Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-24
cyclone lasted only al b/ '7tes,
but that short time seeme~ ~sNL.

CEhbu VI uOu5oo, pohis VI suuuovAS ~uN
glare Of lightning, mingled with the
screams OF women and the vail
Of children, curdled tho blood
and caused the stoutest hearts
to stand still In wondering
ave., and then whom the wind and
rain and thunder had ceased their
tumult and the fash Of lightning
ceased, the moan and groans of the
dying and severely wounded succeed.
cd. A pail Of mourning envelopes the
town, and dark clouds Of sorrow
hover over almost every habitation.
Wives are husbandless, children
motherlees and fatherless, and mothers
and fathers ohlldless, make q picture
of grief unrelieved by color.
H AwEUL RUIN.
JACKSON, Miss, April 90 Reports
of the destruction by the cyclone are
coming In at Wesson. Thirteen were
killed and 60 wounded. At Beaure.
gard 90 we're killed and 80 wounded,
Twenty-seven houses In Wesson were
destroyed. On the Matches & Column
bus railroad the town of Tillman was
destroyed, aud several persons killed
and wounded. Ga the Vicksburg &
Meridian railroad the town of Law
rence suffered terribly. Reports from
other places and the country show the
storm was widespread and destructive.
Telegraph lines were blown down for
miles.
WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION.
NEW ORLEANS, April % The
Tlmes.D Democrat West Point special
says: A terrific gale from the nerth.
west ntruck the town yesterday, &C.
compsnied by torrents of rain and the
largest hail ever seen here. The
court house, lawyers row, Central
hotel, Cotton exchange Office, Olympic
saloon, Henry House, w. A. Bibbs'
store end Flanagan hall were unroofed
and materially damaged. The barber
shop was partially blown down and
fences and trees uprooted and consld'
cradle damage done generally. Nc
lives were lost.
THE WRECK OF COUNTRY TOWNS.
New ORLEANS, April 20. - The
Times Columbus (Miss.) special say
the cyclone passed eight miles north
of there near Tibet station on thu
Mobile & Ohio railroad damaging
houses and fences. Charles Jourdar
was wounded.
At Cooks plantation, Blgbee river,
nearly every house was demolished.
Crossing the river. fourteen houses
were destroyed on Days Hutchlnson'i
| plantation, but no lives lost.
At Caledonia, twelve miles north OF
Columbus, the storm seems to have
concentrated Its fury. Every fence
for miles was blown away, and trees
we're torn down and carried before the
winds like chat. Jack Stephenson,
and estimable young man, while bend,
Ing over his wife to allay her fears,
was struck on the head by a falling
beam and instantly killed. Mrs,
Kalb Was dangerously wounded; also
Mrs. Oden.
At Aberdeen, Miss, the cyclone
passed over that portion OF the city
known a. "Freedman's town." de-
stroying much property, and cattle,
Eight or ten lives were lost, and about
fifty persons injured, mostly negroes,
some of whom will probably die. The
storm track was about three hundred
yards wide, aud Its direction south
west to northwest.
The storm passed within n mile o.
Storkville, going In . northeastern
direction. The destruction of property
was appalling but the loss of life wa
comparatively small. Dwellings
gin houses and barns we're swept away
In every instance and scattered before
the wind. Reports Of destruction ant
distress are coming In, Five lives ar
lost In that neighborhood. At tn
oolored church a negro WA taken III
aud when last seer was high In the al
wildly beating the air as If seeking
something to stay his progress.
The cyolose passed through abou!
one mile East of Red Lick, Mississippi
Some loss of life and great damage
was done to property. The track o
the storm was two hundred yard
vide. Everything In the track wa
swept away dwellings, cabins, tree
fences, cattle, etc. On Ross Place,
mile from here the storm blew do vi
houses and fences, killing q oolore'
child and injurlD4 several persons
Bat one house remains standing. o.
Killingsworth plantation a great man,
cabins we're blown dowa. Muol
damage was done crops and fences
In one cabin there were five peopl,
who say the wall and roof of tn
house were lifted up and carried ava,
leaving the people standing unhurt o.
the floor.
DAMAGE IN TENNESSEE.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenu., April So
Fully $l0,0 600 damage was done thi
city by the storm last night. TIL
depot aud many dwellings and store
we're u~nroofed, trees were uproote'
aud fences blown down. RAPPORT
from the surrounding country sho,
that the storm 10 have bee
very destructive. The wires ar
down and particulars hard to obtain
THE TRIP THROUGH GEORGIA.
AUGUSTA, April 20 "A special
The Chronicle says u destructive cy
: clone passed along the Athens branc
of the Georgia railaoad last nigh
Two dwellings near Woodvllle al
Lexington were blown down.
:. READING BY LIGHTNING.
ATLANTA, April % -The Constitu
tion specials report the passage of
. cyclone through the lower part ,
. Georgia with destructive results; ais
very general Winds and heavy rair
, all over the state. The lightning WI
b continuous and KEEP. the night lit .