Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-22
A SOUTHERN CYCLONE.
Portions of Georgia aud Tennessee
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ATLANTA, GA, March PA terrible
electric-storm enveloped the State last
night, beginning about 10 o'clock and
lasting until after midnight. In Fair
burn both the colored churches were de-
molished. the courthouse chimney torn
of, shade trees uprooted, and other dam
age done. Near Austell a house was
blown on negro blacksmith, killing him.
A barn was blown down and three horses
and cow killed.
Reports of the storm in and around
Gainesville show that while it was not
so severe much damage was done. VI.
A. Loden had his house lifted from the
foundation and moved from where it
stood. The colored Baptist church was
completely demolished. Mr. Cyphus,
living near Gainesville, had his house and
all out-buildings blown away. One of
his children was seriously hurt. Cal
1t was visited by the cyclone, which cut
a swarth seventy five yards wide through
the middle OF the town, taking in the
courthouse and station. The Cyclone
bounded down on the little town sudden
", and after doing its work of destruc-
ton lifted from the earth to strike again
no one knows where. Every building III
its path was either destroyed or dam
aged. The streets are full of shingles
and dcbriS Of roofs. The storm played
eccentric pranks, in one instance cut
ting q house in two and carrying away
one half Then it tore down a house
around some women and children with
out harming a hair of their heads. The
Baptist church was demolished and the
colored Methodist church was raised.
The railroad station was badly damaged
and q farmhouse near the station be-
longing TO the State was totally de-
stroyed. Jackson " Logan's lumber
stable was badly damaged. c. L.
Graves's business-house, frame build
ing, was totally destroyed, and another
wooden building, occupied as an express
Office, was totally demolished and the
goods were ruined by rain. The brick
store Of Harrell was badly damaged
The front end of Hughey's grocery store
was pulled away from the building, and
the roof of j. NJ. Meals grocery
store is off and his goods damaged.
The roof of n. j. Boaze's bust
ness house is of. The parapet wall
of Rives & Malone's brick store was
torn off and the whole outside leans to
the street, making the building worth
less. The chimneys were blown off OF
Fosters brick building, and the vacant
residence of A. W. Reeves was blown to
pieces. The wagon and buggy manuiac-
tory of NJ. E. Ellis is completely de-
stroved. Mrs. Fosters residence was
destroyed, but no one was hurt. Mrs.
Bailey, with five children, occupied the
residence which was destroyed, and yet
none of the family were injured. The
southern arm Of the storm passed east
ward through Telefair county, taking
everything in its path for hundred
wards wide. The turpentine-works Of
Whiddon & Holland, two miles
north OF Lumber City. were com
pletely destroyed, the still, commits
sary, and every house and shanty being
blown away. w. b. Whiddon was sleep
ING in the house with Holland, and they
rushed out to save themselves, but had
run only few steps when the house was
blown over on them and crushed
them SO that they seemed to have
hardly an unbroken bone left
in their bodies and were killed
instantly. Two other men sleeping IN
another house were also crushed and
killed by the house being blown upon
them. Several others were wounded and
injured. A flat-car standing on the rail-
road track was blown OF and torn TO
pieces. General reports come in of
houses being blown away and fences de-
stroyed. A negro brakeman On north
eastern train was killed by falling tree.
SAyASSAH. Ga. March 21.--A cyclone
struck Lumber City, Ga, this morning.
b. V. Holland, of the firm OF Holland,
Strickland a. Co., and w. b. Whiddon,
OF the firm OF Whiddon 4 Holland, both
prominent citizens, were killed. Wild
don resided at Eastman and Holland at
Dublin.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. March 21.-A
special to the Times reports terrible
wind.storm at Calhoun, Ga., last night.
Calhoun is ninety miles from Chattanoo-
ca, on the Atlantic and Western railroad.
The storm demolished the Baptist and
Methodist churches. destroyed several
houses, and unroofed every house in
town. Numbers of cattle were killed.
No loss of life has as yet been reported,
but four or five persons were wounded
by falling timbers.
The storm was much more serious and