Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-04-23
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TOWNS WRECKED BY ACYCLONE
FRlGHfFUL DISASTER IN MISSISSIPPI
SO PEOPLE KILLED; $50 WOUNDED.
[E IRISH REvOLUTIONISTS,
SOLDIERS GUARDING WINDSOR CASTLE.
A FIGHT WITH INDIANS FROM CANADA
FRIGHTFUL CYCLONE IN MgSSIS-
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\ Many Persons Killed and Wounded.
NEW ORLKANs, April ga PicdpIne wesson,
Miss, special says: A cyclone struck Beauregard
and this place last evening. Beauregard is totally
| wrecked. Many persons were killed and wounded.
The depot was blown across the track. Twenty
f1ye houses were blown down here, killing fifteen
persons and woundlng good many.
Detailed Account OF the Disaster
| TWELVE PEOPLE KILLED; SEVERAL CHILDREN MISS
ING; 7e PEOPLE WOUNDED; 200 HOUSES BLOWN
DOWN.
NEW ORLEANS. April 23.-The Times Democrat
Wesson, Miss, special says that a frlghtful cy-
clone passed over Wesson and the town OF Beaure-
| gard, mile above about four 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 min
dwellings shaking with Violence, and many people
der roared and lightning flashed with alarm
torn torn down. trees which had stood
storms for years were uprooted and cast hundred
damage was Jig but in Wesson a portion OF
| the town is In destruction. 1t was awful In its
character. As soon as the storm had somewhat
abated and the people began 10 look about, loud
peals OF church bells were rung out People were
seen running In all directions toward west
messon; the rain, meantime, was pouring In tor
rents. Reaching Beach orchard street
AN INDEsCRIBABLE SCENE
was witnessed. This street is lined with large
number OF houses in which the operatives of the
Mississippi mills domiciled, and here the
greatest destruction occurred. People were seen
! on all sides sobbing. and the groans OF the
wounded beneath the ruins were perfectly appali-
Ing. Dwelling were torn to atoms. The pine
forest, Just beyond, was blown out of existence.
The work OF removing the dead and eXtrlcatng
| the wounded from the ruins has begun.
Calvin Reed, living Ia the vicinity. died from
element Drs Sexton, Rease, and Butler were
soon upon the scene and did all I'm their power to
relieve the suffering OF the wounded. 1t is esti-
mated that the number OF killed Is twelve. Two
| or three children are missing. One hundred and
nifty or two hundred dwellings are blown down.
Inc number OF people with broken limbs is esti-
mated by the physicians at seyenty-five The
wounded were removed as fast as possible io The
houses Which escaped injury. Several dead lay
out IN the violent rain for more than hour after
the storm. The dead are now all laid out and cof-
llns are being made for them. The mills will not
run today.
MEASURES OF RELIEF
The citizens are doing all In their power for the
wounded, many o; whom, 1T is feared, will die A
special train, with physicians from McComb City
and Brookhaven, has arrived. Another extra spe-
cial train will be here with additional help from
Magnolia and Summit. Some OF these physicians
VIII go to Beauregard. where the destruction to
LIE and property is simply 1ndescribable.
Among tRe Killed In Wesson are Mrs Causty
and two children: several children OF j. E. Gibson
one OF whom was found crus shed under a chimney;
two persons were so mangled as TO be unrecogniz-
be obtained In the confusion. little boy was
found In the woods several hundred yards away
unnuEt. NeSS0n, except In the locality men,
TONED, suffered little except general destruc-
t1on OF fences and trees Tie dead Will be buried
tomorrow.
THE VILLAGE OF BEAUREGARD A MASS OF RUINS.
Beauregard was visited last evening. 1t only
a mile above here, and lay In the direct path OF
the cyclone. The scene is absolutely appalling
Beauregard is no more. 1t is In truth mass OF
ruins. 1t is with difficulty that one can ride
through, so thckly the trees strewn across the
road. There is not house OF any character stand.
Ing In the place. Two brick stores OF Thompson
Co, ami nj. Daniel Co, the
largest in the place, are swept away.
Timber is scattered for miles around
Even out in the country two and a-halr miles
dwellings were swept away. The list or the dead
and wounded is: John Ross, mortally; Young
Milton Story; killed; Morgan James, mortally;
Isaac Bloan. seriously; NJ. N. Daniels, mortally;
Turnbuli, OF Brookhaven. fatally: Capt Lampkin,
wife and child, all dead; Geo. Hollway, mortaIly:
Mrs. Hallway, leg broken; Mr.. Wilcox, both arms
broken; A. j. Ferguson and family, including ten
persons, dangerously wounded; Mr.. Charles Lane
mortally; DR.. Albert G. Pierce and Child, NOR.
tally; their house fell on them; j. O. Williams
killed The depot Was swept, and not sign OF 1t
now remains.
LateE-Thirty.Six People Killed and
1SO Wounded.
JACKSON, Miss, April 2a-Reports OF the de-
struction by the cyclone are coming in. At Wes-
son 13 persons were killed. 80 wounded g houses
destroyed. At Beauregard % persons were killed.
80 wounded, and the town entirely swept away
The suffering is very great, and assistance is
needed On the NatcheZ and Columbus railroad
the town OF Tillman was destroyed, and several
persons killed and wounded. on the Vicksburg
and Meridian railroad the town OF Lawrence sui.
fered terribly. The repOrtS from other p,aceS and