The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-05-03
SWIFT DEATH.
Sudden Sweep Of Terrific Cyclone
Through tho Southern States,
Nothing Save MaMglM Corpscs and
Rnlael Homes Loft In the
storms Track.

tornado Of almost unprecedented VIC.
lenco and dcstructivcneSs passed over see.
tons of Mississippi, Georgia aud Alabama
on tho nd Of April, lcve'ing towns, villages
farm houses md forests and killing and
manning people by the hundreds
4 dispatch from Jackson, Miss, saws that
Tor three days the Wind Ind blown pale
and lowering clouds indicated n coming
storm. Al Wesson thcstarms approach WAS
marked by deep inmbliny sounds, inttlng
windows uni qiliycrng earth Thunder
reared, anti tho lightning flashed With
dreadful force aud dazzling vividnoss
Then, with the Jury ~ ton thousand demons
the gale burst upon tile town, lcnces were
torn 10 pieces AMI sent Mhlltng through the
air; trees that had stood thu nerccst storms
fef ages We're uprootcd and hurled hundreds
Of yards Houses were demolished, and the
pine forest enrirelins the town was blown
out Of existence. AZ soon ns tho wlnds
violence had somewhat nha, Oh, and thu
citizens hal begun t. 10 X about, the
church bells rang out In loud pcals the sig
nals Of distress and death, Men ran from
nil direct ans toward West IVES ON, though
the rain was pouring down In drenchng
torrents When Peach Orchard street had
been reached, n scene terrible In the On
IRENE, tut simply indie ,ciihahlc. hurst upon
the vieA. There tho houses Of large mum.
her OF the operatives Of tho Mississippi
Mills had ssoad, and there tho greatest lie
struction had occurred. Dwellings, on
sides hau been tom To MS. while unaoe
the debris the Y, oaMs oil the wounded and
dying We're heard, striking terror to
the stoatest heart A momentary
hesitation only occurred anil then the work
OF removing ths dead aud extricatlng
moved To the nearest houses With had cs-
capped the tornado The dead were taken
from the ruins and laid IN the grass, while
the rcssners TUNED hastily from them To
answer e.y II distress Several Of the
corpscs lay out i'll the storm aud rain for
more than an hour, bit ~ soon IA tho
wounded and living were cared for they
were taken NJ anu fcNcieasly placed uM
stretch r. Ia TIN churches sixteen persons
We're killed outright, and eighty wounded,
nj Wesson.
A correspondent gives the following
graphic description ot the scene at Reaue-
gard: Many people in Reauregard saw tho
black wind coming, Tor its roaring and
moaning had brought them u tho doors IT
their Houses aud stores These people
described II as like black smoke, Tiled with
flame, rolling along the earth, While high
above IL We're tossed trees and plants and
bricks The smoke seemed to Ito Little larln
but III the vtrtex which was behind IL every
thing went down II was ahon, a minute in
reaching Eeaur.gard and three seconds In
passing over II, and when II went by. tho
town was no more, tho houses and trees
te.ng bea'en down and ground into dust
and slinttrs Theroute III the cyclonc was
followed by thu cries oi fear and the walls
of anguish Of those who We're buried under
the ruins oi the buildings
dc.nec followed the blow, The rain
came down in sheets and the bitches aud
cutters became raging rivers The Mayer
states that when he came t. him ell he act
ua ~ feared that he ard his family would he
IL asNsN h ~ ~
lowed the darn ness O; the storm closely
that Z was impossible to realize the terrible
destruction, but the morning sun laid bare
scene of dcsalation, with every house, save
three. swept away, and nothing hut splint-
ers left behind Even beyond the town
where stood heavy pine forest the trees
had been feslea and carried away in the
ath ~ the cyclone. Martin Moody, apron.
lncnt merchant. was found close hy tree
his face buried i'll his hands, and fatally
wounded, his wife near him, also hatlly in.
iared They were out walking when the
ssalm cam up. and sought refuge i'll a box
car III which seven nsgr, es were playing
cards The car WAS lifted from the tack
and carried away a hundred yar,,s three of
the negroes being instantly killed nr
iampkins residence was III the center Of
the town. When he emerged from the
ruins OF his house he found his wife
painfully wounded, and her little hoy
seriously injured Tncv had hern blown
away hundred yards TN tho
porch Of the house were John 4 Tcrrill, nr
Jones, his vile and two children, and lit.
tie boy Ali We're dead only one child Of
tho Jonas family il alive Mr., George Hol-
loway and j. Nestcriiela >aaeh, refuge in u
deep gully, nut were struck hy living tim
beers Nest.riie.d injured and Holloway
killed Mr. Will Parker, his wife and son
We're buried beneath the tnhcrs of their
house Mrs Parker will lose an asm
The other two me dead, The cyclaue
went through Reauregaid due north
anu south, nearly Ing the lAa
OF Main suest, the chief business street,
aemolisaing the most solid hrlca s,a,cS and
leaving only threa house, standing in the
upper ior ion II the town, and Killing
twenty six aud wound,ng ~ person< + Q
sce..e IN the town Is fearful II looks "a ii a
hire had stcs oyes IL TIE houses are ~,
and torn u srllnteik TMenty-six persons
We're found detd in tho ruins oi tho town
and over loAwefe Moaad,st. many of them
beyond the hole Of recovery,
The town q ltgalman Wa asmost in tho
track oi tn tornado, Several houses wae
aemol shed. and four on i've people HI l.a
The cyclone passed over that port on Ut
Aberdeen known n ree,las.n's town IN
hablted almost exclusively by hla ks Ill
teen lives were lost, ami about nifty People
wounded, mostly negroes AT ia caaa u
several houses wer,. hluwn down, three
vile. many houses wcre iazea nse ree.
sons wese lied and sixty NAMED
Meridian, Wess ruiai aud ether
towns suffered heavy lasse in life and pfup-
ety. Through the rural districts tho es-
clone swept everything before il, levelng
houses, fences aud trees, and killing many
people A section 40 the tornado was alsA
felt IN Alabama and Georgia. though not 80
severely as in Miss sippt AT Albany, Tia, a
house vas blown down, killing man and his
wife Aiicat ON Flint river Nele six celorea
men. named Edward lenes, FINK Slmmaas,
thancey Gritllth, Md Lester, John Kim,
hronsh and Peter Sm tn Who ram against
tho shore AMI In padding in the darAnes>
Tor liant all Me q urx.wasa NJ tragers
fastothee, near hy, six were Killed aud
etsh, en- wounded Al Eastman and viesn,
ity half a dozen Mere killed n 4 some forty
wounded In and ahou, Preston, four ar
five M.re Mllsi and many injured III.
Track III the II ar,a MAS about 40 Nassl> III
width: il did not hlow II ~ than fifteen
minutes, aud Mas fhllaNed ny turseats 81
rain and hal soma of The hail >tones We're
four ar hs. nea,s IN diameter, and weighed
apoanA