The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-07-11
A CYCLONES HAVOC.

Deadly Work OF Hurricane at Batol
Rouge, Lathe Governors Mansion
Wrecked and the Penitentiary Demol
tshed-At Least a Dozen Persons Killed
and o Great Many Seriously Injured-Ths
Storm i'm Mississippi.
BATON ROUGE, La, July IA cyclone
passed over the lower portion of town
yesterday morning, unroofng houses
tearing up immense trees and carrying
missiles along with it. The governors
mansion was directly in the path of the
| cyclone and it made clean sweep OF
every chimney and all the trees around
it. The roof of the handsome residence
belonging to Mr.. Marshall was carried
away and great damage was done to
the place.
The boulevard was one mass of trees
torn up by the wind and the street was
filed with debris. There was scarcely
pane Of glass left in town and few
houses are completely unroofed. Resi-
dences were taken up by the wind and
carried for miles.
AT the penitentiary the scene was a
terrible one.
Without any warning whatever the
walls Of the factory in which 100 con-
victs were at work were crushed in as
if they had been mere paste board. The
guards were helpless and as most of
the men at work were either killed or
wounded little could be done toward
extricating the unfortunate victims I'M
til help arrived from the main prison
building.
To add to the horror of the situation
the ruins caught fire from the furnace
in the engine room, but owing to the
heavy rain which was falling the threat
ened holocaust was averted. The res
cuers were quickly to work and began
the task Of extricating the dead and dy-
ing from beneath the ruins OF the
force at work when the storm struck
the building it was discovered that
ten had been killed and thirty seri-
ously wounded, and all more or less
bruised. This was not the worst
The hospital Of the penitentiary,
in which was lying a number of
manned and helpless convicts, was also
leveled to the ground by the fury of
the storm. The work of rescue at the
factory building. where the larger num-
Der Of lives were in danger, diverted
attention from the unfortunates
in the hospital and it was
not until most Of the working force
had been rescued that the prison Off
Gals found time to turn their attention
to the hospital
In the city fifty houses at least were
unroofed or destroyed.
The storm was attended by a most |
violent rain in which the rescuers
worked and which lasted for several
hours.
The wounded include nine white and
four colored convicts from New Orleans
and sixteen white and seven colored
from other parts of the state.
u these about six are expected to die
md the recovery of several of tho
others is extremely doubtful.
The total damage to the penitentiary
buildings is estimated at $4,000.
THE TORNADO IN MISSISSIPPI
BRoOKHAVEN, Miss, July 7.-Yester-
lay morning after o'clock the south
vest portion of this county was visited
~ destructive cyclone which demol-
shed houses and fences and uprootcd
rees Nearly all houses on the follow.
ng places were destroyed and a num-
Der Of persons injured: Amos Hodges,
David Reeves, Sam Chambers and the
Davis logging camp, where one man
vas killed and three wounded. Another
yclone passed twelve miles east of this
lace at o'clock, doing great damage, '
ut no details have been received.
MADISON, Miss, July IA cyclone
truck this place about II o'clock yes
erday from the southeast. t
At Il. E. McKay's plantation the
torn destroyed the negro cabins, killed
Wesley Young, colored, and wounded
everal others. AT DR.. j. Fl. McKay's 7
very building was wrecked.