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

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The rnilrt ads in nil 1irrotio
out that travel will NOT be rn.,',, u, :" washed
trhl duys ana the town is fun ~ -, "i 9tN'
anxious to get out. ''" VI travellers
me town Tonight is enveloped in ol,,,,,
~, ,a' Ts",h.1Ss, the only light visible h~tn,,
is notroIlod uS " eiouded moon. The town
70 P"ioIeo by fOrce of Sppcial nnlino ~,
pointed " the mayor huta snuhom hho,i'v ~, ol,-
prcNalis, ana the gloom il nnnniiin, fT,ct M,
mayors oihcc, whore the cornSes nf ne ,he
Hic'ilHs OF the disaster arc laid ont ,,io
rola,i,,nsc" ,9n,c" ny constant stream of
aeia,lNes' trends and sight-srors all
arrangements have been mode sor wa ,,
luhefais to commence nj nine o'clocl i, ~ y
morning. 1hcy will continue al dov Tho rI,o
expenses VIII be borne IN great nart nv, nv ,o
t,1N tt"mnsnlP' me city council met this morn.
ilE ana appropriated SlWO for imrnndia,r , ~
rehei ana authorized the street "m,nn'it.ao
10 employ every one that wanted ia wnrly nt
cleafhE away the debris. The mnvnr ~,ns "o
INSTRUCTED TO appoint n relief cn;n,ni,t
p ~ I,.oios ana gentlemen from each ward 10
peSln WORK us soon us possible The Noyor
appointed committee 10 providoroIiot ny NJ. VI
beftha Rchtcr did noble thing Inst nitybt i,'
resculng her mother. The waters rne, - ~
ldly IN the house aud their terror WINS g,aat
@ iu1y nao aboilt 800 in money in the house
"u na,sS nqrtha secured this and picked her
molher up III her arms and carried hnr on
ot the house. The water was m In hm, o,'.I, "n'
PITS but she struggled along. and mail,
feached the residence of Samuel UvnaSs
where she sank exhausted. Her mofher,
tainted away from sheer ey eyhnustion
While George Thompson was irving ,o ,r,,.
ms mother and grandmother, Mrs, DR.. Crnm
hcross water street, through the stronm
lhel cault near pclng swept away by the chr
rent, George, while holding un Mrs Crum
neii, nu' soon recovered himself, and man,
aged to get them all out
George Wilmer had n miracnlous oso,,,,
ne was attempting to cross the Sprinpfnid
bridge when the bank gave way undor Nm
ana he was hurled down into the rapinp w,,
ters of the Shawnee. He was swcpt down b".
low the Cincinnati pike, where he nonoved 70
ealch onto tree and climbed to n nI9rn of
safety. He called TO passer-by and told hin,
he was an Nenian, but would not give he
name until he was rescued for fear word
would reach his parents
HarrS Arnold made narrow escape from
drowning. He had been working AT the
scene of destruction this side of the dcpot
ana Knowing that his fathers family would
be uneasy started to cross the bridge on thr
Springfield track to go and tell them he wns
shlc' AS he ste ped on the bank il Cayed i'm
rent beneath, His long rubber coat was
SO wrapped around him that it was
Almost impossible to help himself He
crowded against the side wall, and with al
most supcrhuman effort managed to get off
ms coat lie called for help and some one to
some one came to his rescue, and he threw Iip
ms coat, which just reached to the ton of the
pahk. BS lhat means he was drawn ont of
MS unpleasant quarters. Harry says he
thought his last hour had come sure.
'lhe list OF the dead is as follows: Mrs Nellie
Anderson and sister, Lydia Casey (colorctn,
nom widows past sixty years of age; lived in
Barr bottoms Mrs. Samuel CorChoran and
two sons, aged about twelve and twcnty-tiye
Years "ldoW ana sons of the late Samuel
1orchoran, better known as "Sam patch;"
lived Just across the creek, on King street in
the bottoms near the depot. Mat Evans
lcoloredl, day laborer wife and
chiId, llved on the creek lust west of White
man street, The child Is missing. Orrin Nor.
rls white, mborcr wife and tive children,
tarcc girls and two boys, the oldest Il girl
hitcen years of age, and the Youngest a babe
OF ten months, lived on West Second street,
near the creek. stephen DOnton, colurrd, la
horcr, lived in Barrs Bottoms. William
Powell, cart driver for sam Clark, wife and
SIX or eight children, lived on De
troit street between the north and south
forks OF shawnee. one child escaped from
the house, as did Henry Brazelou, son-in-
law. Powell and two children were found
tins morning, the rest missing. Lewis Ander-
son and wife, colorcd, lived in Bars Bot
toms: Mr. Anderson is missing Mrs nd
Lindsay, lived on the foot of the creek, near
tho depot; Mr., Powell and two children.
The incidents Of an exciting nature are
almost beyond DESCRIPTION. A lineman was
on an cmhankment, and before
he could realize his danger he was in the flood
and swept a mile by the raging waters. A
operator got into the water, an
alter iluatng some distance he caught onto a
tree. A house came down in the flood and
5 NIX the tree he was perchCd on, He cimcd
on the hnuSe and started down with the cur
rent until he came across another tree. He
clinchCd it, and remained there until he was
rescued several hours later.
NJ. Il. j Smith, of Pittsburgh worked no
bly, all night assisting the suffering. 4 lady
went into house to help another, and soon
advised the woman to leave. She refused,
nnd the lady who was there to help rushed
out and was caught in the deugc. Mr. Smith
caught her, and, after She was ulcd ashore
she " as nearly dead from exhaustion. He
drew a flask from his pocket and poured
good, stiff slug of whisky down her throat
thereby bringing her to and saving her life.
a mans wife called to her husband that she
thought water was running into the cellar of
their hou @. The husband lighted lamp
and started to go down to the cellar, but in
an instant the water was up to his chin i'm
the room where he and his wife had been
sleeping.
when it was learned that the gas works had
tcen disabled and rendered useless and the
electric wires were down, the citizens gath
cred wood and started hontires to enable
them to see how to carry on the work of res
cuing the sufferers.
The electrical display on Wednesday night
t. described ns being perfectly grand and
inits awful play. Flash after
flash followed SO fast and furious that 1t
really was constant illumination SO brill
iant as to be binding; the sky was one i'm
mrnse bright sheet of lightning, intcrspersed
with vivid strCakS that seemed to tangle
with each other, so closely were they blen-
dod.
Joe Walton is one of the unheraldcd heroes
VIII o riskcd his life more than once by taking
a boat and rtscung people He took the Fer
guson family or nine people ouL oi me
waters. and landed them safely on the shore,
after which their house tumhed
to pieces as though it were shell.
HAMILTON, o., May l3.-rhe wind and thun-
der storm which passed over Butler county
" Wednesday night cut off Hamilton IRON al
telephone, railroad ana mall
with the outside word
country come in SLOWLY
and are very meagcr -Four harhs
were struck by lightning, and the buildings
and contents were lost. Several bridges ~
this vicinity were carried away. 1wo rali-
road bridges on the c., r. n {. and two
bridges ON the C., II. & d. were carried away.
No trains are running on thee, Il. " Z. orr"
II. Il d. The loss to grain, trees houses etc,
in Butler County is very heavy,
In this city the Schwab brewery and kahn
stove foundry were submerged, Ihe Meth-
odist church and public school at seven
Mile were badly wrecked. Throughout the
country there are reports OF houses uli-
rooted The barn of Isaac DICK at
Mnlvillo was destroyed by mr. To-
pcther with all the implements ana con
tents. 1t was the finest barn IN the COUNTY
insured for 81, 100. The barn and contents on
Samuel Daze, in the western part ol lhe
county, were also struck by lightning ana @ de-
loss unknown. a nunDcr ul my
groves have been laid waste, and small lossos
go to make up IN aggregate
that will fall not far short OF sioo'o"'
DAYTON, O., May 13-At $50 last nlgh'
sharp thunderstorm came up, ana ram ~,
most. Immediately fell in torrents, alteriia.ou l,'
with hail. the hailstoues ranging IN SIZE lro,i' ,
a hazel-nut to an almond, ana were ea.n
cred in MS great Curiositos. htpoils va. .a',,t ~,
in gradually OF disasters near thc ceh,', W
town and matters grew serious nu, "r'o ~
news that Wolf creek levoe, when pio,ee,o
Miami CITY Tor West Dayton, had brohem,
and kemptown, as 1t is called pelhg III, ,p,,a ,um,
part of Miami City. was swept away, 49,, 5,s'
hurried to the scene only to nnh 'ha. wy wv -eS ~
nstpr was more than was told. some elA
hundred feet OF the levce had been prohen
hy the sudden torrent which came rasnans
down Wolf creek, and $50 acres ot tha' P"''
of the city were covered with wafer,
In Kemptown terrible distress oecuriou' 90. ~
score or more houses win theit ir s,uor1 rsn1,pda-
cupants were swept away from their iouuiiI ou,aiIs
tions and overturned, or lodged agains, w"ns, no
or carried into the Miami and borne away, ~
one knows where That portion OF tne nv
was aroused, and the entire male p9puiIn,'"su
that dare engage in ne h n1s'"h thc
were cropping their way through ossnd sod
flooded district carrying out the % als.teseto ~
and shriekinx women and cniiu,nI, cni.i.1nn, ono
places of safety. II was in VAIN 70 lel' ~ II
Ior aid to The east side of the Miami, ,9r ,rh' !.
was apparently impossible, and at least snene n,sm