Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-21

as known. AT u. X. Aliens six houses
were blown down and three negro children
were badly hurt. r. A. Aliens negro
quarters were blown down and burned.
At DR.. Bostick's everything was blown
completely away. The Doctor, his wife and
three children were injured, the Doctor
seriously. Not even a mOuthful to eat
was left. j. j. Gresham's house was COM
pletely demolished. The aforementioned
are all white. The following are among the
sufferers among the colored people: Ned
Walker had his thigh broken. Frank
Carswell had leg broken. Israel Glass
cocks house was blown away. He and
his wife were blown 100 yards, but were
unhurt. Several calves on DR.. r. Aliens
place were blown away and have not yet
been found. A horse was blown a quarter
of a mile and will die.
The village of Mclean, on the Central
Railroad. u miles above here, is totally
demolished Every house and the village
store were blown down and their contents
widely scattered. The depot is badly
injured. The wood station was blown
upon the railroad and delayed a
train all night. Telegraph lines are
down IN every direction. The houses
Of the section boss and four hands
were swept from the ground as with
broom. No one, except a negro woman,
was injured. She was only slightly hurt.
Hailstones as large as partridge eggs
fell. The destruction of houses and tim
Der is great all along the track.
AROUND COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS, GA, Feb. 20.-The damage
in this city by the cyclone amounts to
$4,000. The greatest loss is the destruc-
tiOn Of the round house at the depot and
the wreck of engines. The loss at this
point is estimated at $4,000. The oil mill
was damaged about $500. Several ware
houses were also unrOOfed. A gin house
and several outhOuses were blown down
at COwle's Station. A negro woman was
killed. No other loss of life is reported.
The cyclone passed above the city until
II reached the eastern limits when it de-
scended, unroOfed the First African Bap-
tist Church and damaged the walls, and
also unroofed the county Jail and Column
bus oil mills. At the round house at the
Central Depot six engines were badly
damaged, two Of them being completely
wrecked. The damage sustained by the
Central Railroad Company is estimated at
$l5O,OOO. Many machinists narrowly
escaped with their lives, but none were
seriously injured. Slight damage is re-
ported in various directions.
IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
LOUISVILLE, GA, Feb. 20.-A tornado
passed through this Jefferson county
last night just at dark and did consider
able damage to property. The main path
OF destruction was a quarter of a mile
wide. Many thousands of panels of fence
were blown down and much valuable
timber destroyed. The houses on six
plantations were demolished by its fury.
No lives were lost, but three on one place
and six on another were injured. Two of
them were seriously hurt and may die.
Some stock was killed by falling
houses. The Jones place, a large
plantation four miles out of town,
was badly torn up by the storm. The tor
nadO followed very near in the same track
of two tOrnadOs that passed through this
county few years ago. The heavens We're
liVid with lightning and all nature SEEM
ed in CONSERVATION. In many parts OF
the country heavy showers of hail rained
down and the balls were very large The
wind blew heavy gale all night.
AT sANDERsVILLE.
SANDERsvILLE, GA, Feb. 2O.-A severe
wind, nail and rain storm commenced
about O'Clock last night. The hail vari-
ed from the size of birds eggs, 10 l inch in
diameter. The storm travelled from the
southwest to the northeast. No damage
to property or life is reported in this
vicinity. At DaylsbOro the warehouse and
several stores were blown down, and
many dwellings injured. Mr.. Nereen,
who kept the wood yard for the Central
Railroad, was killed.
The stores Of the following were de-
mOlished at DavisbOrO: L. l.. Brown. q.
w. Brown, A. Herman, D. L. Cheatham.
Leonard J. Palmer, and the dwellings of
j. Palmer, G. Jordan, Mr.. Hudson, and
Mr.. Kennedy.
REPORTS TO ATLANTA.
ATLANTA, Feb. 20.-Reports reach here
OF destructive cyclone passing from
southwest to northeast along the western
edge of the State by Rome, Cave Springs,
Gainesville and Jasper. At Canton sew
eral school children were killed by fall
ing house. There have been several
deaths at Cave Springs. Many persons
were injured and much property DESTROYED
Where1 er the cyclone touched.
HON. Il. r. HUMBER KILLED.
Hon. Ii. r. Humber. of Eatonton, is re-
ported among those killed by the cyclone.
AT CAVE SPRINGS.
CAVE SPRINGS, GA, Feb. ia de-
structive cyclone passed near this place
yesterday about 80 O'Clock, carving de-
structiOn in its trail. Houses and mills
were blown down, trees uprOOted and a
great deal of damage done to farms gen.
orally. The cyclone was about a quarter
of mile wide and very ugly. The NEWS
correspondent could see the outer edges
of 1t. Three persons were killed outright,
two white and one colored. A good many
were injured. The wires are down in
every direction.
NO DAMAGE AROUND ALBANY.
ALBANY, GA, Feb. 20.-No serious
damage was done by the storm in this Vi
cinity. The current Of the cyclone evi-
IDENTIFY divided soon after reaching the
Georgia line and the fork that passed
through this part of the State was wider
and less violent than that which went
in northeasterly direction. There was
a strong wind but no rain or hail in this
immediate vicinity.
NO VICTIMS AROUND MACON.
MACON, Feb. 2O.-A heavy wind, rain
and hail storm is reported to have ragged
from to . O'Clock yesterday afternoon in
various sections of the State. The wires
were all down in many places, making it
difficult to obtain details. No loss of life
has yet been reported in this vicinity.
Considerable damage was done to fences,
forests and buildings.