Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-24
Every Obstacle In the Path
Picked Up and Torn Into
Fragments.
Houses. Trees and Fences
Crushed and Carried from
One County to Another.
The Loss Of Life Appalling and
the Number Of Injured
Countless.
Some Tall Stories Of tho Freaks of
the Wind.


Special Dispatch to THB Bee.
WEssoN, Miss April %. "A fright
full o. clone passed over Wesson and
the town of Beauregard. mile above,
about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
wind for the past three days has been
blowing gale and lowering clouds
indicated storm. Its approach was
known for some minutes by deep
rumbling sounds. Windows In dwell.
lings were shaken with violence which
many thought an earthquake. The
thunder roared and lightning flashed
with alarming force and vividness.
Fences were torn down, trees uproot-
ed and cast hundreds Of
yards away. East Of the rail.
road, In Wesson, the damage
WAS light, but in the western portion
of the town the destruction was awful
In It's character. As soon as the storm
had somewhat abated and the people
began to look about, the loud peals Of
church bells rang out and people were
seen running from all directions
toward West Wesson. The rain In
the meantime was pouring In torrents.
Reaching Peach Orchard street, Oil
indescribable scene was witnessed.
That street was lined with Q large
number of houses, In which the opera
tives of the Mississippi mills are domi
ciled, and here the greatest destruc
tion occurred. People were seen or
all sides sobblng, and the groans o1
the wounded beneath the ruins were
perfectly appalling. Dwellings had
been torn to atoms. The pine forest
Just beyond was blown out of exist.
ence.
The work of removing the dead anc
extracting the wounded from the
ruins then begun. Calvin Reed, liv.
Ing In the vicinity, died from excite
ment. Doctors Sexton, Rsass ant
Butler were soon upon the scene and
did all In their power to relieve the
suffsrings of the wounded. The es'
timated number killed is twelve. Two
or three children are also missing ant
one hundred and fifty or two hundred
dwellings were blown. The number
of people with broken limbs is esti
mated by the physioians at seventy
Eve. The wounded were removed n
fast a. possible to the houses which
escaped injury. Several of the deat
lay out In the violent rain for NOR,
than an hour after the storm
The dead are now laid on
and cofiins are being made fo
them. The mills did not ruu to-day
Citizens are doing all In their power
for the wounded, but many, 1t
feared, will die. A special train, Will
physicians from MoComb City AM
Brooklyn, arrived last evening at
O'Clock. Another extra special will b
here with additional help from Mag
nolia aud Summit. Some of thes
physiclans 60 to Bsauregard, wher
the destruction to life and property l
simply indescribable. Among tn
killed In Wesson are Mrs. Causty an,
two children, and several children O
j. E. Gibson. Two persons were 9
mangled as to be nnreoognizable, an
several others, whose names could no
be obtained In the confusion. A littl
boy was found In the woods, ssvera
hundred yards away, unhurt.
Wesson, except In the locality men
toned, suffered little except from
general destruction of fences an
trees. The dead will bs buried to
morrow.
Beauregard was visited last even
Ing. 1t is only q mile above here an
lay In the direct path of the Cyclone
The scene Is absolutely appalling; tn
little town Is no more. 1t Ia in trut
Q mass of ruins and 1t is with difficul
ty one can ride through, 30 thickl
are the trees strewn across the roadt
There Ia not a house of any ohsracse
standing In the place. Two brio
stories Of Thompson & Go. and N
Daniel & Co., the largest OF the plaot
were swept away. Even out In tn
country two and Q half miles dwelling
were swept away. The list Of dea
and wounded Is ssfollows: John Rosl
mortally wounded; young Milto
Story, killed; Morgan James, mortal
ly wounded; Isaac Bloom, seriously
William Daniels, mortally; Mr.. Turr
bull, of Brook Haven, fatally; Cap
Lambkips, wife and child, all deaf
George Holloway, mortally wounded
Mrs. Holloway, leg broken; Wilcol
both arms broken; A. j. Fsrguso
and family, including ten person
dangerously wounded; DR.. A
bert G.. Pierce and chill
mortally wounded, their heul
falling on them; j. o. Williams kille'
Besuregard is small town In O.
piah county, Miss on the New o
leaus, ST.. Louis & Chicago railroa
A miles southwest Of Jackson, VII
population of 400 to 500. Wessc
Is a more important place on the san
road, one mile from Besuregard.
IL q sort Of summer resort for peop
from New Orleans and has popul
ton of 1,600 and Q large cotton ar
wooden factory employing GOO hand
BEAURIGARD WIPED OUT,
A special from Beauregard, Mis-
states thst the cyclone Gar
from the northeast, aud was Wide O
ough In scope to cover the entire oi
Of Bsauregard. From Bsursgard
passed In Q southwssterly dirsotio
skirtine the rear part Of Wssson, n
dsstyoyina usAsly 20 housss. r