Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-03-01

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The Reckinghaa Rocks psb-
fishes a blood cardling story Of The
disaster wrought there. Il Gays:
The storm began aboot 8 o'clock
and lasted shout Two bonrs, bo, the
aeverest Of il ooly lassed sbou, halt
IN hour-from 10 IL n IL o'clock
And during that brief space Of time
about forty hoeses were leveled with
the ground aud sooe 20 souls bur
ried into eternity, besides . grea,
many wounded. Da.ing the nigh,
news was brought 10 Town OF The
ravsges Of the storm, and b. day
ligh. wagons and osgxies and peo-
pie on foot e hurrying TO the
horrible scene. Business Of every
kind was suspended, aud everybody
lent . helping hand TO rescu,ng and
caring for the dead and wounded.
The court house was thrown open
and converted into hospital, where
the dead and wounded were carried,
add where everything thea could be
done was doue tor those III whom
lite still remained. Abou, II mile
southeast OF Mr.. Thomas p. Coving.
TONS was a small village Of colored
people. Here the STORM did lis
greatest damage. Or about twenty
houses mol one WAS left standing.
Every one was IeyeIed with the
ground ; even the floors were 10,
lett. Here 10 colored people were
killed outright and several wounded,
some of whom will be numbered
with the dead ere this paper shall
have reached many Of its readers.
RICH, near the place lived Mr.. Rich.
ard Dawkins and Mr. Asbury Sand
ford, both white. Both their houses
were totally demolished, and Mr..
Dawkins was killed and one Of his
sons badly if not MORALLY wounded,
aud one oe MI. Sandford's socs kill.
ed. At Mrs. Mary. Watson's the
storm was sever Her house was
blown down and Mr.. Bob and Miss
Anna Watson (her chi!dren) we're
seriously injured. She escaped un-
hurt. McDonald's mill was flown
10 atoms. Mrs. Grant, white, and
two children were killed and Others
wounded. In Wolf Pit township,
isomh Of town, the storm wss also
furious. Much damage was done to
:property, and Mrs. Daniel Watson
and a Mr. Stewart were killed.
Wednesday morning We visited the
scene of devastation, aud rsverently
We cay. God Grant that our eyes
may never behold such another
Notwithstanding sighti The track OF
the cyclone Was, on: IA average,
about a quarter Of a mile in width,
and in its track not . thing was LEFT
standing except the small shrub
berg, aud that was stripped of every
limb and branch. Among the fallen
trees and timbers Of houses could b+
seen the dead and maneled BODIES
Of men, women and children, Will.
the eye could see in every direction
the csrcasses of horses, COWS, hogs,
dogs, cats, chickens, and even birds.
Hanging on the bushes were shreds
[of clothing bedding, shoes, exc,
which badNbeen scattered by The
tempes,s. 1t was . sight which can
never be erased from the tablet Of
memory"
The Raleigh Nescs and Observer
says: The cyclone was vaster in i,s
proportions than We bad though,
In Alabama and Georgia it's devssla-
lion was appalling. The havoc
made in South Carolina vas awful,
while in this State very dreadfu! C
couots are given OF it in our news
columns. Newbern escaped entire.
~. 1t seems TO have gone nor,herly
from Johnston county. Petersburg
felt lis force, but the damage done
north OF us, we hope, was slight.
Possibly the aggregate of the killed
in North Carolina will reach fit,v.
An equal number were probably
wounded. The destruction Of pro-
Perty has been very great. Taken
altogether, it was the mos: terrific
storm that ever passed over North