The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-08
SWEEP OF TIE CYCLONE.
HEAVY DAMAGE IN LINCOLN
COUNTY, MIS- SIssIPPL

Many Houses in Ruins-A Fearful
Rumbling Sound tie Messenger Of
the Blow at ldadison-Two Colored
Churches and Several Residences
Blown Dowa-The Big Blow at Gal.
weston
New ORLEANS, July IA special to the
Ifmes-Dentocrdt from Brookhaven, Miss,
says: "Y Yesterday morning about o'clock
the southwestern portion OF this county was
visited by destructive cyclone. demolish-
ing houses and fences and uprooting trees
Nearly all the houses on the following
places were destroyed and a number of
persons injured; Amos Hodges, David
Reeves, Samuel Chandler and McNavis'
logging camp, where one man was killed and
three wounded. Another cyclone passed
three miles east of this place at 10 O'clock
doing great damage, but no details have
been received
MADISON IN ITS PATH.
A special to the Times Democrat from
Madison, Miss, says: "a cyclone struck
this place about o'clock Yesterday. Il
was preceded by fearful milling sound
that came from the southeast Disasters
are reported as follows: On Ii. f. McKay's
plantation it destroyed negro cabins, killed
Wesly Young, colored, and wounded sew
eral Others
"Dr. J. H. McKay's building was
wrecked.
The storm then passed across the railroad,
leVellng telegraph poles. The residences Of
Messrs Glascock aud Brown were the first
reached in the town. Both houses were
wrecked, and much OF the furniture was
destroyed and the live stock injured. The
Presbyterian church aud ths school build
Ing we're completely swept away, aud on A.
M. Jones' place outstanding buildings were
destroyed and stock injured. Trees, orch
ards aud shrubbery were ruined Passing
out of town to the northwest. the cyclone
completely destroyed two colored churches
ana the residence of Hardy Lee (colored)
THE BLOW IN THE PARISHES.
Dispatches received here this morning re-
port damage by the storms as follows:
Ia Lafayette parish many houses were
blown down ana much damage was done to
farms. Morthbert Washington was killed
under the ruins OF his own house.
Lobdell's, West Baton Rouge parish, re-
ports that the heaviest rain-storm ever
known there occurred last night. The wind
demolished large brick sugar house on
Belmont plantation, and also several cabins
and other buildings.
Gloster, Miss, reports that about O'Clock
SAAo NAOA hAAAk a JIAOilC Bhhbeu IDIOuEh bub
country three miles from there. 1t came
from the southwest, and was half a mile
wide. Many houses were destroyed, and n
negEo woman and her child were killed and
several other persons were wounded.
SUNDAYS BLOW AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, TEX, July THE storm
which ragged here Saturday night aud Sum
day eliminated Sunday evening about 9
O'Clock. driving southwest wind ac-
companied by a heavy rain caused
much Of the lower portion of the
city to become practically inun-
dated. At O'Clock the wind reached a
velocity Of fifty-flve miles per hour. The
electric light plant was useless, and dark
ness, added to the fury of the storm, made
anything like travel impossible, aud caused
many to fear repetition of the great storm
and food of 1888. All street railway
service was abandoned. The worst damage
done was along the Gulf beach, where the
terrific force Of the surf carried away almost
everything within its reach. The break
water in front Of the Beach hotel was COM
pletely wrecked and destroyed. The electric
railway tracks we're undermined and car
ried on shore. AT the essE shore end, which
is extremely low and fat, the heavy sea did
much damage. Buildings were damaged,
and 10 many instances the occupants were
compelled TO ascend to tine second floors to
avoid the water.
BOATS CALLED INTO USE.
On the bay side Of the city, in the east
end, small boats were called into reQuisiton
for travel, but boating was dangerous, and
but few attempted to get about in that way.
The tide was the highest known for years,
and when the wind veered to the west late
Sunday night it looked az though every boat
in the harb0r was doomed to destruction.
L. 81. - e 80.
steamer FraG kiln, due from Bluetields the
banana fields Of Nicaragua since last Fri.
day. The occupants of the Pagodas and
mauy Of the beach resorts had to be as
sisted ashore's by means of life-saving
lines.
HOUSES BLOWN DOWN.
Throughout the city houses were blown
down and steps and stairs were carried
away. Several people were injured, one
house falling before the furious blast before
the inmates escaped, one Of whom was se-
riously njured. People we're blown against
houses and fences and fractured arms were
the result in several cases The scene along
the / each beggars description. A mass of
twisted poles, timbers, piles and debris occu-
pies the attention of an army of workmeE
to-day. Taken ali in all, IL was the most
disastrous storm which Galveston has seen
for years, and 1t will take thousands of dol
lars 70 repair Jhe damage.
BATON RoUGE's SHAKING UP.
BATON ROUGE, La, July THE damage
by Yesterdays cyclone is even greater than
at first supposed. In this city proper the
loss is estimated at not less than 5000, 900.
The board Of control estimates the loss at the
penitentiary at $50. .0O0. Houses ia the track
of the storm are unroofed, and IN several
instances completely demolished. The only
citizens known thus far to have been injured
are Mrs. Cotton and Mrs. Young. In the
suburbs Of the city the storm struck build
ing aud it collapsed. The walls fell in on a
woman. She was rescued by her neighbors
but cannot recover. AT the penitentiary
John Fochy, from ST. Lauding parish, one
Of the injured, serving a life sentence for
murder, died to-day.
HEROIC CoNvICTs.
After the storm several of the convicts
distinguished themselves by heroic action
and labor in behalf of their fellow convicts,
notably ex-Judge Thomas J. Ford and
William Buckley, serving a twenty years,
sentence for the murder Of Capt.
Murphy Louis Clark, serving a life sentence
for the murder of Pat Msaly; Edward
De Witt, who was sentenced seven weeks
ago to two years at hard labor for raising
an insurance policy from $500 to 81, 400 and
appropriatinE the commission on the addi-
tional premium, and who served from 1861
to 1865 as a surgeon in the army opposed to
Gen. Lee, rendered valuable assistance.
DE WITT HELPS THE WOUNDED.
Before surgeons from Baton Rouge ar
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