Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1893-03-30
Work of wild Winds.

The damage done by the cyclone in
the Mississippi Valley is enormous.
While the loss of life Is not as great as
at first reported, the damage to roperty
will reach 100000 The telegraph
wires are still demoralized, and reports
are coming in slowly from the storm
districts, and it will be several days be-
fore the full extent of the disaster will
be known. The death list so far as
known foots up twenty-three, while the
list OF injured will run up into the hun
dreds.
The first heard OF the cyclone was in
North Louisiana and Southern Arkan-
sas. 1t crossed the Mississippi a few
miles above Greenville, devastating
plantations, wrecking farmhouses and
uprooting giant forest trees. The path
OF the storm was about half mile
wide, aud nothing was left standing in
its track. The first fatality occurr ed
near Shaw's Station, Miss, where the
house of Drury Sumrall, a prosperous
and Industrious colored farmer, was
leveled to the ground, killing the entire
family OF nine persons. The cyclone
passed through the suburbs of Shaw 8
anu QOmOllbH6u StNtIdl TGSlueuCeS ana
small stores, but no one was killed.
The hurricane then changed its course
slightly and Travelled the right of way
Of the Yazoo and Mississlp Val.
ley Railroad until it entered
Cleveland, Miss, where the public
school building and several stores and
residences were razed to the ground.
Leaving Cleveland, the cyclone passed
within mile of Clarksdale, town Of
2,00J inhabitants. and next struck
Tunica, the county seat of Tunica
County. Nearly every building in the
place was wrecked. The colored school
building was wrecked, and over thirty
children manned and crippled, some Of
them being fatally injured. AS the
cyclone left Tunica 1t divided, one por-
tion travelling in a northeasterly direc-
tion, while the other took north
westerly course and again crossed
the Mississippi River through Arkansas,
where 1t spread ruin through three coun-
ties. The towns of Charlottesville and
Vincent were nearly wiped off the face
OF the earth, and the storm then took
northeasterly course, reaching Kelly,
Miss. Here the greatest damage was
done. Six people were killed outright
and scores injured. Not building was
left standing, the fragments being
strewn over the country for miles.
After leaving Kelly the cyclone passed
i"eo roIl.~ssvo' tno next place TO fall
in its path being Spring Creek, where
several people were Injured.
The storm did great damage at Bowl
ing Green, KY, and the surrounding
country. The loss to the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad on the building
and locomotives is $3.50 to SIOO, 900.
The town of Rowlins was almost de-
stroyed. The postoffice building, owned
by Frank Cordice, was swept entirely
away, together with all the mail, some
OF which was found two miles off. Mr..
Cordice's loss is SAL 900. The store
house, occupied by Stephens & Knox.
was demolished, and their stock, valued
at 50 900, ruined by the rain which fol-
lowed the storm. At Murray, XIV.
twenty residences and fifty stables and
barns were demolished. Only one per-
son, Miss Aline Stubblefield, was seri-
ously injured. A dozen were slightly
hurt. The loss will reach S25, 900. Much
timber, fencing, etc., was also de-
Late information concerning
the effects OF the storm in Southern
Indiana indicates that the damage will
be very great A number OF persons
are known to have been seriously in
1ured, but as yet no fatalities have
been reported. The country for miles
around was devastated. Dwellings and
barns were lifted from their foundations
and many are wrecks. Trees, fences.
and smaller building at various places
were laid low. The Center Methodist
Episcopal Church of Evansville was
demolished, only its founda-
ton remaining. At the Southern Hos
pital for the Insane a frightful panic |
prevailed for nearly an hour. The end |
of the east wing Of the institution was
blown In, eau ling between $4,000 and |
81. 900 damayes