Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-06
THE GREAT SOUTHERN CYCLONE.

THE GREAT SOUTHERN CYCLONE.
Damage Caused and Lives Lost 2 Missis-
sippi and Georgia.
The destruction to property by the cyclone
which swept through Georgia on Friday night
is much greater than at first reported, but there
has been no further loss of life.
THE VICTIMS
The dead are: At Piedmont, Miss Daisy
Hawkins and a negro woman; at Odessa, six
persons, names unknown; at Molena, Mrs.
Felt and four negroes; at Woodbury., a white
child and two negroes; at Greenville, negro
woman, and near GAINESVILLE, Mr.. Andrew
Revire. The number Of injured is great and
the probabilities are that half has not been
told.
1t is impossible to give q complete list. At
Greenville the greatest damage was done. OF
the 200 houses OF the town not over fifty remain
intact. Great suffering is reported from there.
The center Of the town is completely de-
nolishsd. Half OF the houses of the town
have been RACED to the ground. That there
was no greater loss Of life is remarkable.
The reports from the center of the cyclone
disturbance show that the great restitution
caused will call for relief. Many Of the cyclone
sufferers are in destitute condition. having
been rendered houseless and homeless by the
wind, with no vestige Of clothing, except the
garments they had on their backs. They were
exposed to the biting cold.
Starvation stares some Of them in the
face. At a meeting held in Greenville it
was resolved to appeal for assistance. and
the following statement was given out:
1.-The facts are brief but terrible. The
town is now a scene Of desolation. Many
OF her elegant homes. as well as her humble
cottages, are destroyed, and numbers OF fami-
lies are destitute, penniless and homeless.
-Four of her churches and her beautiful college
have been leveled to the dust This is a calam-
ity which cannot be relieved by the sufferers
falling back upon insurance companies but
relief must come, if it comes at all, from the
promptings of Christian benefcence and
human pity and generosity. 1t is to such sem
timents, in the bosoms Of our fellow-citizens OF
every kind, that We appeal"
THE DAMAGE IN MISSISSIPPI
The mayor of Meridian, Miss, issued proc
lamation yesterday calling upon the citizens to
contribute funds for the relief of the distressed
victims of the cyclone at Marion, Toomsuba,
keewanee, Pachuta and Barnett.
1t has been impossible, SO far. to even an
proximate the financial loss Occasoned by the
cyclone. but it will go in the hundreds of thou
sands. A. j. keeton, one of the richest mer-
chants at Toomsuba. is left penniless. all of his
property having been swept away by the storm
n Suiiu was UAO"u VI us al
near Marion and instantly killed, the mother
escaping without injury.
The funeral of five of the victims of the
cyclones wrath occurred at Marion yesterday
The injured are doing well. and the majority of
them will recover. The only deaths reported
from Marion yesterday were two negroes, who
had been injured by falling trees.
Nine bodies have been recovered from the
wreckage at Barnett station, thirty miles south
of Meridian, on the Queen and Crescent rail-
road, seven Of them being members OF the
family of Daniel Barnett.
Mrs. Sarah Harrington, an aged widow, who
lived with her daughter at Barnett, was blown
away, and her body has not yet been recovered.
PRANEs OF THE WIND.
Many pranks of the winds fury are reported
The water was blown out of the tank at
Bartlett, while the tank itself was not damaged
in the least. A fine Jersey COW was blown a
mile at Pachuta and alighted on the Baptist
Church uninjured.
The cyclone struck Marion at about pm.
travelling around the southwest to northeast.
1t is described by eye witnesses as whirling
ball of fire and Travelled in zigzag course.
The main track was 800 yards wide and every
thing in that track was swept away, wreckage
OF houses being scattered for miles along Its
course. That the loss of human life is not
greater is something wonderful, but can be ac-
counted for in part by the fact that the cyclone
stTUck Only me northern pOrtOn Town,
which is not densely populated.
SWEPT HOUSE AWAY.
The first house in the storms path was that
Of Willard Hasselle, which was completely
swept away. The family miraculously escaped.
Mrs. Hasselle receiving slight injuries. J. Har-
risons house was the next to be demolished
Harrison was badly hurt by falling timbers
Mrs. Harrisons arm was broken and she sus-
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prove fatal
George Majors house was the next to be
RACED and not even the foundations were left
The family escaped with their lives, Naior re-
ceiving severe wounds about the head and
shoulders and Mrs. White his mother-in-law
being badly wounded over the right temple,
thought to be fracture of the skull. Her re-
covery is doubtful.
The two-story residence of Mrs. Mahan was
next to go, but fortunately it's occupants were
unhurt. Mrs. Barnett's house stood next in the
path of the storm. Mrs Barnett had only a
moments warning. SEEING her child she shut
herself in closet. and. although the house was
converted into kindling wood, they both es-
capped unhurt
The Meadow homestead was last to be struck
Here lived Mrs. Burton Meadow. seventy years
of age. and her daughter. Miss Myra Meadow
forty years old. They were instantly killed.
Several other houses and Outbuildings we're
blown down. The cyclone passed from Marion
to the swamp, uprooting timber, crossed the
Mobile and Ohio railroad a mile above town,
destroying half mile of telegraph wires and
blocking the road. After destroying Marion
the cyclone cut a swath through the swamp
until reaching Good Hope Church, two miles
east, which it wrecked also destroying four
settlements Of negro cabins
But three persons were fatally hurt. McNair
a negro preacher, was severely bruised Pat
Repol's house was laid waste and two children
MANNED. A. Robinson's place, five miles east
of Marion, was ruined. Mr.. Robinson's mother
is severely injured and will hardly live, having
her right arm broken, right ankle shattered and
other severe injuries. Miss Robinson received
a scalp wound.
WRECKED THE WASHINGTON FLYER.