The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-27

Thsra was little damage lone in Wades '
boro. ,
demolished. D. Gov
h,oun down and il wife killed, while he
received severe j. ! mes ep
A cabin wa, bay u down no farm OF J.
Martin. Eso..a / negro killed.
Or farm Of :. phen Boyet, every house
s,cenr his dwelling was blown down.
All the windows and doors were blown
ont of Sheriff Wallis house
4 Hof Mr.. Thomas Beverley's houses
were destroyed, and bis supplies OF all
kinds blown away.
On Mir VIM. Little's plantation twenty
| eight houses we're blown down and three
negroes killed. Mr.. Little was caught
under the timbers OF one house ana IL
was an hour or two before he could DC
extricated. He was not seriously hurt'
but his clothes were blown away and ne
was exposed to rain Tor several hours from
the effects of which he Is now suffering.
Mr.. F. B. Flakes store was unroofeo'
and all the outhouses but three oio"u
over.
cd before the wind and has not since been
seen. "
Another colored tenant was killed by a
falling house.
A white tenant, Mr.Saun ers,
had his house blown down and everything
he possessed burnt up.
Mr.. James Thomas lost his all.
Fate Allen, colored, was crippled ty a
falling house.
The house occupied by Mr.. Jas. Hough
was blown down and caught fire, but the
flames were ~extinguished by the ram.
On the plantation of Captain Bradley
and Mr.. j. ID. Pemberton, every house
is said to be demolished, and on Mr., u.
G. Stanback' river place, great destruc
ton was wrought.
At Darlington many houses were des-
troyed, and eight persons-four whites
and four colofed-were kllled
The Ne,cs- Observer has distressing re-
norts from Harnett and Johnston coun-
l ties. 1t says:
..Ricdon Ellen, with a family of ten,
is without a house to shelter him. His
nlantation is a wreck, even the well
curb having been torn away. Two o.
t his children are dangerously wounded,
ond all the other members Of the family
i are badly bruised. :,
v IL. l1ullOl liz stthSA IL ~
e " bruised. are without a house OF any
kind. and all their furniture is destroyed
A one-horse wagon was blown from tn
farm two hundred yards, to a branch
e in which it was found minus two wheels
<. which have not vet been found. Visit
l. inc Mr.. Jones was a daughter with al
ID infant. Aroused from sleep by the fur.
/ Of the storm. this lady left her baby OF
-e -. Ill o,J HaI in terror A III bit In
r ground floor of the house was swep
; away. vet after the storm the baby wa
!. found quietly sleeping on the bed wher
d. il had been laid. although one of the be
J. ratings was subsequently found wv
ly hundred wards away in the branch wit
the wagon. "Wonderful art Thou.
God. in all Thy ways!'
ia VIM. Smiths plantation, with all b
u houses, is laid waste.
Joe Peasants new frame dwellln
:, house is destroyed.
~ Ransom Parish lost all the houses Q
his place. One colored man living 0
~ the premises is dangerously wounded.
John Adams, al estlmable aged CIT
zen of Harnett, near the Johnston I'M
=: is dangerously wounded, and his wife
" badly bruised. Gus Womack, colore'
living with Mr.. Adams, is badly woun'
ed. Mr.. Adams and his wife wei
-; buried under the debris of their hous
10. and had to be extricated by the neig
Mt bOrs.
he Next in the storms line was Reubt
yaS Matthew'S house. Mr.. Matthews b;
nd gone to Raleigh, leaving his wife
,tb home. On his return, he will find
m. house has been swept away, that
lands are desolated, and that the cor
panion of his life has Deer killed"
In Nash, says Toisnot Reporter, NJ
lee E. II. Wick lost all his houses 80 no
and other cattle. A child WAS kill
near Rocky Mount. A streak of torn
ar do, 300 feet wide, swept through tn
ms town. Mr.. G. T. Matthews house W
nly greatly damaged by having a large Q
tree blown across it. His family bare
vas escaped with their lives. The dana
un- done to his residence is estimated to
as about $500. Some of the houses tt
Irs. were occupied by colored people, eve
nil thing was blown away except the low
we floors, and in some instances the ii
d | bers of the houses we've carried two
The three hundred yards.
ere IN WAKE.
The storm gave a severe shaking
the Eastern edge Of this county.
uch ports from Cary tell of the destructi
Lck, IF NJ ~ SorrelI.s DWELLING The bo,
-ay, of Mrs. Eliza Peoples, near Rolesvil
On was destroyed, her son George kill
.ne and another son badly hurt, his ey
knocked out.
us Reedy Creek Church, three mi
ne. from Cary, Rev. j. r. Maynard. past
q was blown to pieces, some OF the Il
49, = bers being blown over 4 half-tin
This church was a new frame house.
led. GENEROUS HELP.
1t is said everything in human nat
M. has a good side to set against the G.
1ty, and the good side Of a great ~calanit,
sill TO awaken the sympathy of genera
and hearts. The writer has small means
his own to contribute to any disas
public or private but he r~ejoices
we're bear witness to The libera,ity of tn
was who have the wherewith, as well as
ooro will.
ugh Great Falls and Pee Dee Mills.
Rockingham. gave 1900 wards of ell
lear to the homeless ones many of VIII
yea, were nearly naked having been c
out OF their beds by the storm, and
liied without a patch of clothing. Other c
tributions were made by the people
oout Rockingham, and the colOred PEG
q OF print a card expressing the utmost q
WIS. itude for the kindness shown the
II 10 Maj. Winder will carry donations Fl
nnlhs So will the express company.
ieau Wilmington raised $400in a few hol
htel Charlotte about S160. Raleigh bel
aSeu public mpptinU and contributed nh