Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-08
RUIN By THE WIND
Part ofthe Town Of Fayetteville.
Ga. Demolished
FROM A FURIOUS CYCLONE
Three Persons Lose Their Lives--Ancsaes
Killed in s:El;lzs Manner IN
Town n Eleriaa.

Alfalfa. Ga. Jan. Three per-
sons were killed aud half dozea
ssrioasiy ~ouadea II cyclon- which
passed over Fayetteville TUESDAY
night About twenty dwellings, were
wrecked. some Of the tinbers being
carried 10 niles through ire air Fay
sttssvilie . the eoanty seat Of Fayette
and ~as . thriving town quarter OF
seatory before Atlanta Was thought
Of The path Of the cyclone missed
she courthouse, when is Ia the center
of the town, about 100 yards. Nest OF
Fayetteville no dsnsgs wss deae. bus
= miles east of Fzyettesviiis 1t carried
death aaA dsstrustisaL
fss Awfaf Work.
The storm struck the village asou.
o'clock Tuesday night The lower end
Of the fuDnel-shaped cloud covered
about SEQ yards The first building
struck was the home OF J. W. Graham
The irresistible storm demolished the
house entirely and KILLED little Sallio
Hate Graham. the lo-year-oid daughter
Graham's gn-hsase. 100 yards away.
was eonpletely destroyed Grahs1's
ssss Is ABOUT -. ooo. A short distance
from the Graham home big frame
Bcaooihouse stood This the cyclone
next claimed n its own and in the
twinkling of an eve swept it OF the
szrth.
Warmer Travis Killed
The storm next gathered in It's
clutches a vacant house which belonged
60 Mrs. Beadles The tricks that con-
s.its.ed the foundation alone remain.
The residence OF Mrs. Henderson was
then xripped. Here lived VIII H.
Travis. young farmer. and his wife.
Travis had just come in TO supper and
wss playing with his two children
when the storm struck the house.
Travis was blown 200 yards and killed
Nearly every bone in his body was
broken. His wife and two children
and Mrs Henderson were all fatally
Injured
A Chiid's Death.
The cyclone then swept a corner of
the house OF Mrs. Fannie Brown.
Your cabins near ths village were de-
rnolished and in one = child was
Killed An alliance warehouse worth
~. 200 was destroyed. The cyclone left
Fayetteville from the southeast and
swept everything that stood in its way
- the ground
A Victim In Florida.
SANFORD, Fla, Jan. 1-Oakland, a
srzan town on the Grange Belt railroad
10 miles west OF hare. WAS visited by o
destructive tornado Wednesday. cover
ing a tract of country . mile long and
over half . nile wide. 1t leveled near
w everything standing in its path. and
sne death and numerous minor casual
hes resulted from it. The wind
rame in westerly direction
pcross Johns lake and traversed
the prairie and fat woods at the east
and Of the town. There IL struck L.
H. Roper's two-story cottage, lifted IL
from It's foundations, breaking the
brick chimney and the gable. and
turned the house upside down, COM
plstely crushing it and It's contents,
and instantly killing Mrs Roper and
,njuring her daughter Pearl. The
baby and the sou escaped unhurt
In south Carolina
CHARLESTON, 9. C.. Jan Darling
spn county has been visited By q de-
,tructivs tornado. At Cash's depot
roofs were blown from large residences.
out no one was hurt In the northeast
srr part of the county houses and trees
we're blown down and twelve colored
secpie badly hurt. The track OF the
,,orr. was about 90 yards wide and 1t
ana not swerve from its course through
forests OF oak. hickory and pine, bat
cut IN avenue threugh the woods. The
storn came from the northwest and
moved in southeast direction and was
mean, % r,icd ~. H-,,fnirsr