The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-04-27
WINDS WILD WORK.
a Cyclone Visits Several Counties
in Mississippi
Fifty or More Persons Known to Have
Been Killed-The Ruins of One House
Take Fire end q Family of
Eleven. Are Cremated.

MERIDIAN, Miss, April 21.-The PEG
pie of Jasper, Clarke and Jones counties
experienced their third cyclone of the
year at $50 p. m. Wednesday. The
number killed and wounded cannot
even now be told. Two hundred homes
were more or less demolished, some OF
them being completely swept off the
face of the earth. The following is the
list known to have been killed:
In Clarke county Mrs. Aldridge, Mrs.
Sutton, child of William Ponders and
three unidentified negroes.
Jasper county, at and near Pachuta-
one child of the Partens, years old, was
found this morning crying over
the dead body of it's mother
by the searchers who discovered the
body. Parten's body was blown half a
mile from his house. The Fisher fami-
", consisting of William Fisher, his
mother, an aged lady, his wife and FIVE
children were blown away; nothing
remains of their home and none
of the bodies have been recov-
cred and all are supposed to
have been lost Searching par
ties are row securing the woods in
search of the bodies. Minerva S.
Stevens. aged 10, was blown up in the
top of a tall pine and found there dead
A son of Sim MCGOWAN was blown 3
miles and instantly killed. His body
was found at the foot Of a tree, but no
scratches on it Indicated that it had
made an aerial passage.
a negro family in the swamp, con-
sisting Of a man, his wife and seven
children, all persisted. Several negroes
whose names could not be learned are
known to have been killed in the neigh
borhood of Puchuta Miss.
FAMILY CREMATED.
A negro named Henry German with
his wife and nine children were inn
pr.st:-c>l uz.;;. :alo ruins OF HIS cabin,
and fire originating from the kitchen
stove slowly roasted the unfortunate
wret hes, who piteously begged that
death might come and release them from
their sufferings. Other negro inmates Of
cabins on the Krouse place were
s-laken and bruised, but no other Sc
rious casualties are reported. Three
miles east Of Barnett Tom Lots dwell
ing was swept away, his legs broken
and other members of the family
bruised. 3. f. Leggett's store was de.
stroyed and his stock of merchan-
disc is now hanging in shrets
upon the branches of trees. Leggett's
wife and children were buried in the
ruins which caught Ere and would
have persisted but for the timely arrival
of neighbors. A little further on three.
cabins We're struck and two negroes
killed and several badly wounded.
A HEAVY LOSS
Crossing the Memphis & Ohio's tracks
north of Shuberta the storm created
havoc among the negro cabins, causing
an awful loss of life and property. The
cyclones path is strewn with the dead
carcasses Of horses. cattle and all de-
scriptions of live stock, while crops are
ruined. The loss will reach into the
hundreds of thousand of dollars.
MANY INJURED.
Near Quitman, Miss, the track of the
cyclone is fully ) miles wide, and more
than fifty families are left without food,
shelter or clothing. The following are
severely injured: William Aired, Mrs.
Aired and Robert Aired; w. j. Partin,
wife and four children; William Jills
and wife; Mark Scrimpshire and two
children; c. c. Culpepper; John Flen-
ing, his wife and three children. Many
others whose names could not be
learned were also wounded.