Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-09
WORK OF THE WIND
A Destructive Cyclone Visits Parts
of Mississippi.
Several Lives Lost and Much Prop
erty Destroyed Details of the Dis
aster at Baton Rouge.
KILLED BY A GALE.

BROOK HAVEN, Miss, July S.-Mon-
day morning about o'clock the south
western portion of this county was
visited by a destructive cyclone, de-
molishing houses, fences and uproot-
lag trees. The places of Amos Hodges
and David Reeves were destroyed and
a number of persons injured At Nc
Navis' logging camp one man was
killed and three wounded
| MADISON, Miss, July S.-A cyclone
struck this place about l. o'clock Mon
! day 1t came from the southeast Dis
asters are reported as follows: II. Il.
McKay's plantation, destroying negro
cabins, killing Wesley Young (coloredl,
and wounding several others. Mr.. d.
ii. McKay's building was wrecked.
The storm then passed across the rail
road, leveling telegraph poles, The
residences of Glasscock and Brown
were then first reached in town.
Both houses were wrecked. The
| Presbyterian church and school build
ing were completely swept away, and
on A. NJ. Jones place outstanding
buildings were destroyed and stock in
jured, trees, orchards and shrubbery
ruined. Passing out of town to the
northwest the cyclone completely de-
stroyed the two colored churches and
the residence of Hannah Lee, colored.
BATON RorGE, La, July S.-The rain
that came W tn the cyclone Monday is
still pouring. There is in the whole
country no gloomier city to-day than is
Baton Rouge. A pathway 200 yards
wide diagonally across the town is lit
tered with the wreck of houses that
were blown down. Many are homeless,
but are being cared for by their
more fortunate neighbors The fact that
the rain continues adds much to the
damage, as in those houses which were
simply unroofed the furniture is almost
"A total loss. The rain has soaked every
thing and has washed in the grit that
went with the clogas of dust raised 10y
the destruction of the buildings. All
the penitentiary there is the utmost
desolation. The buildings left stand
ing are all more or less damaged, the
only building not unroofed oeing the
old machinery hail. in which lie the
wounded, several Of them at the point
of death. Ten were almost instant
ly killed John Fahey, of St Landry,
died shortly after midnight making
the eleventh victim. lie had been
horribly mangled. The immediate
cause of death was hemQr hage, caused
by the broken ends of several ribs hav-
ing penetrated his lungs and stomach.
Three or four of the wounded are at
the point of death. The total loss of
property at the penitentiary will
amount to about So, 600, on which there
was no storm insurance This will
prove serious, as the state is ~ present
crippled financially and it is hard to
tell where the money is coming from
! to replace the building. The best of
order prevails among the convicts
The tug Smoky City, which was
caught in the river about mile from
the city, passed up in tow to Pitts
| burgh. At the time Of the accident She
| had in tow six empties bound up river
Capt j. c. Mcclure said that he had
on board at the time crew
/ of forty-two. A dozen or more
were badly injured and not man
escaped without bruises, One negro
was blown overheard and drowned One
| deck hand was severely hurt and sent
7 by train to New Orleans. The captain
estimates his loss at SO, 900. on which
/ there is no insurance
/ The loss to property in the city will
amount to fully S250OO0. There is but
one storm insuranc" policy on any Of
it, and that amounts 20 but little. Re
ports from the country show that for
ID or Is miles across the river a swath
! fully 200 yards wide was cut Not a
stalk of corn, bit Of fence or build
| ing remains standing.