The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-04-27

killed and several viii o people were
badly injured. Twelve persons wer.
killed ut Aberdeen aud fifty were IS
iously injured. Thcre was q great
loss Of property at L,wr,pcs but for.
'uuately no livos wero lost At Ne.
ridian the storm was severe but nj
particular damage done. AT Wes'
Point 1t vas very severe. T'o storm.
ragged over southern Georgia; Their.
were eight killed and Twenty-Five
wounded at Albany and two childre'
killed at Eastman and several dan.
gerously wounded. Eight were killed
at Americas. Eleven children vert
killed at Chattanooga, that city was
protected in great measure by tht
mountains.
The Time 6. Democrat ever ready t.
lend helping hand wherever there
: is distress, on hearing Of The fearfu
iiAtress in Beauregard sent o specia
train with a supply Of drugs and oil
hugs needed in such cases, q couple
Of physicians and $500 in money.
Ne L A Burke, manager Of The pm
per, was in New York when ho heard
Of the cyclone and Immediately tele.
,raphed his instructions to the pa
per.
flo body OF Mrs Cirter's Child,
eight months old, was found 500
ners from the house, 1t was -four
feet under the ruins Of Bigg's store
( It had not o stitch OF clothing on it's
body. Tho Top OF its head was gore
from the ears up; ono arm was sew.
cred, aud is les was broken IN half
l,zen placas.
The following is q list Of business
,ouses destroyed: Lee .. B.idcwell
astorc oc,uried by f. Living. dty
4 goods; A. Cotton, confectionery !;
Jesse Parker, store house; j. l.
Crawford, saloon; J. j. C.son, store
occupied by II. Moody; Thompson
az Co; M. Daniel & Go. Z. f..
1Piercs' A. & Pierce; Bloom & Co
lruss.s'u; Biggs, family grocery !;
G, orgc Holloway, saloon! Polk Fer
yurson, grocery; Jim Cas-, saloon;
variety works Of Capt. j. F. White
blacksmith shop OF Oliver & Storey i
! The mayors Office. Jail aud Masoni
Hal were also de'troyed.
The homes OF the following uamod
we're blown down and destroyed:
Mrs f D B,ntou. B F Jones. WI
! N Hudnal, H Nicols, j + White.
: Mrs lulser, s D Storey, W Sto-
rey, r Heating, l. Damn, II II
Garter. A Westerfeld, D NJ Ms.
Raiuey, Claiborne Night. Ja:ob Mey
ora, DR.. J NJ Benton, A Z B,br
I J F Weataersby. ] J Jones. G G|
Holloway, Mrs Bstoe, o w Diver
i E f Pierce. DE- A G Pierce; r j
Morse, Mrs Mary Hooker, P Fer.
,trson, in r 81. Mrs f j Tsr
4rsll, "A Lampkin, DR. L Jones,
1 + NJ Thomas, ] A Williams. Mr.,
NJ Eldridge, Mrs VIM Parker, Mrs
. II Moore, NJ A ] Dunbar, A j Lrsk,
J Ea,'erl.ng. Cola King, Struff Mil.
err, John P II .mbcrt, Daniel i Rob.
inson,
Mrs. Drane is suffering from con-
A used wounds.
Mrs. Lewis is in tho Same coldi-
ton.
Miss Walker, who has been blind
tor yesr' and the organist OF the
Baptist Church here, has the scall
orn up over her entire Uranium.
Ms. Hurst has hor back broken.
! Mrs. Ksatins n lady IS years old.
is frigb,fully wounded. Her husband
vas killed in Beaurega-d. Your cor.
respondent assisted 10 putting bis
Oody 10 . wagon for removal to Yves.
son.
Mrs. Hughes has lacerated wounds
sbou. the head. H,r daughter is
badly hurt.
Mrs Mary Shields and two Ii To
sisters have serious wounds about
he lower limbs.
Mrs J,hn p Rembert, wife 9th.
depot agent atBsauregard, Las som'
serious injuries abou. the body. 1t II
regarded rs a mystery why the occu'
! pants of this building were not kill
! I'D outright, as the house fell npo'
: the family. They wero taken out oil.
i've.
There are about one hundred and
|fEy wounded hero. aad twenty fiv
are seriously, II not fatally, injured.
The greatest trouble 10 about over
md the excitement will subside here
|in q few DAYS.
p,ny's NARROW ESCAPE.