The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-05

Johnny Lovett. a 1S-year-old boy, was
taken out dead. The rest OF the family were
slightly wounded. DR.. Browlees drug store
was unroofed. Hawkins & Cooper's store
was damaged and several negro houses on
the east side OF town were destroyed.
COLD AT WILMINGTON.
WILMINGTON, n. c., March 4-There
was rain in the forenoon and light snow in
the afternoon aud a light northwest gale all
the evening, the velocity for eight miles
being maximum. Now Is p. M the ve-
locity is reduced to "a. No material dam.
age is reported here. The thermometer is
now SO and falling
AUGUSTA CUT OFF.
AUGUSTA, GA, March 4.-Augusta was
visited by heavy downpour of rain last
night, followed to-day by high winds and a
sudden drop in the temperature. The tele-
graph wires are down between here and
Savannah and Atlanta.
THE BLOW IN MISSISSIPPI.
MERIDIAN, MISS, March 4.-Marion, a
small town on the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
five miles north OF this city, was struck by
cyclone at 6:l0 o'clock last night.
The cyclone originated just south Of
Marion In a funnel-shaped cloud, with a
bright red light, going northeast, passing
through the village and unroofing and de-
molishing houses and throwing street cars
from the track
Mrs. Meader and her daughter, Miss Mire
Meader, who lived half mile from the sta
ton, we're killed by flying debris, All the
houses and fences on their place we're de-
stroyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Harrison very old
people, are believed to be fatally injured.
George Taylor and Mr.. White were
severely injured and a negro is reported to
have been killed.
TOWN SWEPT AWAY.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA, March 4-Meager
reports reach here of destructive Cyclone
in Eastern Mississippi and Western Ala
bama last night. The town of Toomsuba,
Miss, was swept from the face of the earth,
only two houses were left standing. It is
reported that ten people were killed there.
A HURRICANE IN CARROLL
CARRoLLToN, Ga, March 4.-The wind
blew regular hurricane oil over Carroll
county last night. News received from all
parts of the county indicates a hard wind
which blew down timbers and out
houses A hard rain fell also. 1t is very
cold to-day and farmers are apprehensive
for their oats and wheat crops.
News of q terrible cyclone at Greenville
reached here this afternoon and there is
much uneasiness about the safety
of Judge S. w. Harris of Coweta
circuit whose home is in this
city and who was holding court at Green
vile and stopping at the Hinton house. The
Hinton house was blown away and Carroll
ton people are very much concerned about
the judges safety. Some people Of Carroll
ton say the cyclone passed within hearing
distance of the town going south. All the
wires were down from 2 o'clock this morn
ing.
BLIZZARD AT ALAPAHA.
ALAPAHA, Ga. March A regular
blizzard prevails hero to-day. This after
noon at O'Clock the Thermometer registered
$40 above zero and it was getting colder
every minute. Icicles are hanging from
the water tank of the railroad. 1t is now
conceded that the fruit will be killed to-
night and the gardens greatly damaged.
ALBANY IN THE STORM.
ALBANY. GA, March A terrific wind
and rain storm swept over this section last
night, doing much damage to fencing and
outhouses and farming lands. This has been
followed to-day by rapid lowering of the
temperature, with good prospects Of hard
freeza, which will do great damage to the
fruit crop.
ONLY A BLOW AT CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., March 4.-The wind
began blowing early this morning at a lively
rate. The sun has been shining nearly all
day, and Tonight 1t is clear, but very cold.
1t is about the coolest weather of the sea-
son. The wind has done but little damage.
Several fences have succumbed, and several
houses have lost their piazzas.
A BLIZZARD AT RALEIGH.
RALEIGH, N. c., March A blizzard
reigned here all day. Snow, hail and rain
fell, but there was no cyclone.
FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.
MERIDIAN, MISS, March 4.-News
reached here tonight that the cyclone
struck Barnett, a station on the Queen and
in the place and killing fourteen people and
injuring twenty others. The family of
Daniel Barnett, eight In number were in
stantly killed. Barnett is not a telegraph
station, and the news got here by pas
sengers of an incoming train. A relief
party has gone to the scene.
TooMsUBA DESTROYED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March LAST
nights cyclone destroyed the village of
Toomsuba, Miss, forty out of forty eight
houses being blown down. Several peo-
pie were injured, but no one was killed. A
short distance from the village the cyclone
blew down the house of William Webb,
one of bis legs was broken. His daughter
was fatally injured and his son killed. The
wind was severe in Western Alabama, but
no accounts Of the disaster have come in
from this state.
THE HAVOC AT MARION.
MERIDIAN, MISS, March A terrific
cyclone in this section wrought incalculable
loss Of life and property last night. Where
oncs stood happy homes now nothing re-
mains save perhaps q few stray pieces
of timber The cyclone struck
Marion at about O'Clock D. m, travelling
around the southwest to northeast. 1t was
described by an eye witness as a whirling
ball of fire and Travelled in a zig-zig course.
The main track was 800 yards wide and
everything in that track was swept away,
wreckage of houses being scat
tered for miles along it's course. At
Marion only two fatalities are reported,
Mrs. Burton 1eadoao. aged 70, and he
daughter Myrs. eyed A.. Both we're ins
stantly killed in ,he wreck OF their demol
ished house. A dozen persons were injured
more or less seriously.
The cyclone passed from Marion to the
swamp uprooting timber, crossed the Mobile
and Ohio railroad mile above town, de-
stroying half a mile of telegraph
wires and blocking the road. After
destroying Marion, the cyclone cut a swath
through the swamp until reaching Good
Hope church, two miles east, which it
wrecked, also destroying four settlements
of negro cabins.