The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-25
WORK OF A CYCLONE,
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN
MiSSlSSlPPI AND TENN ESsEE.
Towns Blown Down-People Killed
and Property DestrOyed-WanY
Killed and Wounded.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March "a In the
cyclone that swept over Tennessee last
night half of the big state penitentiary
was torn to pieces, entailing an enormous
loss The convicts, five hundred ia
number, had just moved out of the mess
hall when the building collapsed A
two story brick building in the north of
Nashville was blown down, killing Alex
aud Eugene Downright outright and
horribly mashing A l. Bradford. W.
r Wright, his wife and two children,
who were in the building were buried
in the debris snd were more or less
wounded At Derdem, SUBURBAN
town, the entire place WAS obliterated by
the storm ana fire. The damage 10
Nashville property alone is over 800,
600 The cyclone ploughed It's way
down the Cumberland valley and de
stroyed property and life but the wiros
are down aud moth ng d4fiaite can be
learned
NASHVILLE, Tenn March PA Sc
we're wind and rain Storm swept over
this city last night doing much damage
IN the northern part OF the county. In
| South Nashville store filled with peo
them was injured. One BOY was killed
| and another will die.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March "a The path
of the cyclone which entered Tennessee
yesterday is in a southwesterly direction
fcom Mississippi It appears to have
been about twenty miles in length, al
though the serious damage is confined to
d much smaller area Wires are down 10
all directions There IL no telegraphic
communication with Nashville ana inter
vening points, and little news is obtaina
bic from places visited by the cyclone
This city barely escaped, Heavy rain
fell and high wind blew at the time the
cyclone ragged, and it became as dark al
night for thirty minutes Heavy dam
was done to trees and small outDuildings
A train from Birmingham, Ala, wh'ct
arrived late last night, reports mucf
damage between here Byhaliat, twenty
miles east At 2 so O'clock this mornips
the wire at Kelly, Mississippi Was tapped
and the details telegraphed show tha
the early report was not exaggerat.
Not house escaped the st rms fury
and only few were lett standing, ant
they were badly damaged The hous
OF Roland Cox was lifted bodily ant
blown away; not piece Of timber left
The house Of Robert Stevens is levelet
heap of ruins The house of d n Har
ris,.-a wealthy planter, WAS wrecked, an'
the houses of tour of his tenants blow
away Three houses belonging to :
Hudnell were blown down. The win
INDUCED il a queer freak with the dwell
ing house of W. c. Boggs It formerl
faced the north. 1t still ltands in dan
aged condition, but now faces the south
Lster.-A severe storm swept acros
the Mississippi delta yesterday mornin
: doing considerable damage to early crop
and created much excitement. New
from various points indicate that whi
the storm was cyclonic, the early rumo
Of damage done were exaggerated. Or
man is said to have been killed at Kelly
and another injured by falling builc
ing. The demage elsewhere was to pro
erty only The report that water vale
had been wiped out aud the inhabitan
y wiped out cannot be authenticated, q,
is considered canard No special tral
have gone out from Memphis.