Delaware gazette and state journal., 1884-02-28
THE SUUTH ERN CYCLONE.
Buildings Blown D0wn-A Lady
Who Hnd Taken shelter la "a
House Killed

MACON, A, Fsb. 2l.-The cyclone Of
Tuesday blew down the residence and
out house Of Col. Robert C. Numbers in
Putnam county. One OF Colonel Hum
ber's ankles was broken, and he received
injuries about the chest which 1t is
thought will prove fatal. Mrs. Psschal,
who was passing leit her buggy when she
saw the Cyclone coming, and took refuge
in Col. Numbers house. She WAS in
stantly killed when it was blown. Seven
negroes and nearly all the stock on the
place were killed.
Davidsboro, on the Central railroad,
was almost destroyed. The stores of j.
j. Palmer, A. Hermann, John Hudson,
I. L. Brown, Brown & Hall and Cheat
ham Bros. were blown down, az was also
the brick depot Of the Central road. An
employe of the railroad company named
Varim was killed, and many others were
seriously wounded. The only particu-
lars thus far Obtained have been from
points on the railroads. When reports
from the interior towns come in the list
of casualties will be largely increased.
PEOPLE AND EVEN MlLLsToNEs BLOWN 100
FEET OR MORE CHICKENS STRIPPED CT
FEATHERS AND TREEs OF BARK K-23 DEAD
BODIES FOUND.
WILMISGroS, N. c., Feb. q Special
advice, TO the Star give further pariou
lars of the Cyclone. The centre Of the
storm struck the outsh irts OF the town Of
Rockingham with such sud len fury
that people were unable TO escape
from their houses. Buildings
were blown into fragments. Some bodies
w. an ID ha nhar pth
carried by the wind $50 to 200 yards. A
woman was found clssping to her breast
an infant scarcely month old. Both
were dead. The bodies of the victims
were terribly bruised aud cut, presenting
a ghastly appearance. The force of the
wind was snch that two mill stones were
moved 100 feet. Chickens and birds
were found picked clean except the
feathers on their heads. The largest
trees were uprooted anu smaller ones had
all the bark stripped from their trunks.
The storm first made its appearance at
80 p. m, coming from southwesterly
direction from Hamlet, Richmond county,
The eastern sky was overshadowed by
dark flying clouds tinged with red, grow
ing thicker every minute, the red tiuge
assuming the hue OF fire. At 8 80 there
WAS heavy fall OF rain and hail, the
heaviest of the clouds moving westward.
At midnight, the sky was dszzling red
and at l a. IN, there WAS another heavy
fail OF rain.
The killed and wounded belong almost
exclusively to the poorer olas 1913. and
there will be suffering and destituiiun
among the survivors. 1t Is feared ther-
vas great loss of life aud property IN
the interio, points in the track Of the
storm not yet heard from. Alresdy 23
dead bodies have beer found in Rich
mond county, near Rockingham and
Hamlet.
A FEARFUL AND FATAL STORM IN GEORGIA.
ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 2l.-The storm Of
Tu-stay ON ieaohing Cherokee county
became furious. The largest trees were
uprooted. 1t is reported that within
distance of three miles on the line he
tween Cherokee aud PickeDs counties, %
persons were killed aud 40 wounded
This section ia far removed from com.
munioatior. but the report ia considered
reliable. No deaths occurred In the
counties contiguous to this (Fulton)
county.
THE TREMENDOUS STORM IN lEDtANA
EVANSVILLE, FAB 2l - Ii is estimated
that the storm destroyed from $40" OH0
to $l20, 009 worth of pTop-t'y within 80
miles of Evansville. WIthin thiS sppJe
tnlly half the buildings we're swspt away
aud &C, 900 or 10, 900 bushels OF com lost.