Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-21
TERRIBLY DEADLY.
The Cyclone That Swept Two
Mississippi Counties.
II CLAIMS MORE THAN FORTY LIVES

With Two Hundred Others Who Are Var
fously Maimed-Some of the Unfortu-
mates Blown Entirely Away-A Baby
Blown Half n Mile and Unhurt-Enor-
nous Destruction of Property - The
Whole Country in Mourning.
MERIDIAN, Miss, April 2l.-Clarke and
Jasper counties, of this state, have suffered
from cyclone more deadly to human life
and more destructive to property than the
one of three weeks ago. 1t followed al
most in the tracks of it's predecessor. Over
forty people were killed and nearly 200
more or less injured. These figures may
be increased when all of the stricken dis
tricts are heard from.
Immense Destruction of Property.
The destruction to property will amount
to hundreds of thousands of dollars En-
tire neighborhoods have been literally
swept off the face of the earth. The cy-
clones path was through vast pine for
est, broken here and there by a farm.
Huge trees We're uprooted and carried for
the distance of a mile. Near the town of
Pachuta lived the family of William Par
ton, consisting of himself, wife and three
children.
Carried the Family a Mile.
lnelT DOUleS, liltiJ OF Tue SOuu
child, were picked up over a mile away,
margled. and entirely nude. Their brains
had been dashed out. The child had a
miraculous escape. 1t was found a half
mile from its home. uninjured, but pit
eously crying for its mother. William
Fisher lived near the station with his
mother, wife, and five children.
Child Found Dead in Tree.
They were blown away and searching
parties have been out, but none of their
bodies has been recovered. y child of
Sim MCGOWAN was found dead in a tree
top a mile away from it's home. Four ne
groes on the Aldridge plantation were
killed outright, and a ia nily of negroes
numbering nine persisted. One of the
children was found two miles from where
it was playing when picked up by the
deadly wind.
Indescribable Scene of Woe.
The killed in Clark county are: Mrs.
Aldridge. Mrs Sumril, a child of William
Ponder and six negroes. The country is
strewn for miles with debris and along the
pathway of the cyclone are found all kinds
of household goods, dead cattle and
poultry. The picture is indescribably a
piteous one-happy homes swept away
and dashed to pieces as if though they
were cookie shells
Searching for Missing Ones.
Children are crying for their parents and
fathers and mothers sesrch!DS among the
huge piles of debris for missing ones. Such
is the scene. The telegraph wires were
snapped in twain though they were pipe
stems, and the poles lifted up and carried
through the country at frightful velocity.
The whole country is in monrning.
Messages Fraught With Misery
The ministers and physicians are at
work. Every messenger from remote dis !
tricts coming in brings sorrowing tales of
suffering and death. The wind is still
high and Sas soon each clond has APP
peared the people would look frightened, !
huddle together and pray.
Weeds and Grass Literally Moved.
Weeds and grass were cut down as
smoothly by the force of the wind as
though a lawn mower had been used. a
cotton gin was demolished and the unbaled |
lint stored inside was cut into small
threads and catching to the twigs pre- |
scented a scene similar to a snowstorm. !
The cyclone came from the southwest and |
travelled in a straight direction until it
reached Quitman.
Telegraph Facilities MeaSer.
There its course.promptly changed. Going
in a southerly direction for three miles it
took another turn eastward. East of Quit |
man there is not telegraph station for
100 miles and the damage done cannot be
,~..If g.