The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-02-22
THE DEADLY CYCLONES.
Further Details Of the Devastation and Loss
or Life In the south.
fBy telegraph to the Dispatch. ]

fly telegraph to the Dispatch
MACON, GA. February 21.-The cyclone
OF Tuesday blew down the residence and
clubhouse Of Colonel Robert &. Numbers,
| In Putnam county. One OF Colonel Hum
! bers's ankles was kroken, and be received
| injuries about the chest which, II Is
thought. win prove fatal. Mrs Paschal,
who was passing. left her buggy when she
saw the cyclone coming and took refuge
in Colonel H,Imbers's house. She was
instantly killed when IL was blown down.
Several negroes and nearly oil the stock on
the place were killed.
Davidsboro,. on the Central railroad.
was almost destreyed. The stores OF j. j.
Palmer, A. Hermann, John Hudson, T..
L. Brown. Brown & Hall, and Cheatham
Brothers, were blown down, as 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 particulars
thus far obtained have been from points
on the railroad. When reports from the
interior towns come In the list OF causualties
will be largely increased.
ATLANTA. GA, February 2l.-The storm
OF Tuesday on reaching Cherokee county
became perfectly furious. The largest
trees were uprooted. 1t is reported that
within distance OF three miles on the
| line between Cherokee and Pickens coun-
ties that twenty-five persons were killed
and forty wounded. This section is far
removed from communication, but the re-
port is considered reliable. No deaths
occurred in the counties contiguous to this
Fulton) county.
THE FURY OF THE STORM IN NORTH CAROLINA.
WILMINGTON, n. c., February 21.-Spe-
cial adyices to the Star give further par
ticuiars Of the cyclone. The centre of the
storm struck the outskirts OF the town OF
Rockingham with such sudden fury that
the people were unable to escape from their
houses. Buildings were blown into frag-
ments. Some bodies were found under
the timbers; others were carried by the
wind $50 to 200 yards. 4 woman was
found clasping to her breast an infant
scarcely a month old. Both were dead.
The bodies OF victims were terribly bruised
and cut. The force OF wind was such that
two milstones were moved 100 feet. Chick
ems and birds were found picked clean,
except the feathers on their heads. The
largest trees were uprooted and smaller
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trunks.
The storm first made its appearance at
1850 p. NJ, coming from southwesterly
direction from Hamlet, Richmond county,
n. e. The eastern sky was overshadowed
by dark. flying clouds tinged with red,
growing thicker every minute and the red
tinge assuming the hue OF fire. At $50
O'Clock there was heavy fall OF rain and hail,
the heaviest OF the clouds moving westward.
At midnight the sky was dazzling red, and
at A. NJ. there was another heavy fall OF
rain. The killed and wounded belong al
most exclusively to the poorer classes, and
there will be suffering and restitution
among the survivors. 1t Is feared there
was great loss Of life and property at inte-
rior points in the track Of the storm not
yet heard from. Already twenty-three
dead bodies have been found in Richmond
county near Rockingham and Hamlet.