The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-06
SWEEP OF THE CYCLONE.
THE DEATH LIST AS LARGE AS
FEST REPORTED.

The Number of Persons Injured VERY
Large, But No Accurate Statement
Possible Yet-The Destruction at
GreeDville Complete-The Loss of
Life and Property in Mississippi Also
Very Heavy.
ATLANTA, March 5.-The extent of the
damage done by the cyclone that swept
through Georgia Friday night was pretty
accurately stated in last nights dispatches.
No more dead are reported, but the destruc-
tion to property was much greater than be-
fore reported. The killed are:
At Piedmont-Miss Daisy Hawkins and a
negro woman.
at Odessa-Stx persons, whose names are
unknown.
At Molena-Mrs. Felt and four negroes.
. At Woodbury-A white child and two
negroes.
At Greenville-A negro woman.
Near Barnesville-Andrew Revere.
The number of persons injured is great
and the probabilities are that half have not
been reported. 1t is impossible to give a
complete list.
At Greenville the greatest damage was
done. OF the 200 houses in the
town not more than fifty re-
main intact. Great suffering is reported
from there The center Of the town was
completely demolished. Half of the houses
of the town have been razed to the ground
That there was no greater loss Of life Is res
msrkable.
GREENvILLE ASKS AID.
Reports from the center Of the cyclone
disturbance show that the great destruction
caused Will call for relief. Many of the
Cyclone sufferers are in a destitute condi-
ton, having been rendered houseless and
homeless by the wind, with not vestige
of clothing except the garments
they had on their backs
They were exposed to biting
cold last night and starvation staros some
of them in the face. A meeting held in
Greenville appeals for assistance, giving
out a statement which says: "The facts
are brief but terrible. The town is now
scene of desolation. Many of her elegant
homes as well as her humble cottages are
destroyed, and numbers Of families are des-
titute. penniless and homeless. Four of her
churches and her beautiful school have
been levelled 70 the dust. This is a calamity
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 sentiments In the homes Of our fellow
citizens Of every kind that we appeal"
A GALL FOR HELP IN MISSISSIPPI
MERIDIAN, Miss, March 5.-Mayor Dai
issued proclamation this morning calling
upon the citizens to contribute funds for the
relief of the distressed victims of the cyclone
at Marion, Toomsuba, Keewauee, Pachuta
and Barnett 1t has been impossible SO far
70 even approximate the financial loss
occasioned by the cyclone, but
it will 60 in the hundreds of
thousands. A. J. Keeton, one of the rich
est merchants at Toomsuba, is left penni-
less. all of his property having been swept
away by the storm.
A child was blown out of its mothers
arms at Marion and instantly killed, its
mother escaping without injury.
The funeral of five of the victims of the
cyclones wrath occurred at Marion to-day
Inc injured are doing well and majority
will recover. The only deaths reported
from Marion to-day were two negroes who
had been injured by falling trees.
Nine bodies have been recovered
from the wreckaRe at Barnett station,
thirty miles south of Meridian, on the
Queen and Crescent railroad, 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 been recovered yet.
Many pranks OF the winds fury are re-
ported. Water was blown out of a 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.