Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-24

an earthquake. Iheni thunder, lightning,
wind and rain came with terrific force.
sweeping everything in their path. In
the western part of Wesson fences were
torn down, trees that had stood storms for
ages were uprooted and hurled many yards;
houses where the operatives of the Missis
sippi mills were domiciled, were demol-
lshed, and pine forest adjacent to the
town blown out of existence. At this hour
thirteen are known to be killed, and the
wounded are estimated at seventy-five.
Several are missing and fifteen or twenty
dwellings, are blown down. The eastern
portion is not much damaged. Among
the killed aud wounded in Wesson are:
Mrs. Oausey; two children of j. f. Gibson,
one of whom was found crushed under a
chimney; two persons, so mangled az not
to be recognizable, and other names not
ascertained. One little boy was found in
the woods, who had been blown several
hundred yards unhurt.
Beauregard, mile north of Wesson, has
about GOO inhabitants, and was entirely
swept away. The destruction to life and
property is indescribable and appalling,
not house of any kind being left stand
down, frame houses torn to atoms, trees
swept away like straws and loaded freight
cars lifted from the track and carried two
hundred yards. Trees and timber from
the houses are scattered for miles around
The town could not be recognized. One
gloomy, CHASTITY mass of desolation and
destruction marks the spot of what was
once a beautiful and fourishing little
village.
The killed. as far as ascertained, are
Milton Story: DR.. Beatton and wife; Capt
Lampizim, wife and child; j. O. Williams;
DR.. Luther Jones' entire family of SIX,
whose bodies were found 800 yards from
their residence, and al near each other,
except one child not yet found; Miss
Georgia Mitchell; Rev. j. Green, of Crystal
Springs; Mr.. Heating, of Wesson; Miss
Lula Benton; John Terrell; Mr.. Loudefer,
whose wife cannot be found; Willie White,
son of F. J. White, and three negroes,
names unknown. A party of several ne
groes, who were playing cards in box-car
which was standing in a cut as
deep as the car was high,
were carried, Car and all, over two-story
house 200 yards into the woods.
The wounded are: John Ross, mortally,
and his wife, it is feared mortally; Morgan
Jayner, mortalIy; Mrs. Westerfeld, NOR
tally; Isaac Bloom, seriously; a son of M.
Daniels is dying; NJ. Daniels is badly hurt;
Mr.. Trumbull, visiting from Brook Haven,
mortally; John Hollaway, mortally, and
his wife had a leg broken; Mr.. Will
COX, telegraph operator, both arms
broken; A. j. Ferguson and fam
lily of ten in number, all
fearfully injured; DR.. Albert q. Pierce,
wife and child mortally; Henry Clay, seri-
ously; Mr.. Levisor, seriously; Charles Ed
ridge, badly; a nurse in Sam'l. Lownder's
family from New Orleans, mortally; Chas.
Lane, mortally; E. T. Robertson, both
eyes; Miss Ruth Higden, mortally and
both eyes out; Miss Cato, arm broken;
Hamilton Moody and wife, badly, the for
| mer is speechless and cannot live; Miss
Jennie Benton, mortally; Miss Benton;
seriously. The mayor and all his family
are hurt, and mot a vestige of their house
remains; J. F. White and wife are
terribly bruised; L. Dunn and
wife, mortally, and were found in
the furnace OF variety works, 200 yards
| from their residence; William Parker, wife
and child, mortally; Mrs. Pitts, seriously;
and Mrs. Polk Ferguson, badly. The
variety works were leveled, and the prop
erty loss in Beauregard is not less than
| $250,000.
| The same storm, before reaching Beau
regard, struck Tillman depot on the
| Natchez & Jackson railroad, and dwelling
place, killing Mr.. Baggett, and wounding
Calvin Phillips, Miss Covington aud Mrs
Baggett. The storm proceededin north
easterly direction, destroying a number OF
houses in Lawrence, on the Vicksburg
Meridian railroad, and thence to Aberdeen
| where the damage is not stated.
This was an unlucky day, sure, for oul
people, as on the last 22d of April Monti.
cello was destroyed exactly at the same
hour.
| The citizens of jackson held a meeting
this afternoon and appropriated $465 fol
the relief of the sufferers.
REVISED LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED.
JACKSON, Miss, April 23.-The mos
violent and destructive storm known il
this section passed over the towns of Till
man, Beauregard, Wesson and Lawrence
last evening at o'clock. The most
distressing accounts are received. The
following list of killed and wounded is re
garded as reliable:
At Tillman, Miss: Baggett killed ant
Calvin Phillips, Miss Covington and Mis-
Baggett, slightly injured. The town is in
ruins, and property of all kind in tn,
vicinity is greatly damaged.
Beauregard is a perfect wreck. NJ
house has escaped. The killed are Mil
ton Story, Mrs. Benton, Capt. Lamkin
wife and child, J. O. Williams, DR.. Luther
Jones and family, six in number; Mis-
George Mitchell, Rev. J. Green of Crysta
Springs; Mr.. Heating of Wesson; Mis-
Lulu Benton, Jno. Terrell, Mr.. Sandife
and wife and Willie White and thre
negroes. The wounded, some fatally, ere
John Ross and wife, Morgan Jaynes, Mrs
Westerfeld, Isaac Bloom, Daniels and son
Turnbull of Brookhaven, Jno. HOLLOWAY
and wife of Wilcox; A. ]. Ferguson an,
family, numbering ten; DR.. Pierce, wifi
and child, Henry Clay of Levison; Cha:
Eldridge, Chas. Lane, E. t. Robertson
Miss Ruth Higden, Miss Gala Hamilton
Moody and wife, Jennie Belton, Mrs. Ben
ton, j. F. White and wife, L. Dunn an
wife, VIM. Parker, wife and child, Mr.
Peels and Mrs. Ferguson.
; The names of the killed and wounded a
/ Wesson are not known here, but they ar
t chiefly mill operatives. Wesson escape