The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-02-13
SWEPT BY
A CYCLONE !
Out Buildings Blown Down and
Houses Unr0Ofed.
The Strange Freak Of the Wind at Mr.,
Ed Martins.
DAMAGE AT THE FARTHlNG PLACE


Trinfty-Moved in a NortheasterIy d. |
rection-A Pew Particulars That Have !
Floated Into Town.
Everybody remembers the dark, dan |
gerous looking cloud that passed over
the town yesterday evening. 1t blew
considerably here, but no serious dam
age was done
Not SO in the country near here.
Reports of serious damage from the
cyclone, if it may be so called, come from
all the country between here and Chapel
Hill.
At John Christians place, little over
three miles from here, and near the North
Carolina railroad, one Of the negro cabins
was blown down, and the various out
houses were destroyed A colored woman
is said to have been there, and a hurt
childs arm was broken by falling tim
bers, but this was not authenticated
At G. G. Farthing's place, near Brag
town, all Of the barns on the plantation
were blown down, and the dwelling house
was injured Mr.. John Ell is lives In the
dwelling house, and he was here this
morning to see Mr.. Farthing in regard to
bo 10, \ 1Io
At Louico Nichols place, near Mr
Farthing's, all the outhouses were blown
down, and a part of the dwelling was
blown away. One old lady was injured
in the blow, but how seriously she was
hurt could not be learned. The chimney
of the dwelling house at the Nichols place
was blown down.
THE GLOBE wired to Chapel Hill to
find if there was anything in the rumor
that great damage had been done there,
| but the cyclone is said to have passed
three or four miles from Chapel Hill
1t is reported to have been very severe
in the strip of country through which it
passed.
| Something over year ago a severe
blow visited this same section, blowing
down barns, outhouses, chimneys, and
doing damage generally This seems to
| have been more severe than the one Of
year ago.
The young men at the Trinity Inn OBJ
served the cloud, and say it seemed as if
it were a great pillar extending from the
earth to the sky. This is the regulation
shape of the western cyclones, aui tbs
seems to have been one Of the genu: e
kind The cloud was very BLACK and
moved rapidly.
A gentleman who went into the coua
try this morning brings further news Of
the effects Of the cyclone
On Andrew Turner's plantation, about
four miles north east of here, Edward
Martin lived with his family. His VI e
has been sick in bed -Or sometime. When
the cyclone came it seemed as If it must
sweep everything in its path. His wife
was too i'll to be moved out Of the house,
and so he stayed in the building With
her The dwelling was unroOfed, and
one side of The house blown off Mrs
Martin had the bed on which she was
lying blown entirely from under her.
Outhouses on the place were blown
down, and barn near sy was completely
carried away, only the sills on which the
structure had rested being left.
Several children were in the house at
the time the cyclone struck, but neither
they nor Sir or Mrs. Martin were hurt
Last night the sick lady was carried TO
the house Of friend near by, where shs
Is now said to be quietly resting. feeling
no evil effects from her exciting expe-
rieuce.
There was also considerable damage
done at the farm of John Dorchester
not far from the plsce above mentioned
; Several outbuildjngs we're blown down
-, and others unroofed
: At the farm of Milton Davis, some six
miles west of here, there came near be
ing tragedy. The three in the family
were sitting in the house when the child
became frightened at the approaching
b storm, and screamed out at the noise.
All three then started for his fathers
house, some three or four hundred yards
, away. They had scarcely reached the
> house when the dwelling they had just
, vacated was blown to pieces. Il was a
. narrow escape.