Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25
COUNTING THE LOSS
Over $2,000,000 Damage Caused by
Thursdays Cyclone.
RUIN IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Three Convicts Escape From the
Ohio Penitentiary.
OFFER OF GOLD REFUSED.
OFFER OF GOLD REFUSED
SURVEYING THE RUIN,

The Damage Caused by the Cyclone in the
Mississippi Valley.
CHICAGO. March pa special to the Herald
from Memphis SAYS:
The damage done by Thursdays cyclone in
the Mississippi valley is enormous While the
loss OF life is not as great at first reported
the damage TO property will reach q 1000 oO0
The telegraph wires are still demoralized and
reports are coming in slowly from the storm
districts and il will be several DAYS before the
full extent OF the disaster will be known
THE DEATH LIST.
The death list foots up eighteen, while the list
Of injured viii run up into the hundreds. The
names Of the dead at Kelly, Miss. 90 far as
known are:
Harriet Smith. Mary Williams, Susan WILL
iams and two unknown negro men.
The dead elsewhere are: Richard Heard,
Shubuta. Miss; John Heard, Shubuta. Miss
Eli Prince. Elizaville. Miss; Drury Su merars
family Of nine, Shaws, Miss.
The names OF the injured at Kelly, 90 far as
known, are follows: Richard Pine wife and
children. all badly injured by the collapse OF
their house; one OF the children will
head and shoulders; may die. Chris Burfurd,
internally injured; will probably die. Mrs.
Sarah Hart, two ribs broken and internally in
lured; may die. Marion Mason, cut about the
head. Mrs: Mason, badly hurt about the hips.
Harriet Prince. badly injured George Berry
and his wife, badly injured. Gus Bills, right
eve knocked out E. H. Mclaughlin, shoulder
broken. Wiley Mclaughlin. arm disiocated
The injured at other points: s. K. Davis,
Charlottesville, Ark Fourteen negro tenants,
jured. Jim Carroll. Spring Greek, Tenn,
fatally injured. Aleck Poisons. Spring
Creek, Tenn. struck by timber and
seriously injured. Twenty-one school children
more or less seriously injured. The majority of
the killed and injured are negroes.
THE PATH OF THE CYCLONE
The first heard of the cyclone was in north
Louisiana and southern Arkansas. 1t crossed
the Mississippi few miles above Greenville,
devastating plantations. wrecking farm houses
and uprooting grand forest trees. The path of
the storm was about half mile wide and moth
ing was left standing in its track.
The first fatality occurred near Shaw 6 station.
Miss. where the house of Drury Sumeral. a
prosperous and industrious colored farmer
was leveled to the ground. killing the entire
family of nine persons. The cyclone passed
through the suburbs of Shaw's and demolished
several residences and small stores, but no one
was killed.
The hurricane then changed its course
slightly and travelled the right Of way OF the
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad until it
entered Cleveland. Miss. where q public school
building, several houses and stores were RACED
to the ground. No fatalities occurred at Cleve-
land, but several people were struck by flying
timbers and more or less injured.
NEARLY EVERY BUILDING WRECKED.
Leaving Cleveland the cyclone passed within
mile of Clarksdale, town Of 1000 inhabi-
tants, and next struck Tunica, the county
seat Of Tunica county. Nearly every build
ing in the place was wrecked The newly
erected court house went down before the wind 9
fury. The colored school building was wrecked
and over thirty children MANNED. As the cy-
clone left Tunica it divided. one portion travel
ing in northeasterly direction, while the other
took a northwesterly course and again crossed
the Mississippi river into Arkansas, where il
spread ruin through three counties.
GREAT DAMAGE AT KELLY.
The towns Of Charlottesville and Vincent
were nearly wiped of the face Of the earth, and
the storm then took q northeasteriy course,
reaching Kelly, Miss, about 4 O'Clock in
the afternoon. There the greatest damage
was done. Six persons were killed out
right and scores injured. Not q building was
left standing, the fragments being strewn over
the country for miles. The damage to property
in the vicinity Of Kelly will reach $50 600.
After leaving Kelly the cyclone passed into Ten
nessee, the next place to fall in its path being
Spring Greek, q small town in Madison county,
where several people were injured, but no one
Immense damage was done in Sumner
county. At the Kennesaw breeding farm the
roof Of the large two-story residence was
blown off, the large brood-mare barn
demolished and a fine race mare belonging
to Louis Emmon of Illinois killed and several
others belonging to Mrs. James Franklin
fatally injured. The large stock barn OF Harry
Shaffer was blown down and one horse killed.
All over the county barns. outhouses. fences
and trees were wrecked. The damage cannot
yet be ascertained.
dispatch from GAINESVILLE says that many
residences and business houses were unroofed
by the wind in that city and much damage done
by the rain. In Montgomery county many
head Of stock were killed, barns destroyed and
great damage done.
The railroad depot at Oak Grove was COM
pletly destroyed. No lives were lost.