The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-04-25
FRIGHTFUL TORNADO.
Two Mississippi Counties Are
Wrecked BY the Dread
visitant.
Plantation Homes and Negro
Cabins are Swept Away
and Many Lives Lost.

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MERIDIAN, Miss, April 2O.-Pas-
sengers on train which reached here
at o'clock this morning gave partic-
ulars of a frightful tornado that eros
sed Jasper and Clark counties yester-
day afternoon
The cyclone originated in Jasper
county thirty-iive miles south of here
and travelled in northeasterly direc-
ton. \ settlement of negro cabins
was DESTROYED and many of the unfor-
tunate inmates persisted. From this
point to Barnett, thirty miles south of
here the storm was especially severe.
DIR T. j. Krause, one of the largest
lantatiOn owners i'm The south was a
heavy loser.
Every stick of timber ON his place
was carried away and every house de-
molished
DIR. krause was badly injured. His
son had his skull crushed and his wife
and daughter were slightly hurt. \
negro on DIR. Krause's plantation,
named Henry German, with his wife
and nine children were imprisoned
under the ruins of his cabin. and fires
originating from the kitchen stove
slowly roasted the unfortunate
wretches, who piteously begged that
death might come and release them
from their sufferings.
Three miles east of Barnett the
wind struck neighborhood of farms.
Tom Lots dwelling was swept away
his legs broken and other members o..
the family slightly bruised.
John Smiths house was levcled
and he received serious injuries.
b. +. Legget's store was DESTROYED
and his stock of merchandise is now
hanging in shreds upon the branches
If the forest trees. His wife and
children were buried in the ruins
which caught fire and would have
persisted but for the timely arrival of
neighbOrs.
\ little further on three negro
cabins were struck. Two negroes
were killed and several badly
wounded.
Twenty miles east of Barnett the
storm crossed the Memphis and Ohio
Railroad tearing down three miles of
telegraph wires and obstructing the
track. The telegraph poles and wires
for a distance of five miles along the
tracks of the New Orleans and South
ern are down. Crossing the Memphis
and Ohlo's tracks north of Shuberta,
the storm created havoc among the
negro cabins on the different planta-
tions.
Reports OF the damage are coming
in slowly. but such rs are received in
dicate an awful los of life and prep
erty.
All along the hundred miles of the
cyclones path, is strewn the dead ear
cases of horses, cattle, and all de-
scription of live stock, while the crops
are ruined. The loss will reach into
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
FAYETTEVILLE DISASTER.
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. April pc
Yesterday terrific cyclone passed
through the valley just south of this
place followed by heavy rain. Its
path was about three hundred wards
wide, leaving barren waste behind it.
1t swept everything, uprooted trees,
tore down fences, destroyed houses.
Many homes were utterly demolished.
Many families were in the storm last
night without shelter. OF a family
consisting of eight persons not one es-
capped injury.
They are all seriously hurt. but it
Is probable that all except one child
will recover. The citizens are doing
everything possible for the distressed.
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