Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-04-24
A CYCLONE IN MISSISSIPPI
VIGOROUS CRITICISM OF A
SH o w.
HEAVY STORM IN THE
WEST.
BUTLER AS A BOUNCER.

full cyclone passed over W essOn and th'
town Of Beauregard, a mile above
about 4 O'clock yesterday afternoon
The Wind for the past three days hal
been blowing gale, and the lowering
clouds indicated its approach, which
WAS known sume minutes in advance by
deep rumbiing sounds, windows Ill
dwellings shaking violently. Many
thou ght il was an earthquake. The thun'
der and hghtuingtIwere terrific, fences
were torn Down aud trees uprooted aud
cast a hundred yards away. IL the
west pnr,ion OF the town tine de'truc-
lion was awful in its character.
large number of houses, in
! which operatives Of the Missi sippl
mills were j .mrciled, wer. blown down
and the dead ani wounded buried b..
Meath the ruins. A pine forest just
beyond the iowa was blown out of tx
| ,stence. TIE work of removing he
dead and extricatiBg the w.uuded from
the RUNS theu began. Gavin Reed, lIv-
| ing in the vicinity, died from excitem. Mt
! The estimated number OF killed is II;
| CWo or three children are missing. There
were eighteen or twenty dwellings
| blown down. Tne number of people
with broken limbs Is estimated by
sne physicians at seventy-tVe. The
| wounded were removed IS fast
az possible to houses which escaped
\ lnjury. Several Of the dead lay
Ut IN tns violent rain more
tnan au hour after the storm. The
dead are now all laid on: and fiji s
| are being made for them. The citizens
are d.ing all In their power Tor the
| wounded, but many 1t Is feared vii
die. A special train with phy>iclaus
from McCamb Cry aud Ec1okhAven
has arrived. Another extra special
,,lll be here va h additional help from
NJ ,gholi. aud Summit.
SINE Of the physicians VIII go to
& luregara, where the destructIun ii
lie and property Is said TO be simply
iuir. cri ba bic.
Amnng the killed in Wesson are
Mrs Csu,ley and two children, AID
several childr-n of J. Z. Chosen, one Of
whom was found crashed under tn.
Chimney. Two of the bodies were So
uangei as TO be unrec oguiZ4be. Tn
usmss of the others could not be ob-
tained. A little b V was found ID tn
woods several hundred yards away un-
hurt.
Wesson. except in the locality men
toned, sutferet little except III the de-
structi n of fences and trees. The
scene is appalling In B .suregard. Tn
town is lit rally q mass OF ruins, aud
it is With difficult, one Can ride through,
50 thick!y are the trees and Rubbish
stresn across the ro I'd. There j. moth
Ing OF airy character left standing III
the place. Tinb-rs are scattered Tor
miles ar und. Even out in the country
tor two or three miles dwellings have
been swept away.
The list OF dead and wounded is:
John Ross. mHrtally; Isaac Bloom,
s-rinu-ly; NJ. M. Daniels, m"r,all,;
Mr.. Trumbull of Brpokhaveu, italy
Captain L.mpkins, wife and child, all
d-ad; George Holloway, morsaily;
Mrs. Holloway, leg broken;
Wilcox, both arms broken aud
Ferguson and family tIpcluding ten
person>}, dangerously wounded: Al
bert G. Price and child, mortality
sheir house fell on them; j. 0. VIII
h.ns, killed.
THIRTY SIX KILLED.
JACKSON, Ms, April 23.-Reports
Of destruction by the cyclone are com
ing in. At Wessnn Is were killed and
80 wounded at Eesursgard 23 killed
and 80 wounded. In Nesson q houses
were destroyed. Beauregsrd Is entire
ly swept away.
HELENA. Mont, April 22.-Infor-
nation having reached Fort Assiua-
boine that stock had been stolen by
raidipg party Of British Crees from the
vicinity OF the Teton, about twenty
eight miles from Fort Benton, troop
oil the Second Cavalry, under the COM
mand OF Captain Norwood, Was ordered
by me commanding officer at Fort
Assina b. in, on the evening of the ISL
70 proceed to the boundary line aud
attempt to inter cept the raiders. The
troop left the pos. at 4 O'Clock P. NJ. Of
the same day, ard travelled during the
entire night. Ga Thursday, the l9sh,
sergeant Of the tro' p, with 1udiau
scouts, who were 10 advance Of the maiu
Column. come scrcss q parry OF Crees
in poss, ssiun OF the stolea stock, ne .r
the eastern end of Wnise Horse lake,
atSwees grass hills. The Crees depi"yed
and opered fire upon the party. The
leader of the Crees, in attempting to
cross where the Sergeant had taken "a
posi- i'm with his scouts, was kill, BY
the Sergeant. Captain Norwood, upon
hearing the firing, hurried with his
command to the scene # the fight. and,
d-ploying his force, commenced to dis
ioige the I1dians. One more Cree was
killed. after which the Indians He'd and
escaped across the lin. The stolen
stock stampeded during the fight and
were not recovered.
General Rngar has established Sum-
mer camp of five co,npauie- in The Sweet.
grass HILLS, aud if the Crees come over
the line again they will doubtless be
treated as hostiles. This British Indians
have been annoying the settlers consid-
-rably of late by stealing stock. There
will be lively work on the border if
they cross again,
WILMINGTON, N. c., April 23-A
special from DIVER states that O'Brien's
circus was on Saturday attacked by a