The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-05-05

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details OF frightful gale which passed
over Wesson and the town of Beaure-
gard, one mile above there, about 4
o'clock Sunday afternoon, creating
Fightful havoc. Houses were blown
down, trees were uprooted, and the
scene which presents itself, now that
the storm has spent its force, is indie
scrlbabte. Many were killed outright
by the falling buildings ard were buried
II the Debris. Many more were injured
and will die from their wounds. In
Wesson 1t is known that thirteen per
sons are dead and the number will prob
ably be increased. Beauregard is sim
ply one mass of ruins. Its existence is
wiped cut. Not house is standing.
The number of killed and mortalIy
wounded there is about twenty five, and
ninety are wounded. Beauregard is a
small town i'll Capiah County, Mississip-
pj, on the Nav Orleans, st. Louis and
Chicago Railroad, 444 miles southwest
of Jackson, with population of about
5OO. Wesson is more important place
on the same road, one mile from
Beauregard. It is a sort of summer
resort for the people of New Orleans,
and has population of LOCO, and a
large cotton ard WOODEN factory, en-
ployipg 600 hands. Brick buildings
we're blown down, frame houses torn to
atoms and trees swept away like straWs.
Loaded freight-cars were lifted from the
track and carried 200 yards. Trees and
the timber from houses are scattered for
miles around. The town could not be
recognized. One gloomy, ghastly mass
OF desolatlou and destruction marks the
spot which was beautiful and flourish
ing little village. The cyclone came
from the northeast and WIS wide enough
in scope to cover the entire town of
Beauregard. From Beauregard it pass
ed IN a southwesterly direction, skirting
Lear part OF WessOD, destroying near
ly twenty houses there. The cyclone
lasted only about fifteen minutes, but
that short time seemed ages to those
who passed through the terrible ordeal.
The property loss in Beauregald is not
less than S250,0
The same storm, before reaching
Beauregard, struck Ti'tman Depot, on
the Natchez and Jackson Railroad, a
dwelling place, killing and wounding
several people. The storm proceeded in
northeasterly direction, destroying a
number of houses in Lawrence, on the
Nicksburg and Meridian Railroad; thence
to Aberdeen where the damage is not
stated.
A terrific gale from the northwest
struck West Point at about the same
time the cyclone visited Beauregald
and Wesson. 1t was accompanied by a
torrent Of rain and the largest hail ever
seen there. Fences and trees were pros
trated and considerable damage done
generally, but no lives were lost. On
the Natchez and Columbus Railroad the
town Of Iillman was destroyed and sew
eral persons killed and wounded. c.
the Vicksburg and Meridian Railrc
the town of Lawrence suffered terribly.
Reports from other places and from The
country show that the storm was wide
spread and destructive. Telegraph lines
We're blown down for miles.
The cyclone was terrific in southwest
Georgia, and attended with large loss Of
life and property. Not less than twenty
five deaths are reported, while the num-
ber of injured cannot be estimated.
1, e damage to railroads and telegraph
lines prevent the accumulation of de-
tails. In numbers of instances there is
an entire loss of farmhouses, residences,
cattle and produce.
DUNLAP, Harrison County, Ia, April
24.-The tornado first reached there
about $40 o'clock Saturday evening,
striking the earth about two and half
miles south on a knoll, and then dropped
on ]. L. Green's barn. There were six
teen cows III a row on one side of the
barn and three horses on the other.
The barn was torn all to pieces, and the
horses were blown thirty yards, but tnone
were killed. The floor was taken from
under the COWS and carried one hundred
yards, but all the COWS save one were
left standing. One COW was carried 100
feet, dashed TO the earth. and killed.
Mr.. Green's fine greenhouse was entire
ly carried away, together with 500
worth of plants. His ice-house wss
next taken, and not a vestige of it re-
mains, although the ceitself stands there
unmoved, with the sawdust over it. N
Green's wagons, buggies, reapers, sc
ers, plows, ETC., are scattered every
where. Nothing remains but his house.
Aihay-rack was thrown backward right
in the face of the tornado hundred
yards. A seeder in its track was left
unmoved, but tire from one Of its
wheels was carried quarter of mile.
The tornado then crossed a creek, carry
ing away the bridge and moving the
trees like weeds, tearing them out by
the roots and throwing them in piles.
Joseph Roskapf's house, which was Just
in the edge of the tornado's track, was
lifted up, turned around, caried about
thirty feet, and badly wrecked. One
entire end of the house is gone and
nearly all of the roof is blown away.
There were ten people IN the house, and
all are uniDjured. From there the tor
nado passed across the open fields,
sweeping the ground clean, crossed the
Chicago and North Western Railroad
track, about one and one-half miles
southwest, taking with 1t the telegraph
poles and wires. 1t then tore through
Boyer River, where it left the earth for
about two miles, and, coming down
again, struck the farm of G.. D. Troy,
carrying away the large house, barn,
corn-cribs, and verythIng. Mrs Troy
and her daughter escaped by taking
refugein the cellar. The tornado picked
up several hundred bushels of corn IN a
crib, and there is not a sign of the crib
nor of one grain of the corn anywhere.
The whiriwind soon afterward strucl-
the earth again four miles west. TIE
house of Henry Burres was carried COM
pletely away, with the exception os few
window-sills and piece of the Ioof. The
family took refuge IN a cave and escaped
unframed. There are many wild rumors
of damage and loss of life beyond, and
that several persons were killed farther
along the route of the terrible gisitant
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