The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-05-02
A TERRIBLE CYCLONE.
FrightfuI Devastation by Wind
and Rain.
Hundreds of Lives Lost, and the
Injured Beyond Estimate.
Beauregard and WessOn, Miss,
Almost Swept Away. +.
CHATTANOOGA.

details OF the tornado yesterday
show the damage to have been near
ly $40, 900 in this city, and very de-
structive near here. At Charleston
thirty-si bales of cotton foated
away in the torrent. At Knoxville
nearly four inches of rain fell, and
farms were badly damaged. In
Alabama many houses were blown
down. Between Whitney's and
McDonald's, one man with a family
of seven children was found wander
ing about half-crazed, and says all
his children perished in the ruins.
OVERFLOW OF THE WARRIOR.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA, April 23.-
This section was visited yesterday
by heavy rain storm. The War
rior river has risen 30 feet in "a
hours, and is now so feet below
low water mark, and still rising.
Hundreds of acres of the richest
lands of the Warrior bottom plant
ed are submerged. Planters will
suffer heavy loss. Great loss OF
stock is feared.
DAMAGE TO RAILWAYS.
Montgomery, Ald., April z3.-A
terrible storm prevailed along the
Western railway early this morning.
The road was washed up for two or
three miles between Clough's sta
ton and Chehaw and the track COW
cred with water in some places. A
special to the Advertiser from Alba.
ny, Ga, says a fearfully destructive
cyclone passed near that city about
5 o clock this morning. One hun.
dred houses were blown down, four
persons killed and fifty wounded
The loss of life was greater west o.
Albany. At Hsrdway, south of AL
bany, thirty houses were demolish.
ed. Several plantations have not 9
single house left.
NEAR KNOXVILLE.
Knorville, Tenn, April IS
There was terrific rain-storm in
this section last night. Between
p. m. yesterday and u o'clock last
night the rainfall was three anC
three-quarter inches, the greatest
rainfall, with one exception, in ter
years. The river is rising rapidly
and much damage to farms by flood
ed streams is feared. About 81, ,OOC
would cover the damage in Knox
vile. The wind did little damage
though it blew at the rate of thirty
six miles an hour.
A landslide at Black Oak Ridge
a few miles from the city, covered
the track of the Knoxville & Ohio
road for several hundred yards
Trains cannot pass for three DAYS
Other slides and washouts are re
ported near the Kentucky Stat,
line, on the Knoxville & Ohio rail
road.
AT STARKVILLE, MISS.
StarkUitIe, Mss, April 23.-On,
of the most destructive cyclones tha
ever struck this country passed two
miles north of here, yesterday eve
ming, about 2 o'clock, blowing houses
all to pieces, killing negro woman
and child and also wounding severa
whites andsblacks, who will proba
bly, die. All the houses on DIR
Connell's and DIR. Montgomery
places were blown off. The corr
and fodder that was in the barnl
was blown entirely away. w. H
Curry's dwelling was blown off
leaving nothing but the floor. Sew
eral fine cows belonging to DIR
Montgomery were killed. Th,
wind striking one mile south of Alb
| erdeen at place called Freedman
Town, blowing away ten houses
there, killing ten negroes ant
wounding about thirty.
l. TALLADEGA, ALA.
Talladega, Ala, April 23-A
heavy rain and wind storm occur
red here last night, doing consider
able damage to the lowlands, blow
ing down and washing away a grea
number of fences. The north boun,
accommodation train on the Eas
Tennessee & Georgia railroad, du
here at l 20 last night, was precip
itated from the track down u higI
embankment, destroying total,
seven cars and an engine and injur
ing several passengers. No one
however, was seriously hurt. Mucl
damage was done to crops.
| BEAUREGARD AND WESSON,
MISS.
Ne'0 Orleans, April 9Th