The morning call., 1893-03-25
OUT ON THE GULF.
Where the Storm Cloud
Passed.
1T WAS A MIGHTY TEMPEST.
Dwellings and Stores Unroofed, Barns
and Fences Blown Down and
Many Lives Lost.
IT WAS A MIGHTY TEMPEST.
Special to THE MORNING CALI

KELLY, Miss. March 24.-Ths morning
a thorough examination was made regard
ing the damage done by the cyclone of yes
terlay, which showed that matters were
worse even than had been expected. The
town Of Kelly itself is only small place Of
thirty houses, and of these twelve or fifteen
were entirely swept away. AS far as can
be learned not a house was left standing
within the scope OF the cyclone, which
ranged from quarter to half a mile in
width. Trees were moved down as though
a Scythe clipped them. The injured are:
Payne, a negro. badly bruised, being
crushed under his cabin. His wife was
crippled and internally injured. and small
boy had its foot smashed. Their 1S-year-
old girl had her head crushed in and Will
die. The other two children in the house
escaped.
Harriet Smith (coloredl killed.
Chris Burford (coloredl, head smashed and
will probably die.
Z. Mclaughlin (colored).
Jim Payne skull crushed.
Besides these. an eight-year-old boy was
injured internally. and a child was cut,
probably fatally. Several others were re-
ported injured. but full particulars could
not be learned.
Some of the losses were: Harrison
Smith, barn blown down; the schoohouse
was totally destroyed; on the Lemon and
Gale farm there was not a house of any
description left standing; the store OF II.
w. Mann was badly wrecked; the house Of
Harry Dean was entirely blown away, and
X c. Goodrich and Robert Stevens had
their dwellings damaged.
LOUISVILLE. March "a - The heavy
storm which passed over a large section of
the South last night aid great damage at
Bowling Green and in the surrounding
country. The storm was in the nature of q
cyclone. At Bowling Green the roofs OF
fifteen or twenty houses were blown off,
but the most serious damage was to Louis
vile and Nashville roundh0use The
storm struck the building tearing off the
roof and leveling the brick walls with the
ground. The falling material did serious
damage to the engines inside, and an unfor-
tunate colored mau, unable to make his
escape, was caught in the debris and badly
though not seriously injured. The loss on
the building and locomotives is from S75,-
600 10 100000 Among the roofs blown off
ut Bowling Green was that of the Warren
County Courthouse
The passengers on the delayed fast ex-
press on the Louisville and Nashville road
from the south stated that all along the
road evidence Of the storm could be seen.
Many farmhnuses were noticed to be roof
less, and scores of stables and Outhouses
were totally demolished. Trees were blown
across the track at many points. but the
section men managed by hard work to keep
the track clear for the regular trains.
The town of Rawlins was almost de-
stroyed and the Postoffice building was
swept entirely away The loss is $4,000.
The storehouse occupied by Stephens &
Knox was also demolished, and the stock,
valued at 5000. was ruined by rain.
Isaac Hamilton lost several tene-
ment houses and storerooms. Besides
having his residence badly damaged.
The Shelton House was unroofed as were
other buildings near by.
Every house in Stanford was damaged
j, w. Flowers residence, one mile from
town, was unroofed. J. II. Hiatt's house was
blown down and Dudderar's mill, two miles
away, was dama-ei.
At Murray, KY. twenty residences and
fifty stables and barns were demolished.
Only one person, Miss Aline Stubblefield,
was seriously injured. although a dozen
we're slightly hurt. The loss will reach
S25, COO Much timber and fencing were
also destroyed.
NASHVILLE, March 24-One of the most
terrific storm in the history of Nashville
swept over the city last night. uprooting
trees and telephone poles in various parts
Of the town. The greatest force of the
storm was felt in the northern part of the
city, where several houses were unroofed
One, occupied by W. f. Bradford was COM
pletely razed to the ground, and Bradford
was taken from the ruins in badly bruised
condition. Mcneil Drumrlght, aged 13. who
boarded with Bradford, was also taken
from the debris in a maugled condition and
cannot live. Eugene Drumright, aged IS, a
brother TO Mcneil. was horribly mangled
and was dead when found. it is feared that
other people were injured or killed in the
building. The roof of the Erocefy-store of
Mum & Slightenthaler was blown off and
the stock OF goods totally destroyed. The
greenhouses of Maritschler were also totally,
destroyed, aud the roof Of the residence of
Judge W. j. Wood was blown away, and
the contents Of the house ruined. In all
fifteen houses were damaged badly or de-
stroyed, and the loss will foot up In the
thousands.
MOBILE, Ala. March 24.-Early this
morning a cyclone passed one mile north of
Shubuta, Miss, going southwest. At
Arista Johns place, tenement-hOuse con-
tanning negroes, was leveled, ana two
negroes were killed and three injured. Ten
miles east houses were blown down and ten
miles farther east three tenement-houses
were destroyed. No one was hurt in the
houses.
VIcKsBURG. Miss. March "a Addi-
tionai cyclone news received from passen-
gers on The midnight train from Memphis
say the storm spent its force between
Tunica and Shaws station, which are
about seventy miles apart on the railroad.
At Shaws some stores were blown down aud
a few citizens wounded. At Tunica the
courthouse was seriously damaged and the
church and other buildings destroyed and a
schoolhouse full of negro children was
blown to pieces. Many children were
hurt, hut mono killed. 1t will be a day or
two before the full extent of the disaster in