Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-24

orleans TO Beauregard and WeSSOn. Ais
that call be made for assistance, the
ItmeS-DemOcrdt heading the list with
contribution Of $500.
The Wesson cotton mill. mentioned il
another dispatch, employs about 400 Ope
ratives, and is one of the most successful
mills IN the South. 1t is thoroughly equip
ped with modern machinery and Lighted
by electricity.
The Times Democrat Red Lick Miss.
special says: AT II O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning a tornado passed out a mile east
OF here, causing some loss Of life ant
great damage to property. The track o.
the storm was 200 yards wide. Every
thing in the track was swept
away, dwellings, cabins, trees, fences
cattle, etc. On the Ross place, a mile
from here, the storm leveled the quarters
and fences, killing a cOlored child and III.
juring several persons.
Only one house remains standing on the
kllllngswOrth plantation, and a great
many cabins were blown down and much
damage done to crops and fences. In one
cabin there were five people, who say that
the walls and roofs of the house were
lifted and carried away, leaving the peO-
pie standing unhurt on the floor.
The Times Columbus, Miss, special
says: "A destructive cyclone passed
y
ing near Tibbee station, on the Mobile and
Ohio Railway. Much damage was done
to houses and fences. At Cooks planta-
ton, on the TOmbigbee river, nearly every
house was demolished. Across the river
fourteen houses were DESTROYED on Dan
Hutchinsoh's plantation but no lives were
lost. At Caledonia, twelve miles north of
columbus, the storm seems to have con-
centrated its fury. Every fence for miles
around was blown away. Trees were
blown down and carried before the wind
Ike chatf, and many houses were blown
to pieces. Jack Stephenson, an estimable
young man, while bending over his wife
to allay her fears, was struck on the
head by falling beam and instantly
killed. Mrs. Kabb was dangerously
wounded, as was also Mrs. Oden."
The PjcdyuRe'S Aberdeen, Miss, special
says: "a most terrific cyclone passed
over the portion of the city known as
Freedmanston at noon yesterday, destroy
ing much property and cattle. Eight or
ten lives were lost and about fifty persons
injured, mostly negroes, some of whom
will probably die. The storm track was
about 800 yards wide. The direction was
southwest to northeast
The Times Democrats Tuscaloosa, Ala,
special says: ''This section was visited
yesterday by heavy storm of wind and
rain, which continued till midnight. The
Warrior river has risen thirty feet in the
past twenty-lour hours, and is now fifty
feet above low water mark and still rising.
Hundreds of acres of the richest lands in
the Warrior bottom, that have been al
ready planted, were submerged, and the
planters will suffer heavy losses. 1t is
thought that the rapid and Unprecedented
rlSf i'll the river has also caused a great
loss of stock, as there was no warning of
the freshet.
The PicdyuRe'S Starkville, Miss, spe-
cial says: yesterday between and 3
O'Clock one of the most terrible wind
storms ever witnessed in this section
passed within one mile of this place,
going in an easterly direction. While the
destruction of property was appalling,
the loss of life was comparatively
small. Dwellings, gin houses and barns
instance scattered before the wind. Re
ports of destruction and distress continue
to come in. Several lives were lost in this
neighbOrhOOd. At the cOlored church a
negro man was taken bodily up, and the
last seen of him he was far above the
earth, wildly beating the air, as if seek
ing something to stay his progress.
\ special to the Times Democrat from
West Point, Miss, says: "a terrific gale
from the northwest struck this town at
y o'clock yesterday afternoon, accom-
panied by torrents of rain and the largest
hail ever seen here. The court house,
LAWYERS row, the Central Hotel, Cotton
Exchange, offices, Olympic saloon, ETC.,
were blown down.
EASTMAN, GA, April pa cyclone
passed over us about daybreak this morn
ing doing great damage The house of
John Register, some three miles from
here, was blown down and two Of his
childeen killed.
Lemuel HarrelFs house, about nine
miles from here, was blown down and Mr..
Harrell and his wife were seriously in
iured and all their children hurt more or
less. All the houses on the premises were
blown down.
The gin house, stables, out houses and
fences of Jonathan NOles, near by, were
laid waste, and some of his cattle killed.
The property of W. A. Coleman, in the
same neighbOrhood, was also injured.
Other damage, it is thought, was done by
the storm, but the reports are not all in.
CHATTANOOGA, April pa terrible
storm swept over this city yesterday
and did considerable damage.
The depot, several dwellings and stores
were uErOOfed, fences were thrown down,
and trees uprOoted. Reports from the
surrounding country show the storm to
have been very destructive. The wires
are down, and the particulars hard to get.
The surrounding mountains protected
this city from the greatest fury of the
storm, but reports of serious damage to
towns in Northern Alabama have reached
here. a house, w. \. Bibbs' store, and
Flanagan Hall were all unroOfed and ma
terially damaged. No lives were lost.
DEsMOINES, April pa tOrnadOipass-
o1 fbn Manln RiHror xa1loNv In nef
evening, followed closely along the spur
of the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
road, which strikes off from Manly June
tiOn. The Danbury Catholic Church was
wrecked, three houses were blown down
and other minor damage was inflicted.
No lives were lost so far as known.
\ special to the Register from Dunlap,
Harris county, says; "a terrible tornado
passed near this place Saturday night,
carrying away many farm houses and
barns and killing much stock. Trees
ried away. Some loss of life is reported,
but no particulars are at hand. The
track of the tornado was nOrthWard,
through Mono and Woodbury. countless"
KNOXVILLE, April 23.-The wind and
rain here last night did little damage.
The wind blew thirty-SiX miles per hour.
Three and three-quarters inches of rain
fell last night. 1t is the largest fall in any
one day in five years.
JACKSON, Miss, April 23.-The follow
ing additional particulars of the cyclone
have been received: On the Natchez and
Columbus Railroad the town of Tillman
was destroyed and several persons killed
and wounded. On the Vicksburg and
Meridian Railroad the town of Lawrence
suffered terribly. Reports from other
places and from the country show that
the storm was widespread and very de-
Telegraph lines were blown
down for miles.