The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-29

Serious loss Of life and properly il ro-
ported in the vicinity of Williamsburg
County. The loss Of property everywhere
was great.
BIRNINGHAM, ALA., Feb. 90.
A cyclone swept through Conaba Valley
yes .erday at noon. tits reported that thir-
teen are injured in one community.
At Leeds the cyclone swept away the
section house Of the railroad, killing three
negroes. An old white couple named Bass
were seriously injured.
Three miles south OF Leeds the house OF
John Poole was blown away. son and
DAUGHTER and child of a tenant were in
stantly killed, and Poole, wife and four
children very badly injured.
The residence and premises of DIR. w. +.
Wright, railroad contractor, were demol-
isned. The BODY of DR.. Wright's mother
was found a hundred yards from the house
fearfuliy mangled, Annie, Jennie, Tnomas,
James and Edward, children OF DR.. Wright,
have arms or legs broken.
Harriet McGrew, cook, was killed. or
twenty-four carts, two wagons and three
horses on the place, nothing remained but
the carca IS of one horse.
The house occupied by Mr.. Mclaughlin
was blown away; Mclaughlin was badly
hurt. A n ighbor, j. p. Landrum, wife
The house o. man named Kerr took fire
and was blown away. Mrs. Kerr was IA
tally injured. The railroad for several
hundred yards is thickly strewn with de.
bris, delaying trains.
Later intelligence but adds to the horror
of the awful story. VIM. Wesson, aged
fourteen, near Kerr's Gap, was killed.
George Davis, boy on the Poole place,
was killed. Miles of forest in Cahaba Val.
ley were levsled by the storm. The bodies
of strange cows were found around Leeds.
In many places the ground is as clear OF
stone as il carefully swept. Stumps and
trees bear the marks of flying rocks. There
is absolul ely nothing to ind cate where DR..
Wricht's residence and Outhouses stood.
John Poole died OF injuries at Leeds. Many
wires are down.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb 20.
Yesterdays storm was the severesv since
the cyclone of 1873. In Hancock County
the storm overturned out-houses and uns
rooted houses. The stables OF David Dick
son were destroyed by lightning. In Co
lumbia Comfy the barn and stables of j.
V. Ballard were blown down and three
horses killed. The plantation of Geo. Ora
made was ruined; houses demolished and
timber carried off. On the plantation of
DIR. Rees a negro was killed. Mrs. X. NJ.
Wade, wife % the overseer, was seriously
wounded. The Clubhouse of John A. Faw-
cet' was demolished.
The town of b adley, S. c., was nearly
blown away. The residence of DR.. Lyon
was blown down and his wife badly in
jured.
At Ninetv.Six, S. c., a house was wrecked
and a child killed.
The residence of W. H. Slattworth, in
EiG fell G. unity, was blown down, the
ruins took fire and his little dauShte:. per-
ished.
The kouse Of j. C. Hankinson and the
store Of J. s. Boyd, at jackson, S. c., were
blown down and three negroes killed.
The town of Miller was nearly destroyed.
Trains are impeded, the wires down and
the mails Irregular.
CHARLOTTE, n. c., Feb. 20.
twenty-five houses i'll Philadelphia set
Element were leveled by the cyclone. The
bodies of three white men and eleven col
ored were recovered. Search is being
made for others believed to have been
killed.
At Pioneer Mills, Cabarrus County, six
houses were blown down and q colored wo-
man killed.
At Woodward's a negro and his wife
were killed.
At Winnsboro three negroes and an aged
white lady, Mrs. Sterling, were killed. Mrs.
Sterling'S son and daughter were blown
from tie house INTO tree.
At Polkton, N. c., the wife of F. NJ. Gray
was killed by falling house.
At Concord two brick residences were
partly demolished.
Fifty thousand dollars damage was done
at Chester, S. &
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Feb. 20,
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, was visited yesterday
by Two destructive cyclones, about two
hours apart. They swept through the cen.
and doing serious damage to hundreds of
buildings. Two churches were nearly
blown down; two towers taken off the
Courthouse; one end was blown out of the
Franklin Hotel and much other destruction
was done. Many persons were seriou'ly
injured In falling houses, hut mona killed
ou right. The roof of the Chronicle Office,
rafters and all, was lifted up and carried
over Elders Opera-house and driven
through another house two blocks beyond.
The damage will be very large. Every
lie ephOne and telegraph wire was prostrst-
ed and trains delayed.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Feb 20.
A special TO the iStcr, says: At Ro :king-
ham the cyclone struck the village on the
outski is, destroying fifteen houses, killing
twenty-five, people and wounding maay
more; Several colored people were also
killed on Pedee River.
Al Manly and keyssr the cyclone de-
stroyed everything.
Near Ellington, Harnett County. six per-
sous were killed.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. %.
A IImes-DsrnOcrdt Tallade5a lA!a.)
special says: A destructive cyclone ves-
t-rday passed through the suburbs of Cave
Springs, Ga, killing five men and severely
injuring others. The cyclone was about
quarter of mile wide, ami swept down
houses and everything in its path. The
damage was great. In the eastern portion
of Clinton Parish, Louisiana, trees and
fences for miles were blown down, and
Sam Hyams, colored, was killed.
MACON, GA, Feb. -.
This city was visited yesterday afternoon
AMI night by tremendous storms. There
are rumors of dea b and destruction in the
counties. An Atlanta tele-
gram reports fifty killed north OF that city.
A special from Columbus reports several
killed and wounded.