Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-21
CYCLONE In THE SOUTH.
GREAT Loss or Lirr AND PROPERTY
Houses Demolished by tho rierce wind anu
People KILLED by sailing limb'rs-A
ERttI of Schonl GhIIdren Lrnshcd.

ceutral sections and from the western edge
show It to have been terribly destructive
Of life and property. From the Carolinas,
Mississippi, Alabama aud other points IN
the South come similar accounts OF death
aud desolation. In northern Georgia the
incidents Of the disaster arc appalling. At
| 80 o'clock yesterday afternoon heavy
clouds porteudcd a renewal Of the storms,
when the flood gates of heaven seemed to
be opened, accompanied by a cyclone of
wind. Signs and everything that could
be detached went flying in al directions.
Soon houses were upturnod and flying
timbers carried everything before them.
la East Rome the rcsidonce Of w. \.
Crane was completely demolished. Ono
thousand residences In that county were
similarly demolished. In Cave Spring
great loss of life is reported. Among
others Mr.. Gilliard and his son were killed
by tho falling beams Of house, from
which they were attempting 10 escape.
Two negroes also pcrishcd. Mrs. Hoko
was fatally injured. The family of Mr.
| Ford, five persons in all, were seriously
| injured, to what extent is not stated. The
| state deaf and dumb institute Is located
| in this place and the terror of the fright.
eued inmates was pitiful to see. Colum.
| bus is practically cut of from the world,
but reports which have been obtained are
! that the loss of life aud property has been
incredible. Tho roof Of the Rankin house
was blown off. La Harris two cyclones
started out, one of which did damage IN
tho section already noted, while the other
took a straight westerly course and passed
through Randolph across u Columbia
and out Of the state.
4 most terrible tale comes from Jasper
Pickens county. A large number Of chill
dren were in q school when the teacher saw
the portending clouds. lie dismissed the
scholars and sent them home. On the
way they were OveTtakeu by the storm,
when they huddled together IN vacant
building. A gust Of wind carried the
building away, the crashing timbers
killing aud maugling the unfortunate
little ones, great number OF whom are
| dead.
The storm was terrible in the section
around Macon. The Telegraph received a
box Of hailstones from Indian Springs,
some being three inches long and one and
a half inches thick and others weighing
two and half ounces. Many houses at
that place were unroofed and many persons
were wounded.
The house of w. A, Miller at Blounts-
vile, Jones county, 90 miles from Macon,
was blown to atoms. HIS wife and three
children were killed and the baby was
blown away aud has not yet been found.
The bodies Of the dead were found at two
hundred to eight hundred yards distant
from the site of the house. Six negroes
were killed on the same plantation aud
young man dangerously wounded.
saved Amid the Wreck.
The wife of DR.. Bullard heard tho cy
clone coming and remembering that the
corner of the house nearest the storm was
the safest, she CrOuched there with her
babies and two little negroes. The house
was swept away, except a few ttmbers,
behind which the party crOuched safely.
The store OF Jerry Smith, five miles from
Clinton, Jones county, was blown away.
A person named Fiuny, who was in it, was
fatally injured. The central train from
Davisboro this morning, brought wounded
men here, who reported that the town was
swept and that many were wounded, but
no deaths are reported. The wires are
down in many places, and ii is difficult TO
obtain news of the storm. The storm
came west by east, following generally the
old cyclone tracks, differing from the
others in breaking up into several indcpen-
dent storm centres.
hocEiughams Midnight Peril
Rockingham, n. c., seems TO have sut.
fered most terribly. The tornado struck
1t after the people had retired for the night,
and while it is impossible az yet 70 get the
names, it is certain that twenty three
people were killed, and many more serious
ly injured. Every member of the Jones
family was destroyed. Near LilluytOn, a
neighboring hamlet, six persons were
killed.
At Philadelphia two miles from Rock
ingham, every one of twenty five houses
was razed to the ground. 4 party of men
began search Of the ruins for bodies, and
within short time eleven had been recoy-
cred, three white and eight were colored
men. One white man, named John Dalkin,
was found with piece of splntered timber
through his abdomen as large as a mans
leg. All the bodies were badly .mutilated.
This neighborhood seems to have suffer.
ed more than any other. At Woodward
negro man and his wife were Drained by a
flying fence rail. At Winnsboro three
negroes and an aged white lady, named
Mrs. Sterling, were killed, and Mrs. Ster.
ling's son and daughter were blown from
house and lodged in a tree. At Polkton,
n. c., the wife of Mr.. f. NJ. Gray,
prominent citizen, was killed by a falling
house.
Iu Mississippi many plantations are left
without a stick of timber or building
standing, and in Columbus, Miss, many
persons were wounded.
Lives Lost ut Alabama
In Newtowp, Ala, eight persons were
killed and thirteen injured, three fatally
Three negroes, named JEFF Ford, Dan
Cloud and Bort Keith were crushed to
death. South Carolina escaped with less
loss Of life. At Darlington four persons
were killed and number wounded, and
the loss Of property elsewhere Is great.
Three miles south of Leeds the house of
John Poole was blown away, and a SOD OF
II, daughter Of 6 and n negro child
were instantly killed. Poole, his wife
aud four other children were all badly
injured.
The residence and premises OF Doctor
W. +. Wright, railroad contractor, were
demolished and the body Of his mother
was found hundred yards from the house
fearfully mangled. Annie, aged 20,
Jennie 10, Thomas ls, James IA, and
Edward ~, all children of DR.. Wright,
were badly injured, having their arms or
| legs broken. Harriet McCrew, the cook,
was killed. OF twenty-four carts, two
| wagons aud three horses on the place,
| nothing remains but the carcass of ono
| horse.
In the same neighborhood, s. p. Lam
| drue's residence was blown away, and he
and his wife and daughter all maimed !; the
house of Mrs. Kerr took fire and che was
fatally burned.
Disastrous firos by LigntniSg.