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sweep through the city. but would strike
the ground and bound forward
Like Bouncing Bali.

It would pass over several houses at
a time, and decending again tear its way
for hundreds of feet at time. The
trunks of large oaks were popped off
like pipe stems. So sudden was the
storm that number of bread carts, ex-
press and other vehicles were caught,
and were carried along in the streets.
1t departed as suddenly as 1t came. A
number of very narrow escapes are re-
ported. j. III. Young's house was a
raised cottage. AS it left its founda-
tien the chimney fell in OIL Mrs. Young,
who had her baby in her arms. Neigh
bors rushed in and rescued the family,
none of whom received dangerous
wounds. Mrs. Jones, wife of DR.. Thomas
Jones, had just entered the bathroom
when four rafters from Miller's shop
came flying through the air and pierced
the wall of the room less than three feet
above her head. Charley Day was in
It it collapsed, Elapsed an%G and though ot9 " the
room was turned nearly upside
down and the timbers twisted in every
direction he escaped with slight
bruise in the forehead. Jacob Baum
aHt family were covered by the ruins
of their house, but were rescued by
friends. MIR. Baum had his feet badly
mashed, and Mrs. Wolf, wife of con-
ductor, was badly bruised about the
body. At the penitentiary the scene
was terrible one. The guards were
helpless, and as most of the
men at work were either killed
or wounded, little could be done to-
ward extIicating the unfortunate vic
tins until help arrived from the main
prison building. To add to the horror
the situation the ruins caught fire from
the furnace in the engine room, but Ow-
ing to the heavy rain which was falling,
the threatened holocaust was averted.
NEW ORLEANS, July 6.-The tow
boat Smoky City was caught in the
cyclone at $50 a. m, eight miles below
Baton Rouge. The entire cabin was
blown down. The escape of the crew
was something wonderful considering
the fact that they were all asleep and
that the greatest possible damage was
done to the boat by the violence of the
storm. No one was dangerously hurt.
A negro fireman is missing. None of
the officers were injured. The Smoky
City was owned by Capt. S. S. Crump,
OF PittSburg, and was commanded by
L. c. Mcclure,
Mississippi Touched.
BRooKRAvEN, Miss, July 6.-This
morning about O'clock the southwest
ern portion of this county was visited
by dangerous cyclone, demolishing
houses and fences and uprooting
trees. Nearly all houses in the
places touched were destroyed and a
number of persons injured. In a log
ging camp one man was killed and three
wounded. Another cyclone passed
twelve miles east OF this place at 10
o'clock, doing great damage, but no de-
tails received.
MADISON, Miss, July GA cyclone
struck this place about IL o'clock to-
day. 1t was preceded by a fearful
rumblihg sound that came from the
southeast, Disasters are reported as
follows: III. E. Mackay's plantation,
destroying negro cabins, killing Wes-
ley Young, colored and wounded
several others. DR.. B. H. McKay's
building was wrecked. The Presby-
terian church and school building were
swept away, and on A. j. Jones' place
outbuildings were destroyed and stock
injured, trees, orchards and shrubbery
ruined. Passing out of town, to the
northwest, the cyclone completely,de-
stroyed two colored churches and the
residence of Hannah Lee, colored.