Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-25
KELLY WIPED OFF The EARTH
Not House lcft standing sn the Path
of the 4 Csclone-- Damage ~
NAshsiils>

are sfil ueulordl<rt ana reports are
coming in slowly from the storm die
tricts. and il will be several days before
the full extent Of the disaster will be
known. The death list at 10 o'clock
toots up eighteen. while the list II in
| iurei viii run up into the hundreds
The names of the dead at Kelly. Mis-
sissirpi - far as known. are: Harriet
Smith. Mary Williams. Susan Williams
and <wo unknown negro women. The
dead elsewhere are: Richard Heard.
Shubuta. Mississippi: Thomas Heard.
shubuta. Mississippi; Eli Prince. Ellis
vile, Mississippi: Drury Sumralls and
family of nine. Shaws. Mississippi.
The names ~ the injured at Kelly. 80
far as known, are as follows:
Richard Payne. wife and children. all
badly injured by the collapse of their
house; one ~ the children viii die.
Jim Payne. badly wounded about the
head and shoulders; may die.
Chris Burford. internally injured; will
probably die.
Mrs. Sarah Hart. two ribs broken and
internally injured; may die.
Marion Mason. injured about the
head
Mrs. Mason. badly Guy about ths hips.
Harriet Branch. shoulder broken.
William Mclaughlin, arm dislocated.
The Injured at Other Places.
The injured at other points are: s. X.
Davis, Charlottesville. Arkansas: four
teen negro tenants. Charlottesville. Ar
kansas. more or less seriously injured,
Jim Carroll. Spring Creek. Tennessee.
fatally injured: twenty-one school chill
dren. Tunica. Mississippi, more or less
seriously injured.
The majority OF those killed and in
lured are negroes.
The first heard of the cyclone was in
northern Louisiana and southern Ar
kansas. 1t crossed the Missis-
sippi few miles above Green
vile. devastating plantations. wrecking
farm horses and uprooting giant trees.
The path Of the storm was about half 4
mile wide. and nothing was left standing
in its track. The first fatality occurred
near Shaws station. Miss. where the
house Of Drury Sumral. prosperous
and Industrious colored farmer, was
leveled To the ground. killing the entire
family OF nine persons. The cyclone
passed through the suburbs of Shaws
and demolished several residences and
small stores. but no one was killed.
Cause Of the Storm.
The hurricane then changed its course
slightly and Travelled the right Of way 81
! the lazoo & Mississippi Valley railroad
until il entered Cleveland. Mississippi,
where the public school building. sev-
cral houses and stores were razed Ia the
! ground. No fatalities occurred at Cleve-
land. but several people were struck by
flying timbers and more or less injured.
Leaving Cleveland the cyclone passed
within mile of--C Ciarksdale. a town of
2.Ooo inhabitants. and next struck
Tunica. the county seat Of Tunica
Nearly every building in the place was
wrecked. The newly completed court
house went down before the winds fury.
The colorcsi school building was wrecked
and oser thirty children MANNED. AS the
cyclone left Tunica IL divided. one por-
ton travelling IN "A portheasferly
direction. while the other took a north
westerly course and again crossed the
Mississippi river into Arkansas. where il
spread ruin through three counties.
The towns II Charlottesville and Vim
cent were nearly wiped on the face ~
the earth. and the storm then took a
northeasferly course. reaching Kelly
Mississippi. about o'clock in the after
noon.
The storm as Kelly.
KELLY. Miss. March "a This morn.
ing thorough investigation was made
regarding the damage made by the
cyclone yesterday. which showed that
matters were Morse than expected
l. ports of damage ara numerous
Every r0unfrynsan who came in ad1iesl
horrors b. the situation.
IA far AZ can he learned there was no,
house left standing within the scope ol
.he cyclone. which ranged from "a quar-
Ter to half mile in width. southwest q!
Kelly The trees we're blown up by the
roots as though scissors had clipped
them.
The injured are: Payne. a negro. wifs
and i've children. Payne was badl,
irui.srd. being crushed under his cabin
Hia vfe - internally injured 4 sma
baby foot smashed Eighteen year old
girl. head crushed Ia. plll die. Tn,
other two eaeapei
Harriet Snasth. coEoresi. killed. live
on Kf~l,s place. four miles southwest 81
Kelly
Charles Bnford. negro. bead sn,ashss
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aisly die
fph Mclaughlin negro shoulder 1iis
heated
Jim Payne. skull crushed and arm
asslssated. his little year OLD -. badl,
iniufei internally ~ heavy log fallinl
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