The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-04-25

thing in their path. In the western part oi Mes,
SON fences were torn down, trees tnat nsh 5000
storms for ages were uprooted ana hurled hun, 9hs
Operatives opera of the Mississippi Kills were dOmi.
c.led were demolished, and the pine ioItss
adjacent were blown out Of existence; a Th LIS
hour thirteen are known to have been killed Ihe
wounded are estimated at seventy-hve: SeVefal
are missing Fifteen or twenty dseihnss mers
blown down. The eastern portion rot mIc1
Among the killed and wounded In wesscn are;
Mrs C.nsey, two children of J. I. Giosor, one oi
whom was found crushed under cnlmne!. = W
perssns were so mangled as rot to be recogul1ar
bic. The other names have not been aseertAlne a.
Ole little boy found In the woods had eeen
blown several hundred yards unnurt. .,o,.
Beaureeard. north OF Wesson, has abouL sc In
habi'auts. snd was entirely swept away The de
strucion to life and property is iudescribable and
left Standing. Large brick buildings
were blown down. frame houses torn 10
atoms, trees swept away Ike straw. iosaed Ga Leo
wards Trees and timber from houses are scat
tered for miles around. The town could net be
| recognised. It is one gloomy, ehastly mass OF
desolatfop. Destruction marks the spot OF what
was the beautiful, 1ourishiDg little village
The killed, ss far as asceriained, are Milton
Story. Dr. Beaton and iv, Mile Captain & hsmPKin,
ana entire family oil kix-iheir bodies were found
/ 800 yards from their residence, all near each
other except iene one Snie e.v not y sree1 Of
| Crystal Springs: Mr.. Keating, OF Wesson,
Miss Lula Benton, john herTsl Mr.: LoudvieT'
his wife can not b3 found Willie White, son of J.
/ 8. White; three negroes, names IN nsnown; a
party of several negroes playing cards in box car
4 which was standing in a cut as deep as the car
/ 200 yards in the WOODS.
The wounded are John Ross. mortally; his wife,
{, Us is fssEed mSEsally; Morssn Jeyner mSrtaiiy
SOn of NJ. Daniels dying; NJ Daniels. Oadly narti
| Mr.. Trumbull, visiting from Brook Haven, NOR
tally; John Holloway. Dortslv,
Il - HnA hnr
| aT. Wilcox. Ie egraph operator, botn Illls
broken. a. J. Ferguson aud family, ten In mum
Der. all feauully injured; DR.. Albert u. Pleles,
air. Levisen. zefio@siy: Charles KidIitge. badly
| nurse in samuel L1wnder's family, frc m = ew
Orleans. MORALLY: Charles Lane mortsllyi e. 1
Robertson. both eyes: Miss Ruth Higd0I, NOR
fy So5h v syes & S15 Miss stT SSio S sT broken
,npprhleFy and can not live; Miss Jennie Renton
mortslly: Mrs Benton, seriously. The Mayor
nd bs All b6ns H1s fy wer9 huE Mb,yS Not 5 ysse % o.
ribly bruised; l.. Dunn aud wife. mOitally. found
in the furnace OF the Variety WORKS 700 ysrdI
from their residence; William Parker. vile anc
child mortsly; MrS; Peess, severely; Mrs foik
| Ferguson. badly The loss at BeauregsTd Il no
less than sl50,N0.
The same storm before reaching Besuregart
| struck the Filtman Depot, ON the Natchez anC
Jackson Railroad, kining Mr.. Baggett. wouudinl
| Calvin Phillips, Miss Coyington, and MIS- Bag
gett The storm proceeded IN n0rtheasIerly Oh
reeuon 1esiroyIGg NUMBER % 1l III 5aS
| thence 10 Oberdeel, wrere the damage is no
stated. This wes unlucky sure Tor our people, a
on The last 22d day of April Monticello was de
| sJroyed at exactly the same hour. The citizen
| htld q meeting this afternoon and appropriated
a. for the relief Of the sufferers.
. [Beauregard is n smsll town in Coplah County
Mss, on the New Orle ans, st. Louis and Oh ics q
| RdilrOad fOIty-four miles southwest OF Jackson
with population OF from 400 to 5OU.
WessOn is a more IMPORTANT place on the sam
| road, one mile from BeauregaId- 1t is sort c
| summer resort for the people OF New Orleans.
mas population of l,600 three Churches, ana
large cotton and WOODEN factory, employing &c
| hands.