The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-28
STORM Wicked.
Tupelo, Mississippi, Nearly DESTROYED oy
Hurricane-From Otter Points.

Hurricane-From Otter Points.
Memphis, Tenn, March 23.-Weil au-
identical reports say the town OF Iupe-
10, Miss, the home of Congressman John
Allen, was destroyed by a severe STORM
today The little town of Kelly, htteen
miles from Memphis, on the Memphis and
Birmingham railway, was wiped OUT our our
ing the same storm No lives lost. Par
ticulars not obtainable at present
A dispatch from Cleveland, Miss, states
considerable property in that vicinity today.
The cloud came up like dark: sreenlsh
mountain of wrath and burst in fury in an
instant. No lives were lost.
Severe wind blew down several houses IN
Charlottesville, Ark, today. Inc damage
was not great.
Damage to Property Very Great
Memphis, Tenn. March 2o.-The path Of
the cyclone which entered Tennessee Thurs
day afternoon i'll a sOuthWeSterly I'll"
rection from Mississippi, appears to nave
been about twenty miles in width. although
the serious damage Is confined TO mucn
smaller area. The wires are down IN all
directions. There is no teleGraphlc com1nu-
nication with Nashville and intervening
points, and little news is obtainable from
the places visited by the cyclone
This city barely escaped. a heavy rain
fell and a high wind blew at the time the
cyclone ragged. and it became as dark as
night for thirty minutes. Heavy damage
was done to trees and small outbuildings.
The train from Birmingham, Ala. which
arrived late last night, reports much dam
age between here and Byhalia, twenty
miles east,
The Storm at Kelly.
At 2:30 o'clock this morning the wire at
Kelly, Miss. was tapped and details tele-
Sraphed to show that the early reports
were not exaggerated. Not house eS-
capped the storms fury, and only few are
left standing, and they are badly damaged
The house of Roland Cox was lifted bodily
and blown away, not u piece OF timber be-
ing left. The house of Robert Stevens was
leveled into q heap of ruins. The resi-
dence of d. n. Harris. a wealthy planter.
was wrecked. and the houses of four of his
tenants blown away. Three houses be.
longing to 5. Hadnell were blown down.
The wind INDUCED in a queer freak with
the dwelling house of w. c.. Boggs. 1t
formerly faced north. 1t still stauds. in o.
damaged condition, but now faces south
News from various points indicates that
"hlle the storm was cyclonlc, the early ru-
mors Of damage done were exaggerated
The report that Water Valley has been
wiped out and the inhabitants killed can
not be authenticated and is considered a
canard: No special trains have gone out
from Memphis
AS far as can be learned, there was not
house standing within the scope of the
cyclone, which ranged from Il quarter to a
half mile III width, southwest of Kelly. The
trees were moved and blown up by the
roots, as though the scythe had clipped
them.
The injured are:
Payne. negro, wife and five children
Payne badly bruised, being crushed under
the cabin; his wife crippled and internally
injured. A small baby. foot mashed.
Eighteen-year-old girl, head crushed in;
will die. The other two escaped.
Harriet Smith, coored, killed Lives on
the krite place, four miles southwest of
Kelly,
Chris Burford, colored, head mashed and
both shoulders broken: will probably die
Epes Mclaughlin, colored, shoulder dis
located.
Jim Payne, skull crushed and arm dslo-
Gated; his little eght-year-od boy badly i'll
lured internally by heavy log falling
across his side.
The child of Mr.. Cox, living on Hud-
nelIs farm, cut across the forehead prob
ably fatally.
ported injured, the names and full particu-
lars of whom could not be learned.
Some of the losses are: Harrison Smith.
barn blown down and several head Of
mules Killed. Schoolhouse. totally de-
stroyed. On the Lemon and Gale farm,
i've miles from here, not a house was left
standing.
The store of II. W. Manner was badly
wrecked; the house of Harry Dean entire
ly blown away; r. c. Goodrich and Robert
they will have to be rebuilt entirely
MT. Shannon is the village school teacher
ana also the proprietor of small store.
tie was teaching when he noticed signs of
an approaching cyclone. He dismissed the
pupils and told them to go home as quickly
as possible. In half dozen moments the
schoolhouse was torn to pieces by the wind.
Mr.. Shannons grocery Jared no BETTER
The end was blown away.
Two More Towns Wrecked.
Vicksburg, Miss. March pa destruc-
tive cyclone passed through YaZoo, Miss
delta today, wrecking the tow is of Cleye-
land and Tunica.
A Storm at Louisville.
Louisville, March 25-The heavy storm
which passed over a large portion of the
south last night, did great damage. Tho
storm was in the nature of cyclone at
Bowling Green Between fifteen and twenty
houses We're unroofed and the unfortunate
occupants rushed pell nell into the streets.
The most serious damage done was that
to the Louisville and Nashville roundhouse,
a large brick building filled with locom99-
tives. The storm struck the building broad
side, tearing off the roof and leveling the
brick walls with the ground.