The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-05-26
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fm ihe hisi llIHe alnnH ~ settlement,
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lie sHt llHI dlAaslssaa eJfima wa an lnt
lseailallly, bui NE dslfis ~ wnthnI liun#s,
and ihe seafea n dead aud ding, wiirh
inaAe ilia eili oi nuuluns iadag, all,Al
the ialsIiy n ihe iheufy Yesterday wa
h,dahlt ellis tm thr sensu Men watn
llieli 0'rieuals MI day ltaK Tho morning
was bfleli and falf, With the wind blowing
freshly from ihe southeast As llie tlaY nj.
Fanc"i clouds otaeund the ahy and Tho aIf
gfew nioe rllllY ~ fmu the wiiItlIna
masses fell ~ tho eafth with nul4e that
can unly he compared h. The bnkliU and
finnbllng ~ million railroad trims. The
ftlEhlful sound continued fnf MI MIR, tlIan
tso minutes The frightened pcoplc crcpt
FINN ilIrlf eellan and hiding places tn hc.
hold the magnificent -pectarIeof the cyclnne
~ \ passed fram The land upon The waters
ot Lake Michigan, where II iwlfled aud
cfeaicd lnnumtrahie water spouts, some of
which formed spectaeics beautiful In the
extreme.
All the hollscs OH the west side of North
Main nurthof English street, afedemollshexl.
Most Of them are Of wool but one was q
largo brink huuSc, owned hy Mr. Fisher.
Fred falk's honse on English stt,sa was
eonipletely wrecked Many houa~ on North
wisconsin street were more " lcss damaged.
one house on High street. facing ensi, was
l4rked up afd appeared 30 float In the air
twenty feet above the earth, and when Il
aligliled II was IN q toletable state Of pres.
efNation, anl faced south. A barn on MII.
wnukee stIeet was lifted into the air and II
came down lndcfsl,e w. pfescnlInga sifanee
appearance Sidewalks IN the track of
ION ~ Dytlksse drgwn into the air, trees
were no more lhan feathers wuIu-, -
husye. The path " the meteorological
munster was literal seeiie uf ruin such ns
the eye IN I,acine never before dwclt nlsn.
| The clapboafis of houses appeal 90 have
been ground lnln spilnters. snn,e of which
had the dimensions 0f mere sliyen. -Four
teen persons wera Ia returas raioon, on
Douglas avenue, and though the twosiory
btirk building IN wlIirh " MAS lGated was
reduced 10 q n,eIs pile of bricks and mortar
no one was seriously injured. llearli's barn
was taken np Into the air, and after whirl.
Ing like ton alghisd Ia gph order on It's
| side. likr ship On her beams ms max
mills. iha vinegar inanufacinfy and the
brirk-yafls Of William lIaumans SHARES, the
common fate 0f destruction The rat of
I,etiroy'sbnke wins lifted on, and oll the
rame street, N. Clair, the cnpola " Father
Matthew Hall was iainagrd. THIS smoke
stack of the old sllyerplais works fell, and
the cafnire OF ~. Jossph's fati-lfai was
twisted of. The ro-f " Policeman
Giebrl's hmne fioaied away, and an
old, upocripled tmiement-house of George
liucher Is numbered among the things that
were. Telegraph poles were not respected,
and "a the wires are down communication
with outside points is difficult The 7:i0
train frum Chicago was delayed mile north
of tIie city by ilouse which had boan plfket
up by the cyclone aud deposlied sqnarely OIL
The scene among the dead, wounded and
Ss1s St SsafiI n Ib bsys sssig It NJ lh' Is oa many any
lnstanccs surviving relatives had lost aiI
seniblance of f,ssoii. Physicians were mt
numerous enough i0 give prompt assistaice,
and nnlnetous bleeding victims were rpllcsl
up IN blankets while anxious relatives ran ln
every direction 10 grtire medical aid. Tie
sufferers are "a a fiile ilie pour, and u, NJ u
has been charged. tins Weather classes were
noi present nj The sceiiss of disaster 10 do
| With llands aud Hifse all that bceomer iueiiI.
bcfS Of tito brotherhood Of humanity, u
slluiid ba remembered thai the night up 10
late honr was oI,s Threatening ~ The cx
ifeine.
A feature of the results Of the storm II
| that the houses IN general appear 30 have
exploded. 1ilose within the storm center
wers In vacuum, and the pressure Of the
air frym the inside acted "A Oh MI ex-
ploslse, hence ll,s debris lies IN and anpund
the foundations nearer the eirrnmfer-
enes. some few hosiss were lIftci
and carried bciiIy fm short distance,
and bem the occupants Jared bettrr
than those In the storm eenier. All the
phy sleians IN the city were called lnfa ssf-
Vice, and Responded nobly 10 the call for
help. Asfast A. they were extrieateui from
The debris the wounded were examined, and,
when their condition permitted. were
conveyed 10 ~ Lakes and 81 Mzry's hos
piials. Ths dead arr lying IN various parts
of the city with Guards mounted OVER them
The Inquest will b. held today and the
dead will nsrlse eosnmon funeral Sun
day.
The extent Of country irayersed By The
storm can MOI bs even guessed al here, but
u Il believed % hass struck this county first
nj Western Union Junction. II y also
feared that vessels on the lake may have
becn lost, sinrc no craft could have wealth
cred aeyclane u sueh power The list u
fatalities h necessarily incomplete At this
writing. and mzy be mIsfh enlarged by tho
Developments Of today.
Fully twenty-five people were killed and
A. many n une hundred injured. Oise hun
dred and my houses were demolished, and
had the eyclons struek near the business
center the damage would have been inealcu-
liable. Al Western Union Junction, sesen
mics uesi Of liasinr, many hsnzes WERE
ruined. One fatal injury Is at this time 70
pHted, that Of Mr.. Webbes, whose on Il
veil known among railroad men IN Racine.
Tbs kiIIed and wsandssi. - far ~ II h Il
present possible 70 obtain information, ars
as follows:
Near woIfs f,nrien. In Nonns pi~s.ant--
VI. a. sptsdsl. ~ ssd sws Fihs hrpasa. Mrs
sprsieL hst inssFnsIiy and limbs injurrdi
At~kssss 1srtsr-knte t<li<. seysnfy.ss
L tFGfH H1Hf HffH NttHEN 8ttst #t4N tfH=Ht*ts W.T.
badly injured Willie and John kastanlet,
eleven and thirteen years Old tifird lntia
stri u I'esrr Drsssri, as yrsr Old, killed.
Mrs. k.sianIeh probably fatally injured,
4 ieKs iniured. Nm rredrrick PAN. seriously
huff. Herman knel. bruised about The h<n9.
Mrs.. Hlhuse. hurt ah<,nt tbr bsvazt md eyee.
Frea fsih. sefieusIy hsrt sbout the 7 hes4 A s9d I.
the hend. Mall LAWN. internal injuries. .rEve
shiy fatal, Thrsa ssnsi ehlidrrp af frxd pm
infufrd. two fatally. Mrs. HArx twn chiklren.
yrfr serSuusIy injured. Mn. Mcror<ht. On
Hish furt. fsfaliy injured. kNte Ne
sarfhy, injured. but not sertousiy. Atguel
J kisner and wife fatally hurt, and bshy dea4
frnrtnreds Nrs Finunienn ard skfee chIt
sfsn n's, I. hsa,s s,afssgs G~,ss ~ ni- ri ~
broken ankIe. and her eon has Z r. bepten
A sifI named Harah. uofhfns a L11a. hnfly
bruised about the hend and fnce. ffxd -
mus. irs ard ssr< hnl1y bseiepd narue]
wiiiins and family III snvs1 terpee1vee u
rrsfInr into the cellar. encep@ ltll14 tpy ~
rfrl No trsces ~ tke fprI6ae ~ - fbeu1
Thr Eifi nAs blown tweA1I rpfa nnd l(Nonuel1
Killed. The house of y. kort1 voe kIqeu 4
pleeaa- hu korn - fnealD Irjusr4. NJ \
feeaped vifh hfuiare nku1t IN keod md o41y
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