The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-04-26
Another Cyclone.

OsAGE CITY, KAN, April 19.-About
4.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon one fthe
worst cylones which ever visited Kansas
struck this city and in short time forty
buildings were wrecked, several lives
were lost and about twenty persons were
seriouly injured, many Of whom will
probably die. The part Of the city de-
vastated lies on the south side Of the
tracks of the Santa Fe road and oompri-
ses both business and residence build
ings. Fully 100 houses, barns and stores
in the suburbs were completely destroy
ed. The telegraph and telephone wires
are all down and hestreets are lined with
debris. The damage ia estimated at $780,
600.
Ossawatomie, Ken., was also in the
path of the Cyclone terrific hail
storm occurring at 6 p. m. Houses
were flooded by torrents of rain, win
dows were broken and several barns
and other small outbuildipgs were blown
over.
LYDoN, Kan.-A cyclone here last
night blew down the court house, Jail and
the Methodist church, killing Henry
Hirsch, who was standing on street cor
ner.
MERIDIAN, MISS, April 20.-:I have
just returned from the regions so ruth
lessly laid to waste by the cyclones fury
last night. All along the route stalks grim
despair. Woe and want are depicted on
each face. Where but yesterday. stood
happy homes, prosperous people and
fertile farming lands, to-day appalls the
eye as q blackened, blighted waste. Here
mother sits over her ruined household
goods with dead infant at her breast,
forgetting in her grief nature's cravings.
Again will be found persons wildly seek
ing relatives and friends who were blown
away and have not since been heard
from.
For thirty long miles at atintervals can be
seen heap of ruins, where once stood a
home.
AT o'clock last night the cloud quick
IL gathered and struck Barnett, Miss,
on the New Orleans and North
eastern railroad, demolishing houses
and killing, carrying away and wound
are in ruins in the I'm mediate neigh bor-
hood.
The house Of William Risker, mile
from Barnett, WIS carried away and the
family of seven have not since been heard
of.
William Partin, his wife and four chill
dren are all killed but the baby. Par
tins body was found six miles from Pa
chula and quarter of q mile on were
found the dead bodies of his wife and three
children.
Minerva Stevens baby was blown q
mile and killed. a child of Sam McGow-
n was blown away and for mile was
carried over the tops of trees and
it's brains dashed out at the foot Of q
stump.
Isaac Aldrldge's home was destroyed,
but he and his wife escaped with bruises.
George McLaughlin'a residence, the fin
est in Jasper county, was destroyed, his
family escaping with slight bruises, but
losing much valuable stock. Four ne
groes were killed on McLaughlin's place.
Eleven negroes are known to have
been killed in the vicinity of
Barnett, but their names cannot be learn
ed.
at Quitman, Miss, twsnty-six miles
south of Meridian on the Mobile apd
Ohio railroad, the havoc wrought by last
nights cyclone near that village is great
or than at first reported. The storm
barely missed Quitman, passing two hum
dred yards north and tearing the timber
around. Reports of casualties were still
coming in. Though but few were killed
outright, yet several of the wounded are
not expected to live.
The following represent the victims
living in radius OF five miles of Quit
man:
William Aldridge's homestead was
blown completely away and Mrs. AL
bridge received fracture of the skull and
flesh contusions by flying timbers and
has since died. Aldridge was seriously
cut over the eye and Robert Aldridge, his
son, had his face badly cut. Six head of
cattle were killed. Aldridge's daughter
and little girl escaped injuries.
James Giles, house demolished and
family all hurt.
Daniel Shots, with large family, had
his place swept clean and his family near.
ly all seriously hurt by being carried
along with the flying debris for q consid-
erable distance.
Eight or nine other houses, whose own
ers' names / could not learn, were blown
away and several persons reported wound
ed.
James Parker's residence was destroy
ed and Parker's wife and mother seri-
ously injured.
B.P. Culpepper's house was blown
away and he received possibly fatal in
tjuries, heavy timbers striking him In the
buck.
The trees in the Chickasahay river
swamp, which, for hugeness aud density
are seldom equalled, were pprooted, /,
twisted and bent into all conceivable
shapes, pathway varying in width from
300 yards to two miles being cut through
the swamp.
Three unknown negroes were found
dead in the swamp mile from Quit
man.
Mrs. Suttle, all aged lady. and a
child of William Saunder were also kill