Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-05-22

bed "pPve Tbem, MN, while standing on his floating
beyed ~, ".eh hole in the ceiling he clam.
bir'V ~, mo the attic and drew his wife agta,
th"r, ,ileh ileh ne cut his way to the roof and
da. H,i" ~ Vouple sat in the driving gtormh, nj n
d." o,slt rsnt brought relief, being powcrlnss to
Inv n .S,anS ,un'nS put pray. The house was caught
~ wall about two blocks from is fonnda'
rio9 r"a' or ! would undoubtedly have been rar.
~ @u 70 the Miami and lost II il tbe ohiat
point OF curiosity to-day, NV 0n'o'
,hnuhANY, O., May l3.-A tornado noeroa
nh".en columbia Township, Meips Cnmntv
"arr.'e ut n'e miles from this place, last niUht
Mrs ''hs aeath and destruction with it,
was n~,"rRairetta McComas, aged sixty,
iiiiaanm9n iiaa,l9n McComas, aged twenty.on Zone
VII iHl," ~ Snct omas was seriously Injured but
tbn urip1ohply recover. The house in which
NV, molinI ~. 9ilases were killed was entirely de
aVtSmeu, A s,n,, ahd splintered into kindling-wood
hIindroa ,il' piece weighing nearly two
HFuu"teu pounds, was carried a distance of
ihH niH sarus The household goods we're oar
h",'epi1u h,p u.IStahce OF nearly three miles. MANY
or partially So "oic "feohoo
,oe"d1 ooe".f1HoAlA, q, May l3-A violent tornado
nnn nrn99Hu G'.,m one mile south of here last night
uhe dwelling was entirely destrnred md
many barns and dwellings unroofad and and
uinta1Me niIneIwMe damaged. Orchards were com.
plctoy uProoted, and much damage dome I,
'hhber and crops. w
hhhhNON, u, May l3-The storm CANA
noM!llg no, M from the southwest in mad fury, toy.
lnR WIN the trees, breaking some off mn.
roofing others and filling the air with nm in.
h.esScrlhabie mass of flying foliage, awnings.
pIiGks , ana roofs of houses with a crash and
wiz wiz fuSmlng noise that was most nm.
pa,llig The first building struck was tia
olu Lenanon tanncry, on Main street. tho
;unnna Uu, on w,lch was torn off and scattered II
Jumped heNtto the Lebanon House. three
oIuales 70 the northwest, tearing off the tin
iool' Wnlch lies IN huge ball on Broadway
from thIs point 1t went down Broadwat
moving down beautiful shade trees on both
iaiu'o Oh tue street, and unroOting many
houses on the east side. When it reached
hUNls paEls ~ ureely's mill 1t jumped down in the
a ioi i'0 Nv w ny the reservoir and struck frame
9iWeiliiE, completely leveling it to the ground
me house was occupied by two colored fami
ites' consisting of four grown persons. two
gounH men and two little children. Strange
10 say. every one escaped the two Young
men, Ed. Grimes and Jim johnson. being
ulo"H from the room upstairs, whore they
we're asleep, distance of more than hun.
urea yards against the bank of the reser.
. nu,i. me Union schoOl-house and many
o,4er Ollllhlngs in town were damaged
NlNCINNATI, May l3.-'rhc storm rnachea
cincinnati about 10 o'clock, and was violent
Ts"IniS7stlnE s'Ii OF ram, wind ana hail. The rain
lpt III torrents, and the streets were deluged
Mlan water. There was less of hail
lhan IN the morning, but it fell with
Rreat lorcc. The damage, however. is incon-
SIDERABLE. The suburbs report slight
uainnGe' Reports come of damages by the
storm from Middletown, Piqua, Wilmington,
washington, G. H., Albany, Grccnville, Mari
e''"' Lancaster and other Ohio points.