Hillsboro recorder., 1888-03-29

The general merchandise store Of Hicks
&c Engrams was destroyed, entailing d
loss Of nearly ~, 1000. The Methodist.
Baptist and Presbyterian churches were
badly injured, and altogether the injury
10 property cannot be less than $50, 900.
The following Is partial list of the suf,
ferers: M. L. Mathews, Gray a. Minis, j.
/ b. I. Horrell, Hines & King, J. n. Pat.
rick. j. B. johnson. W. NJ. Hnghy,
Hicks & Pitts, Mrs. Pitts. q. W. Reed,
Reens & Malone, J. NJ. Horlan Il Co.,
County Courthouse, Mrs. Sue Foster,
Mrs. L. ]. Simmons, L. ]. Kicker, N. Z.
Ellis, Daniel Ellis, r. VI. Ellis, samuel
Pullain, o. n. Stow, A. w. Reens. r
IL Rallou, J. II. Neal. Eergason 4 Rob,
ertseu, III. Il. Ferguson, Mrs. Norcissns,
DR.. J. II. Malone, y. j. Booz, b. q. Booz.
Three years ago there was a half.wiited
colored girlin The place who profcssed
10 be able to read iuto the future. She
would go up theside Of the hill and stay
there alone hours at time. One alter
noon abe came back very much excited
and told several people that she had seen
a strange sight; that something had
come 10 her and told her that Calhoun
was to be destroyed by cyclone, March
the 20th. 1883. She was % earnest, that
somebody wrote up the incident, and IL
was published. She missed it only one
day.
The turpentine works ef Whidden &
Holland, two miles north Of Lumber
City, were completely demolished, the
still, coIninissary and every house and
shanty being blown away. W. B Wild
don was sleeping in n house with his
partner, aud they rushed out TO save
themselves, but had ran only few steps
when the house was blown over on them
and crushed them 50 that they seemed to
have hardly an unbroken bone left In
their bodies, aud were killed Instantly;
all their clothing was blown from
their bodies, except small fragment Of
Mr.. Mhiddon's under vest. Two other
men, sleeping in another house, were
also crushed and killed by the house be-
ing blown down upon them. Several
other persons were wounded and injured,
more OF less seriously. There was a large
lot of saw logs in Sugar creek. The
Storm. blew the water ont Of the creek
and turned the raft in . perpendicular
position. The village consisted Of twelve
or fifteen buildings and two stores, and
there is not the sign Of house left. The
goods from the stores are scattered every
where. Bolts of calico and shoes and
groceries are 10 be found scattered IN all
parts Of the storm area. On the railroad
side. track. before he cyclone came up,
there were several cars standing, some Of
them heavily loaded with lfTnber, but in
few moments more they were one hun
dred aud fifty yards away from the track
out In an old field. One Of the most re-
markable things that occurred was the
switch target. II Was twisted of and
carried away as II il had been u mere
shrub. The iurpentine distillery and saw
mills we're completely destroyed, and the
lumber was scattered for one-half mile
around. There were about 1000 barrels
Of iurpentine In the building, and these
were sent up like rockets in the mir, and
some OF them were blown half mile
and scattered everywhere.
In Lithonia dozen ether buildings
were injured. some blown entirely down.
The wind track was about one half mile
wide and took fences and trees before Il.
Frank Boxby, his son. and son.iu-law
were in house when IL was blown down.
The tiinbers fell upon them, and they
we're all hurt. Boxby's Injuries are the
seyerest aud II Is believed that he will
die. Ills son.in-law's back was broken.
Mrs. Sursin, living near the town, was
Ltruck BY piece of falling timber blown
from her house, and badly hurt. West
Point, LaGrange. Palmetto, Newman and
Griffin, Powder Spring, Marietta, Carriers
VILE. Cave Springs, Rome and Cedar.
town did not suffer much. 4. b. Hal.
combs house, at Ackworth, was blown
down as well rs the Baptist church, at
TallapoOsa.
Thr First Baptist church, (colored,) at
Gainesville. was blown down, Us well as
Hoods brick cotton Warehouse at Har.
mony Grove. sims steam mill, at Wash.
ington, was unroofcd. and colored
church In course Of construction at that
place was destroyed. A freight train
from Lula 10 Athens ran into tree,
which had been blown across the Gu.
trance to cut. The smokestack and
whistle Of the engine were knocked of.
A negro brakeman by the namG Of Bob
Reese was sitting on the top Of 3 box car,
when the tree struck him In the back Of
the head. killing him instantly.
Talladegi. Ala, suffered badly. One
ijf the dormitOries Of the State University
for the deaf, dumb and blind, had Its "a.
Bile end blown IL, aud covering the deaf
mntes with the debris, breaking their
beds into &, splintcrs without
seriously injuring the boys.
Two miles from Talladega the beautiful!
iron bridge Of the 4. & A. r. r., span.
ming Talladrga creek, was piled by the
wind into dlass Of ruins into the middle
Of the stream. The storm seems to have
divided up into sectional cyclones, tax.
ing various directions, switching, ~ II
were, from the main body Of the hurri.
cane which swept northwest. The wind
which passed over the asylum seems 10
have been about twenty yards In Width,
and was sweepiDR above The surface some
forty feet, rs Il carried away the roof of
the dormitory and other buildings with.
out touching the shrubbery.
Dispatches state that the hurricane