The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-02-27

persons we've klll@@, an0 0lners seTl-
ously injured. At Rock Run and
Anderson life and property were de-
stroyed. Marion had but one vic
tim, but much property was dam
aged, Montgomery had houses UNI
roofed, trees, fences, bridges torn
down. but no other casualties The
damage near that point is consider
able, but does not compare with the
havoc played in the interior of the
State. The steamer, Maggie Burke,
was blown out the river into the
woods by the tornado. At Leeds,
fifteen miles east of Birmingham, the
terrific cyclone swept through Ca,
haba Valley. No idea of the deYas1
tation can be conceived. At one
o'clock the people SAN a dense fun
mel shaped cloud, black as night, ap
preaching miles away, from the
southwest, roaring louder than a
thousand coalburncls, and the whole
heavens were illuminated with q pc
culiar glow, never to be forgotten by
the terror-stricken people. As ii
approached, the black shafts darted
from the top or the strange cloud
toward the earth with almost light
ming rapidly At l:30 O'Clock IL
swept over the new town of Leeds.
leaving. absolutely nothing in the
way of houses and trees 1t follow
ed the track of the Georgia Pacific
road six miles, covering it that dis
lance with debris. The west bound
rain from Atlanta was fifteen min
utes behind time, and escaped total
destruction. The east bound train
was stopped by tree blown across
the road from the main cyclone.
Thus both trains were providentiali
w saved. This new road stood the
heavy rain and wind splendidly, and
not one foot of it was damaged. The
scene around Leeds bsggars descrip-
ton. Houses just completed were
blown away, and not even brick
left where a house stood. Horses,
mules and COWS killed and in some
instances with fence rails driven
clear through their bodies. At DIR.
Wright's two horses were killed and
three blown away and never heard
from He was contractor on the
road and all his houses, twenty. three
carts and two wagons were utterly
demolished. At Poole's house a
trunk containing $500 was blown
away, also two bales of cotton.
There were eleven persons killed al
Leeds and thirty wounded, at least
one-third fatally. The cyclone was
attended by severe hail, some stones
being as largo as mans fist.
In Georgia, in Heard county, the
cyclone swept ever q portion of it.
One negro was killed, and several
other negroes and whites were bad
ly wounded. Many houses were
blown down and the trees and fences
completely blockaded the roads.
Cattle killed and horses and mules
missing. One white family is miss
ing. At Newman, the storm was Sc
we're, but no lives lost. Hail stones
measured two and a half and three
inches in diameter. All the window
panes that were exposed were shat
tered. At Palmetto, hail fell as large
AS partridge eggs. At Jonesboro.
there was a meteoric display Of bail
lightning. At Rome the storm was
fsarful-a large number of houses
were blown down and fourteen per
sons reported killed in that vicinity.
The storm seems TO have divided
west of Gainesville, part of 1t going
up Etowah valley, the other up
Nancy's creek. The last named
fragment did very little damage till
reached l.. S. Mumford's place, five
miles north of Gainesville. II I'm
rooted his dwelling, blew down
barns, stables, carriage house, etc,
and killed three and injured six
mules. His loss is from $4,000 to
$4,000. At Marietta, houses were
unroofed and trees blown down. At
Mt Airy, the storm demolished
houses, killing the wife and daugh-
ter of Howard Cash, and seriously
injuring many other persons. Pass
iEg above Nicholson, Jackson coun-
ty, it utterly demolished Mr.. Char
lie Nash's house, and seriously in
Turing his wife and daughter and a
little girl. At Athens, the storm did !
great damage to life and property
In Oconee county the hail stones
that fell were as large as a mans
fist and would weigh seven ounces
county suffered from the raw
ages of the storm-twenty persons |
killed and many wounded. But the |
most heart-rending spectacle was
the terrible fate Of Levi eagles fam
Ily. Previous to the storm in his
house were his wife and five chill
iren and three hired men. Mr..
eagle was absent at q brothers near
BY. After the storm had passed /
over, Mr.. eagle proceeded to where
A moment before his house stood.
His wife and two children were
.ound hundred yards away dead.
Further on three other children ,one
4 baby eighteen rhenths old, were
picked up almost in q dying condi-
ion. Two of them had been blown
.hree hundred yards Scattered
about in the woods were the three
men, all dead, one. with huge tree
across his body. Thus in a moment
hat house had given up six lives to
he cyclone, and three others were
narrowly saved and may yet fail to
to the surgeons skill. An
I'D soldier who viewed the storm
wreck said 1T looks ike there has
,ecn n battle here" Mr.. Sam Tate,
who was in the storm, said at
seemed that every house was COM
ng right at me-" An Irish peddler
FAMED James Cannon, was caught in
he edge of the cyclone. He was
rossinp "A creek. and the footing was