St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-07
HAVOC BYA CYCLONE
Fayetteville and Other Towns
in Georgia Suffer From
It's Fury.
Several People Killed and
Many Buildings Laid
in Ruins.
The Track Of the Cyclone Is
Out OF Reach Of the TEL
egraph.
Fearful Head-End Collision
and Explosion Trainmen
Killed.

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 6.-At O'Clock
last evening great black, funnel
shaped cloud, fringed with electric fire.
the center of which was roaring,
seething mass, struck Fayetteville, and
dwellings, churches and public build
ings were swept away, and several per-
sons killed. AT the home of Mrs. A. j.
Henderson the family were gathered.
Mrs. Henderson, Mrs. Travis, her
daughter, and Will Travis and his two
children formed the group. The build
ing shook little. and Mir. Travis
stepped to the door to see what it all
meant. Just as he stepped upon the
porch the cyclone came down upon the
house.
The roof was taken off and then the
floor of the house was wrenched away
and the inmates and contents were left
within the walls upon the bare ground.
Mrs. Henderson was badly hurt. Mrs.
Travis and the children were seriously
injured. Search was made for Mr..
Travis, but he was not found until
o'clock.
All His Zones Broken.
His remains were picked up in an old
field 100 yards from the residence. Both
legs and arms were broken and his ribs
crushed in.
Twelve people were sitting together
at the residence of }. W. Graham. The
cyclone struck the house, and the walls
were crushed and the roof and ceiling
torn away. The chimney tottered and
tell. Beneath the pile of debris one
member of the family group was buried,
Saliie Kate Graham, aged nine. All the
other members of the family were In
jured.
After the storm had passed away
somebody picked up little dead negro
child. Whose it was or where it came
from nobody knows. Altogether thirty
residences, the public academy and the
Alliance warehouse were destroyed.
Many other buildings were seriously
damaged. The residence of Mr.. Knox
was destroyed, and he and Mrs. Knox
were injured.
The residence and barn of j. P. Peavy
were blown away. In the same neigh
borhood John English, whose residence
was destroyed, was badly injured. His
wife had her ankle broken and their two
children were hurt. AS the
Track of the Cyclone
lay through the backwoods district,
further particulars are not obtaluable
tonight.
MILLEN, Ga, Jan. Ga terrific cY-
clone passed near hore late yesterday
afternoon. causing great loss OF prop
erty. 1t struck the plantation of j. H.
Daniel and entirely wrecked five dwell
ing houses and two stables. The next
damage done was on the plantation of
Elias Daniel, where the gin house and
barns were unroofed. One of the dwell
ings blown down contained thirteen
people, none OF whom were seriously
injured.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Jan. 6.-Darling-
ton county has been struck by de-
structive tornado. At Cash's depot
roofs were blown from large residences,
but no one was hurt. In the northeast
ern part of the county houses and trees
were blown down and twelve colored
people badly hurt. The track of the
storm was about sixty yards wide, and it
did not swerve from Its course through
forests of oak. hickory and pine, but
cut out an avenue through the woods.
The storm came from the northwest,
moved in Southeasterly direction and
was accompanied by lightning.
A Willie Wide.
OAKLAND, Fla, Jan, Ga destruc-
tive wind storm passed over this town
about 10 o'clock this forenoon doing
great damage to property and caus-
ing one death. The path of the
tornado was one mile in width, Nearly
everything in its track was leveled to
the ground. AT the east end of the
town it struck the two-story house of p.
H. Roper, lifted it from its foundation,
breaking the brick chimney and gable,
and tarned the house upside down,
completely crushing it and its contents,
and instantly killing Mrs. Roper and in
juring her daughter.
A man passing by who saw the dread
full work of the hurricane ran over to
the Roper house and found four
months-old baby unhurt, lying on the
top of the ceiling of one of the rooms.
which was upside down, showing the
house to have been completely turned
over. Mrs. Roper was found crushed
and damned in between timbers and
already dead. She must have been in