-
son and the town Of Beauregard, n mile
above, about O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
The wind for the past three days had been
blowing q gale, and lowering clouds iDdi-
Gated storm. It's approach was known
for some minutes by deep. rumbling
sounds. windows in dwellings shaking
with violence, and many people thought it
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 were cast
a hundred yards away. East OF the
railroad, in Wesson, the damage was
| lighter, but in WesSon a portion OF the
town is in destruction. II was awful in
| its character. As soon as the storm had
somewhat abated and the people began TO
look about loud pealS OF the church-bells
were rung out, and people were seen run
ming in all directions toward West Wesson.
| The rain in the mean time was pouring in
torrents. Reaching Peach-Orchard street
an indescrible scene was witnessed. This
street is lined with q large number Of
houses. in which the operatives OF the
Mississippi mills are domicilIed. and here
! the greatest destruction occurred. The
people were seen on all sides sobbing. and
| the groans OF the wounded beneath the
RUNS were perfectly 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 wounded from
the runs has begun.
Calum Reed, living in the vicinity. died
from excitement. Drs. Sexton, Reasc. and
Butler were soon uIol the scene. and did
all i'm their power to relieve the suticrings
Of the wounded. 1t is estimated that the
children are missing. One hundred and
fifty or two hundred dwellings were blown
down. The number Of people with broken
limbs is estimated 10y the physicians at
seventy-iiye. The wounded were removed
as fast as possible to houses which escaped
injury.
Several OF the dead lay ont in the violent
rain for more than IN hour after the storm
The dead are now all laid out. and coffin,
are being made for them. The mills viii
not run to-day. The citizens are doing al
In their power for the wounded. many Of
whom. it is feared, will die. \ spccia
train with physicians from McComb City
and Brookhayen has arrived. Another
extra special train will he here with addi
tional help from Magnetic and Summit
Some OF these physicians will 20 to Beau
regard. where the destruction to life anC
property is simply Undesirable. Among
the killed in Wesson are Mrs. Causty anC
two children, several children Of j. +
| a ~ wi fOI1n1 Il A.
under chimney. Two persons were
so MANGLED AS To BIZ UNRECOGNIzED,
and several others whose names could no
be obtained in the confusion.
A litllc boy was found i'm the woods sew
eral hundred yards away. WcssOn, eX
I, cept in the locality mentioned, suffered bu
little except a general destruction o
fences and trees. The dead will be burieC
tomorrow. Beauregard was also VISITED
last evening. 1t is only nine miles from
here. and lay in the direct path Of the cy
clone. The scene is absolutely appalling
Beauregard j. no more; il is in truth
: mass OF ruins. 1t is with difficulty tina
: one can ride through. so thickly are tree
slrewn across the road. There is not ;
: house of any character standing in tn
place. Two brick stores of Thompson y
; 20. and VI. Daniel Il Co., the largest in th'
place, are swept away. Timber is scatter
, ed for miles around. Even out in thu
, country-two and half mlles-dwelling
? were swept away.
THE DEAD AND WOUNDED ARE:
! John Ross. MORALLY; Young Milton
! Story, killed; Morgan James, MORALLY
Isaac Bloom, seriously; VI. VI. Daniels
MORALLY; - Turnbull, OF Brookhayen
fatally; Captain Lampkin. wife, and child
all dead: George Hallway, MORALLY: Mrs
I Hallway, leg broken; Mr.. Wilcox, bot
i arms broken: \. j. Ferguson and family
: including ten persons, dangerously wound
Z ed: Charles Lane, MORALLY; DR.. Albert G
Pierce and child (whOse house fell o.
I them. MORALLY; j. O. Williams. killed
His house was swept away, and nothin
now remains.
THE TOWN OF TILLNAN DESTROYED.
q JACKSON, Mss, April 23.-The follow
( ing additional particulars Of the cyclOn
have been received: On the Natchez an
2 Columbus railroad the town Of Tillma
g was DESTROYED and several persons kille
! and wounded. On the Vicksburg an
: Meriden railroad the town OF Lawrenc
: suffered terribly. Reports from other place
= and from the country show that the storI
: was widespread and very destructive. TIL
! telegraph lines were blown down for mile:
& ITS EFFECTS AT WEST POINT, MISS.
n NEW ORLEANS, April GA special
c the Times Democrat from West Poin
\. Miss. SAYS: "A terrific gale from III
e northwest struck our town at l. o'cloc
: Yesterday afternoon, accompanied by tol
Il rents OF rain and the largest hail ever see
u here. The courthouse, Lawyers Row
u Central Hotel, Cotton Exchange ofic,
y Olympic Saloon. the Henry House, ".
II Bibb's store, and Flanagan Hall were a
n unrooied and materially damaged. Fence
u and trees were Frustrated, and considerab
Il damage was done. No lives were lost"
:. THE STORM AT CHATTANOOGA.
x CHATTANOOGA, April 23.-Fuly 5000
y damage was done in this city by the stor
i last night. The depot, dwellings, an
- stores were unroofed, fences thrown dow
= and trees uprooted. Reports from the su
4 rounding country show the storm to Ia,
% been very destructive. The wires a.
n down and particulars are hard to get.
O. The surrounding mountains protectC
p this city from the great fury Of the stOrr
,, but reports OF serious damage TO towns
n North Alabama have reached here.
c. THE "TIMEs-DENoCRAT" TO THE RESCUE
NEW ORLEANS, April 3d. l.. A. Burk
manager OF the New Orleans Times Den
" Ocr0t, was advised OF the cyclone at
er O'Clock Monday morning while in Ne
e York. lie at once instructed the emplo
n ment of four physicians and the purcha
X of medical supplies to be sent by speci
ID relief train from ew Orleans to Beaur
ID gard and Wesson also, that call be mat
n for assistance, the TimeS-DemOcrdt hea
o. ing the list with contribution OF $500.
y The Wesson cotton-mll, mentioned
G. previous dispatches, employs about 400 o
c. eratives.
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