The state chronicle., 1893-04-26
A CYCLONES CRUEL WORK.

| A CYCLONES CRUEL WORK.
Graphic Description Of the Casualtie
and Destruction Wrought.
A Pachuta, Miss, special saws
Day broke this morning over ,
scene which the most graphic per
could never describe. The sur
shown out brightly, snd not q trace
OF the ominous clouds of last night
which spread desolation over thi,
smiling land, remains. All busi
ness is fol gotten, and the people
are knotted together in little groups
discussing with bated breath the
storm destroyer's work, or wander.
ing aimlessly amid the ruins search.
ing for lost ones and wondering al
the awful work of the elements.
Noble forests which yesterday
reared their proud heads high in
the air are today PROSTATE forms.
The people are stupefed, and to
secure any information is almost an
impossibility.
The Picayune's special cores
pondent, who arrived on the scene
at midnight last night, was abroad
at daylight, and securing q horse,
started out with a guide to seek out
the sites Of the destroyed homes.
Leaving Pachuta, I proceeded down
the railroad in the direction of Bar
nett, and found that the storm
crossed the tracks of the Northeast
ern Railroad about midway between
the two points, The velocity of the
wind must have been terrific and
It's path was fully three miles wide
The wires were blown from the tel.
egraph poles, the poles were de-
stroyed and carried away to the
forest, and great trunks, denuded
OF their branches, stood stripped of
even their bark, where before the
storm stood magnificent forest.
An open space used as a pasture
lay directly in the storms path and
the grass and weeds were cut from
1t by the winds force with the even
precision of lawn mower.
l left the railroad at point about
four miles south of Pacnuta and
turned to the east. The road here
was great mass of fallen trees and
to proceed further on my mule was
matter of impossibility, SO I dis
mounted and my guide and started
afoot for the ertswhile home DIR. T.
>. krausse, about three miles dis
tant. My guide was one of Clark
countys prominent citizens, but was
the most nervous man I had ever
seen While scrambling and found
erlns through the fallen debris I
shipped and fell on some broken
llnbs OF the trees which obstructed
my path and forthwith gave vent to
a small and modest cuss word.
"Young man." said nv guide
'Our people believe that it is wick
edness which has caused God 70
visit them with this second cyclone.
and l amt gwine ter take no chance
Wild no man who cusses," and with
That he took to the woods and I was |
deserted. This incident shows the |
terror OF the people who believe |
hat the cyclone is a special vista
ion of the divine wrath.
Deserted and surrounded bv
Vreckage l continued on to the
place where DR.. Kraussers house
tood' The house was situated on
small knoll or hill, and was
llrectly in the pathway of the storm.
D. krausser, although badly in
ured, was there and told the fol.
owing story:
Our mouse was one of the best
nd most substantial in the county
nd my wife, my child and myself
cit perfectly secured. The cyclone
7as preceded by the blacklist of
lack clouds, and its coming was
nnounced by a most terrible roar
nd almost before we knew il orr
ouse was lifted by the wind and
ashed into a thousand fragments
nto the valley below, parts of it
eng carried miles away.
My little son received a severe
caip wound, and his ckeek bone is
but my wife escaped in.
1rles, and I myself am badly
rulsed, but that is all. How we
scaped is q miracle. I cannot |
olive how my wife was carried
early quarter of mile, but was
injured"
AT Dr. krausser,s I learned that
ne nome OF VIM. Rusher had been ,
~ept away, and set out for his I
lace, three miles distant. When T
rived there not trace of Rush
rs dwelling could be found, and | I
one OF the family were to be seen
usher, his wife and five children
coupled his dwelling, and not one ]
them remains to tell the tale of
ow they met their terrible fate :
hey are literally swept away, and !
though most diligent and faithful {
'arch was made for them through {
ut the entire day no trace of them +
yet has been found, and it is
resumed IN sequence that all hava
srished
Minerva Stevens, who lived on 6