Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-02-27

4,UUU houses were DlOWn uOWu Ill IIOyu
county. At Cave Springs Mr.. Gllllard
and his son were killed, also two ne
groes. 4 family of five persons. named
Ford, were killed at Canton. Reliable
reports state that on the line of Cherokee
and Pickens counties, within a
space of three miles % persons
were killed and 40 wounded. There
is no doubt that fully 800 people we're
killed in Georgia by the recent storm,
and fully three times that number
wounded, many of them seriously. The
destruction to property will reach 49,
000, 900, and III every respect the cyclone
which has just passed over this section
of the South is the most disastrous that
has visited Georgia in twenty-five years.
ALABAMA.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, February o.
Two distinct tornadoes passed through
this state simultaneously passing
east of this city, doing great damage to
property between this and Columbus,
Ga. The cyclone passing through the
western part of the state from southwest
to southeast was first noticed at
SCOTS station, then at Marion, next at
Brooks Gap, Leeds Station, Cross
l.
Plains eight persons were buried We'd
nesday. Many are dying, and there are
q large number of injured. At Rock
Run the school-house was blown away.
Six children were killed and six blown
away and not found. The business
portion of Goodwater, Ala, was de-
stroyed. The damage is 500, 600.
In johnson county the storm ragged
with frightful violence. The coun-
try leveled is a vast pine forest,
through which the cyclone moved south
IN path from a quarter to half a mile
wide. Houses were wrecked, and men,
women, and children are out in the cold,
half-naked and without food. The
estimate now is that not less than sixty
and perhaps 100 lives were lost In the
state.
North CAROLINA.
CHARLOTTE, N. O., February o.
Twenty-Five houses, all in the Phila-
delphia settlement. were leveled by the
cyclone. The bodies of three white men
and eleven colored have been recovered.
At Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus County, six
houses were blown down and colored
woman killed. At Woodward, a negro
and his wife were killed. At Winnsboro,
three negroes and an aged white lady,
Mrs. Sterling, were killed. At Polkton,
the wife of F. ID. Gray was killed by a
falling house. at Rockingham the cy-
clone struck the village on the outskirts,
destroying fifteen houses, killing twenty
five people and wounding many more.
Several colored people were also killed
on the Peedee River. At Manly and
Keyser the cyclone destroyed every
thing. Near Lexington, Harnett Coun-
ty, six persons were killed.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
COLUMBUS, 5. o., February 22.-The
dispatches indicate that the storm was
fearful throughout the state. At Chester
the Baptist and colored churches were
blown down. At D. d. Dickert's planta-
ton, Newberry County, hundred acres
of original forest was swept away.
At Matthews, the Lutheran Church
was blown down, William 81.
Eller's residence was carried off and he
and his child seriously injured. Chap
pel's station was swept away, not house
being left. O. M. STAFFORD was killed.
A man, woman and child are reported
killed at Anderson. In the lower part
of Clarendon County James Cubbage
and Ben Baggett's child were reported
killed. In Darlington County the dwell
ing of r. W. Boyd was destroyed, him
self seriously injured, and two negroes
killed. The dwelling of Mr.. White, near
Darlington court house, was blown down,
and himself and wife killed. Mrs. @. Ed
wards was seriously injured in the fall
of her house. Six persons are known
to have been killed In the county, and
fifteen wounded. The toWnof Bradleys
was nearly blown away. At Ninety six,
a house was wrecked and child killed.
The residence of W. II. Slattworth,
Edgefeld County, was blown down and
the ruins taking fire, little daughter
persisted. The dwelling house of J. @.
Hankinson and the store of J. S. Boyd,
at Jackson, were blown down and three
negroes killed. The town of Miller was
nearly destroyed.
TENNESSEE,
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, February e.
This city was visited Tuesday by two
cyclones, about two hours apart, which
swept through the central part of the
city, Ieveling many houses and doing
serious damage to hundreds of build
ings. Two churches were nearly blown
down. two towers taken off the court
house, one end blown out of the Frank
lin hotel, and much other destruction
done. Many persons we're seriously in
jured in the falling houses, but none
killed outright.
KENTUCKY.
FRANKLIN, KY, February 22.-This
town was visited by tornado Tuesday
afternoon. A large tobacco factory
owned by New York parties was blown
down. The BSicearc Hotel, opera
house and other buildings were IN
rooted
CosHoCroN, February pa terrific
wind and rain storm struck this place
Tuesday evening, doing great damage to
trees and buildings. The roof Of the
steel works, the largest mandatory in
the place, was blown off and a portion of
the walls demolished. ALI lines of
telegraph are blown down and it is
feared much damage has been done
throughout the country.