The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-02-23
THE BREATH OF DEATH.
MANY SOUTHERN TOWNS LAID WASTE.
Hundreds OF Lives Lost and Much Prop
erty Destroyed by Tuesdays Cyclone
The Gale in the Flooded Re-
gi0ns-A Dakota Blizzard.
HAVOC OF TIKI WINDS.

ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 2l.-1he cyclone
which did such terrible damage to property
and caused the loss Of an as yet untold mum
Der of lives, formed in the ChattahOOchi,
Valley, near the Mexican Gulf and then
passed north. At one O'Clock Tuesday /
first became known. Then 1t struck tn,
city OF Columbus. The storm then divided
one branch running up the Alabama side
of the valley until it was detected by the
Red Mountains, in which Birmingham
is located Then it took an eastern course
and passed through Leeds, LOdima and Ok
moor into Georgia, where it passed through
Cave Springs, Rome, and Barlow County
into Canton, and out of the State along the
foothills of the Blue Ridge. Fourteen per
sons persisted at Lodima, six at Leeds,
eight at Cave Springs, and ten
along the line from Rome to Can
ton. Near Canton a terrible accident
happened The crowded county school
was dismissed in order to allow the
pupils to reach home. About thirty of them
took refuge in building which was over
turned by the storm and ten Of them man
gled to death. The other branch OF the
storm went eastward from Columbus
through Talbot, Crawford, Bib, Jasper,
Hancock, Baldwin and Columbia, finding
exit through Edgeiield, S. c. In Bald
win, Hon. Il. c. Humin, candidate
for State Treasurer, was killed by
flying timbers. Seven other persons
were also killed. An old couple over
eighty, named Mathews, tottered out
Of the crumbling building and escaped. A
train OH the Macon Il Augusta Road was
blown of the track, but no one was hurt.
AS nearly as can be gathered, two hundred
lives were lost in Georgia alone five thou
sand buildings destroyed, and $1,000, 900
worth of property demolished. In Column
bia County, besides damages in the interior,
the plantation Of George Granade was
ruined, the houses demolished, and tim
Der carried off. On the plantation of DR..
Reese a negro was killed, and Mrs. V. NJ.
Wade, the wife of the ovelseer, seriously
wounded. The cyclone passed through the
suburbs OF Cave City, Ga, killing five men
and seriously injuring Others Houses
and everything in its path were demolished,
and the damage was great
The town Of BradleyS, S. c., was nearly
blown away. The wife of DIR. LigOn was
badly injured At Ninety-Six. s. G., a house
was wrecked and a child killed The resi-
dence of w. ii. SIattwOrth, Edgefield Coun-
ty, S. g., was blown down and the ruins
taking fire, little daughter persisted. The
dwelling house of j. c. IIankinsOn and the
store OF j. S. Boyd, at Jackson, S. c., were
blown down and three negroes killed. The
town Of Millen was nearly destroyed. AT
ID. ID. Dickerts plantation, NewbeTy
County, one hundred acres of Origi.
nal forest were swept away. AT
Matthews the Lutheran Church was blown
down and William Ii. Ellers residence was
carried off and he and his child seriously in
jured. All the plantations were badly
damaged. Several large fires were observed
in the track of the Storm Chappell's sta
ton was swept away, not house being
left The wife and child of George r,
Reed were badly hurt. Mrs. Resale
Simpkins had ian arm broken, and
colored man had his skull crushed.
John S. Curry's residence was de-
stroyed, and he, his wife and his child hurt
Mrs. David Nj. Dickerts had her skull tract
ured. &. NJ. ShuffOrd, Postmaster BOze-
man, w. Reed, and one or two Others were
in the second story Of Reeds store. Shut
ford was killed; BOzeman had an arm and
q leg broken, and Reed an arm and rib
broken. Eight loaded cars standing on the
track were carried forty yards and torn tC
pieces. A man, woman and child are re-
ported killed at Anderson.
In the lower part of Clarendon County
S. G., James Cubbage aud Ben Baggett's
child were killed. In Darlington County
the dwelling of r. w. Boyd was destroyed,
himself seriously injured, and two negroes
killed. The dwelling of Mr.. White, near
Darlington Court House, was blown down
and himself and wife killed, while Mrs. G.
Edwards was seriously injured In the fall
of her house Six persons are known to
have been killed in the county, and fifteen
wounded. A serious loss of life and prop.
erty is reported In the vicinity of Williams
burg County. The loss of property every
where is very great. Twenty-Five houses
all in the Philadelphia settlement--n North
Carolina were leveled by the cyclone. The
bodies Of three white men and eleven col
Ored have been recovered. Search is being
made for the Others believed to have been
killed. At Pioneer Mills, Carrabus County,
six houses were blown down and c0lored
woman killed At WOodward's negro
and his wife were killed. At WinnsbOrG
three negroes and an aged white lady
Mrs. Sterling, were killed Mrs. Sterlng's
son and daughter We're blown from the
house into tree. At POlkton the wife Of
+. Nj. Gray was killed by the falling of
their house. At Concord two brick houses
were partly demolished At Rockingham
the cyclone struck on the outskirts, destroy
ing fifteen houses, killing twenty-three peo-
pie and wounding many more. Several
colored people were also killed on the Pc
dee River. AT Manley and keyser the cy-
clone destroyed everything. Near Lilling-
ton, Harriet County. six persons were
killed.
A destructive cyclone swept through the
Cahawba Valley in Alabama Tuesday 4,
noon. So far as can now be learned eishI
persons were killed and thirteen injured,
three of whom cannot live The cyclone
struck Leeds about | 80 y. M, aud swep,
away the section house of the Iaiiroad, kill
ing JEFF Ford, Dan Cloud and Bert Keith,
negroes, and seriously iujuring an aged
white couple, named Bass, living near.
Three miles south OF Leeds the house Of
John Poole WAS blown away, and a son OF
seventeen, daughter of six and
child OF negro tenant OF the
place were instantly killed. Poole, his
wife and four children were all very badly
injured The residences and premises OF
Dr. w. +. Wright, a railroad contractor,
were completely demolished The body OF
Mrs }. ). Wright, DIR. Wrghts mother,
WAS found one hundred wards from the