Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-14
THE SOUTHERN CYCLONE.

AxkA 0VO
p,rt,cu,ar. of the Destruction Caused by
the Recent Terrible wind-Storm at the
South Over Two Hundred Persons
killed Outright and Thousands OF
Others Maimed-Whole Towns swep'
AOut of Existence.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 2l.-The cyclone
| which did such terrible damage to property,
and caused the loss of an as yet untold num-
Der of lives, formed in the .Chattahoochle
| Valley. near the Mexican Gulf, and then
| passed north. At one o'clock Tuesday 1t
first became known. Then it struck the
city of Columbus. The storm then divided
one branch running up the Alabama side
of the valley until it was DETECTED by the
Red Mountains, in which Birmingham
is located. Then it took an eastern course
and passed through Leeds, Lodima and OK
moor into Georgia, where it passed through
Cave Springs, Rome, and Barlow County
into Canton, and out of the State along the
foothills of the Blue Ridge. Fourteen per-
sons persisted at ,Lodima, six at Leeds,
eight at Cave Springs, and ten
along the line from Rome to Can
ton. Near Canton a terrible accident
happened. The crowded county school
was dismissed in order to allow the
pupils to reach home. About thirty OF them
took refuge in a building which was over
turned by the storm and ten of them man
storm went eastward from Columbus
through Talbot, Crawford, Bib, Jasper,
Hancock, Baldwin and Columbia, finding
exit through Edgefeld, S. G. In Bald
win, Hen. R. c. Humlin, candidate
for State Treasurer, was killed by
fiying timbers. Seven other persons
were also killed. An old couple over
eighty, ramed Mathews, tottered out
of the crumbling building and escaped. A
train on the Macon e. Augusta Road was
blown off the track, but no one was hurt.
AS nearly as can be gathered, two hundred
lives were lost in Georgia alone, five thou
sand buildings destroyed, and $1,000, 600
worth of property demolished.
The town Of Bradleys, S. G., was nearly
blown away. The wife of DR.. Ligon was
badly injured. At Ninety-six: S. c.. a house
was wrecked and a child killed. The resi-
dence of w. H. Slattworth, Edgefield Coun-
ty, S. c., was blown down and the ruins
taking fire, a little daughter persisted. The
clearinghouse of j. c. Hankinson and the
store of j. S. Boyd, at Jackson, S. c., were
blown down and three negroes killed. The
town of Millen was nearly destroyed. AT
d. d. Dickert's plantation, Newberry
County, one hundred acres OF origl-
nal forest were swept away. At
Matthews the Lutheran Church was blown
down and William IL Eller's residence was
carried off and he and his child seriously in
jured. All the plantations were badly
damaged. Several large fires were observed
in the track of the storm. Chappelrs sta
ton was swept away, not a house being
1,r4 nNl,, ,,,;f, o,J child Of (Nocrro ~
Reed were badly hurt. Mrs. Rosalie
Simpkins had all arm broken, and a
colored man had his skull crushed.
John S. Curry's residence was de-
stroyed, and he, his wife and his child hurt.
Mrs. David M. Dickerts had her skull tract
ured. G. M. Shufford, Postmaster Boze-
man, W.. Reed, and one or two Others were
in the. second story Of Reeds store. Shut
ford was killed; Bozeman had an arm and
a leg broken, and Reed all arm and a rb
broken. Eight loaded cars, standing on the
track, were carried forty yards and torn tt
pieces.
In the lower part of Clarendon County,
S. c., James Cubbage and Ben Baggett's
child were killed. In Darlington County
the dwelling Of r. w. Boyd was destroyed,
killed. The dwelling of Mr.. White, near
Darlington Court House, was blown down
and himself and wife killed, while Mrs. C
Edwards was seriously injured in the fal
of her house. Six persons are known to
have been killed in the county, and fifteen
wounded. The loss of property every
where is very great. Twenty-Five houses
all in the Philadelphia settlement-in Nortl
Carolina were leveled by the cyclone. Thu
bodies of three white men and eleven col
ored have been recovered. Search is bein!
made for the others believed to have beel
killed. At Pioneer Mills, Carrabus County
six houses were blown down and a colore'
woman killed. At Woodward's a negr
and his wife were killed. At Winnsbor
three negroes and an aged white lad,
Mrs. Sterling, were killed. Mrs. Sterling
son and daughter were blown from til
house into a tree. At Polkton the wife O
F. M. Gray was killed by the falling 0
their house. At Concord two brick house
were partly demolished. At Rockingham
the cyclone struck Oh the outskirts, destroy
ing fifteen houses, killing twenty-three pee
pie and wounding many more. Severa
colored people were also killed on the Pc
dee River. At Manley and Keyser the cy
clone destroyed everything. Near Lilling
ton, Harnet County, six persons wer
killed.
A destructive cyclone swept through tn
OdlldWUd valley Ill AldDduld lu6Sudy q
noon. So far as can now be learned eigl
persons were killed and thirteen injured
three of whom cannot live. The cyclon
struck Leeds about 80 p. H., and swer
away the section house Of the railroad, xii
ing jeff Ford, Dan Cloud and Bert Keitl
negroes, and seriously injuring an age
white couple, named Bass, living nea,
Three miles south of Leeds the house
John Poole was blown away, and a son o
seventeen, a daughter Of six and
child of a negro tenant of til
place were instantly killed. Poole, hi
wife and four children were all very badl
injured. The residences and premises c
DR.. w. F. Wright, a railroad contractor
were completely demolished. The body G
Mrs. j. S. Wright, DR.. Wright's mother
was found one hundred yards from tn
house, f%earfully mangled and with the sku
crushed. Annie, aged twenty, Jennie six
teen, Thomas eighteen, James fourteen, an
Edward twelve, all children of d
Wright, were badly injured
having their arms or legs broker
Harriet McCrew, cook for the Virgil
| family, was killed-half of her hea
being taken off. OF %twenty-four carts, tw
wagons and three horses on the place
nothing remains but the carcass of on
horse. The house occupied by NJ
Mclaughlin was blown away and ba wa