Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-05
DISASTROUS STORM,
or TOWNS SWEPT AWAY IN
WIZ WESTERN GEORGIA
Of Lives Lost and Many Fer
,oos Iujorsd-A Nights Reign
OF Terror
-. .,,.sr,ph TO the Dispatch.l

.-.y scat Of MeriwetheF county ABOUT I
5..olk dsmoEshing tho business
~ - the town and = great number
Io',..1.r,s. Thirty-oisht stores and /
90 are reported 20 have been blown /.
oN- tlot tlrpo businesS-hOuses IN the /
,.,rr wore left intact. Every house (
W" ,.o,e7 20 n greater or less extent, !
F'' '.'s rs-son being killed, however-a
CONAN. One person was injured
TOWN wIrED oUr
....., small town near Greenville. IA
--ri o. hove been ccmpiStely s"e,'t
N.t persons were Ruled there. AZ
n-,r ron miles cast OF Greenyilie. I
,rer. blown down and trees up
Irf fortunately no hives were lost.
.,..ie 70 Woodbury. are preparing
..as .p,aces OF refuge N case OF
.. al. last nights relgn OF terror.
. tK3 miles from the town Two
.s.rl one white Cl-d we're killed.
-,p.rtei t. be seriously wound
t.'vt snow tel also at Woodbury.
....aluf.
I'VE IropLR FILIEp.
a.. sr.'era. IL Pike county, a church,
....l .... plauing- two stores.
..,.rsI residences were blown down.
yye.e lost. those Of q white woman
t'r.. fcil and four negroes. Tho
-..t y-ires ere down. Trains coming
..fa.c1. and but meagre intorlna-
... Do tanned from points distant
tI. t.e railroads.
1lF VISITATION TERRIBLE.
....--4. Ga. March 4.-Reports Of the
-.. ,i-i;ation IN Western Georgia,
.f fu. a. TO details. show II 10 have
- tr..tle in its effects. The cyclone
f. lave struck the state near West
" t.a first serious trouble being
. D.oa.vl,. IN Mefiwother county.
.- tfe destruction was terrible.
ry.r. business house has boen swept 10
..u l. The college there is mass
.r... half the churches of the town
..' tue same fate. and three fourths
.. n.u.rs of the town are wrecked.
......-n struck about haif-past o'clock,
..... fr0ulc were glad 10 escape with
..., -lt-cl0ihes and saved nothing else.
r and poor alike are sufferers. Strange
.. .rfr one death Is rCported-that OF
.. u.u, whose name Is not given.
AIpEAL TOR AID.
-r. citizens met to-day and issued an
-,.. o. she public for aid. The spreal
..r.f.at grca' suffering Is reported from
...uotv outside OF tho city, but no de-
..eriyeu. and there are no definite
.. except from Essex, q small place
'-.I. county, where, It 10 said, SIX people
.. .rt.i. Another report says that SIX
,.. lliel AZ Woodbury.. II Is probable
,.t there ls Il mistake ~ one case or the
- Ia Grange ls reported great de-
..-..tru "a the lower part OF Iroup
..... The path Of the cyclone was 20
,.-f. wide and every house for some dis
.... was demolished. several people
v...ll Icd, but none were Killed out
MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
et.-r r,,raculous escapes are reported.
it.rtv was being held IN one house " hen
q r.rt tree was uprOOted and crashed
through tho building. splitting II INTO
fing-wood, vet nobody there was hurt.
tt.ly not a month old was carried from
Ill. iause "A distance OF thirty yards. and
~ lat an hour lay beneath lot OF
.-1. apparently uniniuTed.
Al imOut the destruction was Creat,
only two houses IN the httle town es-
.rs. Hero Miss Daisy Hawkins was
ad outright, 81 Wasa negro whose nam0
r.t gwen. Many were injured, some
l.Iv. Near GAINESVILLE Mr.. Andrew BE
% was killed and q number of others
re moro or less injured. At Moiena.
l.sa county, all the principal buildings OF
Oh. town were swept away. A white LADY,
~ Mrs cit. was killed, as were Tour ne
Ihe storm passed OF between Macon
add Savannah. lc5sening IN ITS fury. 10
s.euls 10 baye gone oul by way OF Whining
TN, h. G.
TEE STORM At WILMINGTON.
Wr,r~oroV r.. c., March 4.-There was
-..U I'll the forenoon and LIGHT snow IN tho
..'.rn00u to-dnv, aud heavy northwest
.'. blowing al day with maximum yclo-
....n . f.rty-Oght miles. At this time ~
D. HItae velocity has been reduced q
, tr-iuur. No material damage report
% t,rs. The thermometer IS now IL do.
...s aud falling.
AT AUGUSTA.
f-r-rA. Ga, March 4.-Augusta was
y... b.. heavy downpour OF rain last
, 10. followed to-day bv high winds and
.r 'Isn drop IL the temperature. Inc
a,h wires are down between here
aI savannah and Atlanta.
Al CHMIrsToS.
r..,I-sr.v. S. C., March Tho wind
n blowing early this morning at a
-. ratr. The sun has been shining
-vsl dav. and tonight II - clear but
t-.. ..I it's about the coolest weather
... season. The wind has done but
.. damage Several fences have sue
...i aud ono house lost its piazza.
cYCLoSR AT MARION.
N.rrriV Miss, March A terrific oy-
lr EMS section wrought IncalculGb!e
y
.'..l happy homes now nothing re-
-.r. .aye perhaps few stray pieces Of
t- The cyclone struck Marion at
T. NJ, travelling around the
Southwest I, nOr.bcA :. II IS de-
rt.l is cvc-wltnosses as a whlstiing
fire, and travelled IN
.Ir-r. The main track was "uO
lt. 0 AVID everything in that track
,- away, the wreckage OF houses
..- uttered tor miles along Its course.
't..r.l ouIy two fatalities are report
g.. burton Meadow, aged 20. and
t- I-lt.r MIRA. aged ~. Both were /
r-.'v Billed N the wreck of their de- /
h.u.e. a dozens or persons
urti more or less seriously.
..t. re passed from Marion 10 the I
.F r-Toof.nG timber, and crossed the T.
s.i ONO railroad "a mile above
-.. rowing hall a mile Of telegraph .
.,I looking the road.
.-.. 'r. rJlur Marion the cyclone cut
f...lrb tho swamp until reaching
..s clufch. two mues distant
'- rI % wrecked. also destroying
l;s q negro cabins, though I
t. '.... ir-.eus were fatally hurt.
.tarHl. Mss. DESTROYED.
... i- tornado ncaroi Ioomsuba, /
t.4Q station on tho Alabama r
...r a railroad twelve mules dis
.fa AID u'ue miles east Of Ma 4
30 be- blown down and car
.rf thD-r contents scattered 10
lI. Cd. heaven.
approach Go tie town il strewn
N .r and carcasses. a mile west Of
l tle o.d k.nton place, denseiy
' with uoG-o cabius. was almost
civ demolished. but no one .
49, aItd. IeS. Dr. !. l.. Brun- .
.r.- aua i. :. Shelbur resi- .
store were demolished. Mira. +
rr. Wss tally hurt. The Rev. j. h. +
Baptist minister. was injured,
ol'gos' chid dangerously injured .
+... .ta.
luEE TOWN DESTROYED.
u.s.. N-sa. March News reaches 4
''.-t That the cyclone struck Bar
.-4, 0U. 90 the Queen aud Crescent .
"r.gs'uP ever building IN the ,
a'.lns lOgrteen people and Inluring /
i'-' 0aels. he family OF Daniel Bar
t.-t "a number. were instantly /
A.'" Barnett ~ not a telegraph station /
'Hs rDt here b. passengers on an ln-
ir4.a. A rollei party has gone 10 I