The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-09-06
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When iNo storm trited anl tioW N
Che damaH' Was obtained 10 presented 4
terrible sight The eIit had been rhkol
from onu onl ~ tbr ulhaf. Not man.
niaetoy ln lt ontief escaped lulufy.
The most seriously damaged are Tue
Evansville Cotton Mis, loii 9l6,01di
wo,on Mills, $1,000 Flow WORKS,
$4,000, and the Armstrong Furniture
Company, $1,000
A argo school building In course Of
construction, which needed but roof
ior completion, collapsed totally On
tyerj street &C lars aTe flooded, Tee.
phoulc aud tc.cgra bic COMMUNICATIONS
are almost entirely suspended. Hundreds
OF small dwellings and stables are rased
to the ground and families left without
shelter. These will be cared for by the
authorities
The scene on the river was awe .lusplr.
Ing. Waves Iashel themselves with un.
'pca able fury, da.hlug twenty aud thr.
" feet hlh Smill steamers and tua.
were broken from their mooflnss and
| grounded VI blown up the river TO sand
bars, where they were hard aground.
The Loul,vllle q Nashville transfer barge,
with six cars, was blown from the rail-
way dock aud went hard aground ON a
bar two miles ON where II started. The
steamers Josh V. Throop aud Silver
Thorn were caught by the wind chin
news blown overheard aud the boats
otherwise badly rddled. The James
Blackmln was blown out Ia the river
AMI ,wamped.
But the most horrible and saddcst
news OF all is the sinAlIg Of the transfer
steamer b. mont, anf the drowning Of
| fourteen passengers who were IN board.
| I he BE mlnt let h rc at 7 $50 a. M, with
u suutlDound traln un 4 barge. out
| rlghl miles btluw here tbs storm came
| ~ aud part Of the passengers. horror
| slrIcken, Il II rom tnu ear, TO the strnm-
tr for safety. The bar.u was torn from
the st, amer and driven In shore hard
aground, while the cyclone seized the
steamer aud capsizcd IL, the boat going
, own bottom upw ,rls. The pilot. cook
and nglneer Jumped o. the barge US the
steamer went down. All the Others were
In the cabin aud unable TO escape. The
Oniy officer oi The boat lost was John H.
/ Smith, the captain. 1hJso lost are us
| iol owsi
MrA NJ. s Lyon and two daughters.
Mrs. Saillu Bryan.
Miss Laura Lyon
Mr.. u. q. RIach aud sou Of this city,
Mrs. Woodyilc, of Henderson
Mrs. Adle Murray aud child, Of
| BroOkville, Aa.
Captain John Smith.
Miss Alice Bell;
| Two coorel women, and an old gentle.
man and wlig-name unkHown.
| Three bodies have been 50 far recovered.
They are Mrs Murray aud child aud
Mrs. WoodylIc. Those who remained
In the cars on the barge wcre compelled
to sit with idle hands aud watch the
death OF their companions. After the
storm ahatcd, the Houston Coombs came
up aud towed the barge TO Henderson.
In conversation with ono Of tho sur.
vlvors last niRht, he said
at was such scene as | shall never
forget. We were trying to get iuto the
bank. The women were hudded In the
cabin, some weeping, others tltilng
quietly, fearing the worst, yet prepared
| !Or tho Inevitable. Suddenly, without
warning, the boat careened on her side,
| she guy ropes to the barge snapping |
lumpcd for the barge, and had Just
| reached Il when heard gurg C, aud
looking about, saw That the boat Ind
gone down head Arsts and there was
nothing Visible but the bottom"
The boat lies In fourteen feet OF water,
and Will be total oss She was built
Ia 1881 and cost s22 900; Insured ior
| $4,000. She has been running as a trans.
fer packet about year and half, aud
has weathercd several gales. Boat, are
now at tn wreck aud the bridge diver IN
at work getting out the bodies. A list OF
survivors is not obtainable, ~ no reg.
lster was kept, aud many went on to
Nashville.
The rould.house at the Louisville &
Nashville depot Is Total wreck. The
roof was blown off aud walls crushed u,
covering four locomotives with brick,
mortar and other debris. Several hun.
drcd persons were more or less iDiurcd
| by failing timbers aud trees.
A negro laboror at Hartletps railroad
camp, a few miles below here, was struck
by flying tlmbers AID instantly killed.
II was the most destructive storm that
ever visited This section. The loss In
the city and suburbs Will be between
100000 and 100000. wo,kmcn are
already engaged IN rebuilding many oi
the damaged places.
News has been received that Carmi,
H., Ia In ruins, but the report eau not
be authenticated.