The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-02-28

known to be killed in the county and fifteen
wounded.
Serious loss of life and property is re-
ported in the vicinity of Williamsl urg
County. The loss of property everywhere
was great.
DTRMINGHAsf, ALA, Feb. %.
A cyclone swept through l'ohaha Valley
yesterday at noon. 1t IS reported that thlT-
teen are injured in one community. -e r
At Leeds the cyclone swept away the
section house of the railroad, killing three
negroes An old white couple named Bass
were seriously injured.
Three miles south of Leeds the house of
John Poole was blown-avEax..- A son and
daughter and child of tenant were in
stantly killed, and Poole, wife and four
children very badly injured
The residence and premises of DIR. w T..
Wright, railroad contractor, were demol-
ished. The body of DR.. Wright's mother
was found hundred yards from the honse
fearfully mangled, Annie, Jennie, Thomas,
James and Edward, children of DR.. Wright,
have arms or legs broken.
Harriet McGrew, cook, was killed. or
twenty-four CARTS two wagons and three
horses on the place, nothing remained but
the carcass OF one horse.
The house occupied by Mr.. Mclaughlin
was blown away; Mclaughlin was badly
hurt. A Reighbor, J. Z. Lqndrum, wife
and daughter, all had legs broken.
The house of a man named Kerr took fire
and was blown away. Mrs. Kerr was IA
tally injured. The railroad. for several
hundred yards is thickly strewn with de-
Later intelligence but adds to the horror
of the awful story. VIM. WesSon, aged
fourteen, near Kerr's sGaps was killed.
was killed. Miles of forest in Cahaba Val
ley wereleNsfled by the-stoEm. The bodies
of strange cows we're found around Leeds.
In many places the ground is. clear Of
stone as if carefully swept. Stumps and
trees bear the marks of flying rocks. There
is absolutely nothing to indicate where DR..
Wright's residence and Out-hOuses stood.
John Poole died of injuries at Leeds. Many
wires are down.
AUGUSTA, Ga. Feb 20.
Yesterdays storm was the severest since
the cyclone of 1870. In Hancock County
the storm overturned out-houses and un-
rooted houses. The stables of David Dick
son were DESTROYED bV lightning. In Co
lumbia County the barn and stables of j..
V. Ballard were blown down and three
horses killed. The plantation of Geo. Gra-
made ruined; houses demolished and
timber carried off. On the plantation of
DR.. Rees a negro was killed. Mrs. II. M.
Wade, wife of the overseer, was seriously
wounded. The gin-house of John A, Faw-
cett was demolished.
The town Of Bradley, S. c., was nearly
blown away. The residence of DR.. Ligon
was blown down and his wife badly in
jured.
At Ninety Six, s. c., ahouse was wrecked
The residence Of w. H. slattworth, in
EdgefieId County, was blown down, the
ruins took fire and his little daughter per-
ished. -a .s
The house of J. c. Hankinson and tho
store of J. S. Boyd, at Jackson, S. c., were
blown down. and three negroes killed.
The town Of Miller was nearly destroyed.
Trains are inpeded, the wires down and
the mails Irregular.
CHARLOTTE, N. c., Feb. 20.
Twenty-Five houses in Philadelphia set
Element were leveled by the cyclone. The
H.
ored were recovered. Search is heing
made for others believed to have been
killed.
houses were blown down and colored wo-
man killed.
AT Woodward's negro and his wife
were killed.
At Winnsboro three negroes and an aged
white lady, Mrs. Sterling, were killed. Mrs.
Sterling's son and daughter were blown
from the house into tree.
At Polkton, n. c., the wife of T. M. Gray
was killed by falling house.
At Concord two brick residences were
partly demolished.
Fifty thousand dollars damage was done
''l'' NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 20,
Clarksville, Tenn, was visited yesterday
by TWO destructive cyclones, about two
hours apart. They swept through the cen
tral part of the city, leveilings many houses
and doing serious damage to hundreds of
buildings. Two churches were nearly
blown down; two towers taken Off the
Courthouse; one end was blown out of the
Franklin Hotel and much other. destruction
was done. Many persons were seriously
injured in falling houses, but none killed
outright. The roof of the Chronicle Office,
TafteTs and all, was lifted up and carried
over Elders' Opera-house and driven
through another house two blocks beyond.
The damage will be very large. Every
telephone and telegraph wire was. prostraC-
ed and trains delayed.
WtLNuNGTON, n. C., Feb 20.
special to the St1r says: At Hooking
ham the cyclone struck the village on the
outski ts, destroying fifteen houses, killing
twenty .thre1 people and wounding many
more. Several colored people were also
killed on PGdee River.
At Manly and Keyser the cyclone de-
stTOyed everything.
Near Ellington, Harnett County, six per-
sons were killed.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20.
A Times-DeD20crat Talladega tAla.)
special says: A destructive cyclone yes
terday passed through the suburbsof Gave
Springs, Gas killing five men and severely
injuring others. The cyclone was about
quarter of a mile wide, and swept down
houses and everything in its path. The
damage was great. In.the eastern portions
of Clinton Parish, Louisiana, trees and
fences for miles we're blown down, and
Sam Hyams, colored, was killed.
MACON, GA, Feb. 20.
This city was visited yesterday afternoon
and night by tremendous storms. There
are THmors Of death and destruction in the
surrounding counties. An Atlanta tele-
gram reports fifty killed north OF that city.
A special from Columbus reports several
killed and wounded.
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