Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-04-20
THE GREAT CYCLONE.

II. Inc GOWQ VI hOUluSOufllle, AUioo't
was completely destroyed. The cyclone
swept the country West and East OF the
fated village and killed many people,
mostly eolored. 1t is reported that
colored school house on India creek, one
mile West of Robinsonville, was swept
off and about twenty-five children were
killed or are missing. The teacher, a
woman, who narrowly escaped with her
pupils about three weeks ago in cyclone
at Tunica, was killed.
JACKSON, Tenn, April 13.-This city
was struck by cyclone at 5 o'clock yes
terday afternoon and dozens of buildings
were wrecked, but there was no loss Of
life, though a number of persons were
slightly injured. Everything in the path
of the storm was leveled, but the extent
of damage in the rural districts cannot
be learned.
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn, April 13. "A
severe storm struck Sheppard's, small
station about seven miles Southwest of
here, yesterday afternoon and totally
demolished all the houses there. Every
thing was destroyed except the railroad
tank. A negro girl was killed and seve-
raj are reported injured. No damage
was done in this city, but houses and
barns in other portions of the county
were destroyed.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 13.-Seventeen
people were killed at Robinsonville, Miss,
by Yesterdays cyclone, and half hun
dred wounded. A few minutes after the
tornado struck the town fire broke out
in the debris of Chinese laundry and
the mass of wreckage burned all night
and to-day. Several bodies of those
killed by falling houses were burned to a
crisp. Two clouds, one from the East
and one from the West, met over the
town and then began rotary motion,
which tore up houses and snapped huge
trees like stems. The cyclone then moved
from the West from the Mississippi river
a distance of seven miles, and swept all
before it. Mrs. Emma Lusk, wife OF the
night operator, was in her house with
her husband and three children. The
husband got out, the woman was killed
and three children were blown one hun
dred yards through the air. They were
naked when found, but uninjured. Isaac
Chapman was crushed under the ruins OF
his house and burned along with three
other negroes, whose names are u1-
known. The body of an old negress was
found to-day in an open field. It's pro
bable that she was dropped there by the
wind. The property loss in town will
reach 100000. Thirteen stores, sixty
residences, three churches and a hundred
negro cabins were destroyed. The resi-.
dence. gins and negro cabins on the plan
tations of C. L. Robinson and G. W. Eos.
ter are all swept away. Five hundred
people are homeless. A number OF
wounded were r-,ught to Memphis
to-day.
DETROIT, April 13.-The following dis.
patch has been received from Ypsilanti
This city is in ruins. A cyclone struck
it tonight, coming from the Southwest
and sweeping everything in its path
Thousands of dollars of damage has
resulted. The storm took strip through
the business portion of the town, moving
houses from their foundations and rails
ing others. The Clary Business College
and Curtis Carriage Factory are in ruins
The Hawkins House and the Occidental
Hotel are badly damaged. The roofs o.
half the stores have been blown off
Twenty store fronts were smashed in
In Huron street the rubbish is piled ter
feet high. The post Office building wa:
demolished and the mail scattered in the
street. All telegraph, telephone ane
electric light wires are down, leaving the
city in complete darkness. Everybod!
is up watching property that has beer
exposed to the storm. No one was hur
severely.
Latter o'clock. THE work of clearing
up is going on as rapidly as possible a
this time of night. No dead bodies have
been found, although it is thought tha
some persons were killed. A few were
probably fatally injured. The loss o
property. it is now estimated, will reacl
$500, ,000 or more.
YpsILASrA, MICH, April 13.-A repor
has reached here that the town Of Saline
in Washtenaw county. nine miles South
of this place, was wiped out by th'
cyclone last night Saline is on the Lak'
Shoe and Michigan Southern Railroad
and has population of 200 or 400.
! WASHINGTON, April 13.-In the vicinit.
of Dundee, Mich, twenty-five houses ant
thirty barns were destroyed. One woman
was killed and number of people badl.
hurt. At ,yal Oak, Mich, among th'
houses wicked was one belonging t.
Christian Brick. Brick and his wife
were caught in the wreck, which tool
fire. and they were burned to death. A
Clarksville, Mich, one woman was killed
|. ST. LOUIS, April 13.-Latest report
from the cyclone in Missouri show eigh
persons killed at Hawkins Bank ant
thirty-one seriously injured, of whom
five will die; at Lexington five dead ant
three fatally injured; at Stanbury three
dead and two fatally injured; at Steeltor
seven dead; at Page City one dead ant
five fatally injured.
H1GGISsvnLE, Mo-, April 13.-In th'
path of the storm between Mayview ant
Lexington eight persons were killed out
right and three more will probably die
from their wounds, and twenty-five were
wounded.
SALE, Mo-, April l3.-seven person:
were killed and seven seriously injured
at Coudsay in Wednesdays cyclone.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 13. = 4
cyclone struck Tensas Parish, in Sortf
Louisiana, last evening and did grea
damage, destroying many houses, barns
gins and negro quarters. One negro was
killed in the neighborhood of St. Joseph
and several women were severely injured
Reports are slowly reaching points O
communication and are to the effect thai
there has been much loss of property.
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