Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-03-23
FRIGHTFUL HAVOC
Done by the Raging Cyclone in a
= Georgia Town.
sCHooI HOUSE BLOWN TO PIECES
Eight OF the Children Killed and Sew.
erai Others Fatally
Hurt.

One Of the Teachers WIN Die-rvo rhm.
nSes In the Country, Thirteen Psrsoss n
AL sent to Eternity BY the Same War o,
she kiements-Further FsaalitSes Looked
Tor When the Ouslying Districss Are
Heard From-A Terrible visisatson.
Eufala. Ala. March 23.-This city was
swept by cyclone yesterday morning
In which death and disaster played a
dreadful part. Hourly the record be-
comes more thrilling. For several days
there has been summer mildness all
through southwestern Georgia and
southeastern Alabama and the country
tributary to the Chattahoochie river.
Sunday the thermometer went up to so.
and the air was as oppressive as 1t ever
Is felt during the June solstice. With
the coming Of night the skies were
beclouded and rain began to fall
copiously about midnight. Toward
morning there was a cessation of pre-
cipitation. and the sun peeped forth
from the clouds as IL there was to be q
repetition OF Sunday. This was but for
an hour. when the leaden skies and in
creasing wind told OF storm, which
came along with terrific and wrenching
force. Men were almost caught up from
the streets before they could find shell
ter. Roofs. shutters. ETC.. gave way, and
for two hours there was terror and
desolaticn until the cyclone passed off
to the northwest. coursing along the
Chattahoochic valley.
Shocking Story fron, Arlington.
The reports coming in soon told Of the
devastation. The town Of Blakely in
Georgia was almost lifted out of ex-
istcnce. and people seeking refuge in
doors were as badly knocked around
by cracking and falling timbers as were
those on the outside, who were unable
to dodge fence rails and other flying
missiles. The most shocking story Of
all, however. was that which came from
Arlington. Calhoun county, Ga. It was
about O'Clock a. m. when the pupils
OF Arlington academy began to as
semble.. There were about fifty present
when Professor Covington. noticing the
storm coming called them in for shel.
ter. On and on came the storm with a
whizzing sound. increasing until It
lifted two cabins across the way into
midalr. wrenchiny them into splinters
As q man would a handful of rotten
wood.
Frightful Havoc Among the Children,
The sight of this so frightened the
children that they chung piteously to
Professors Walker and Covington. who
vainly tried to quiet them. A cracking
noise was heard. and the shutters and
swinging doors were wrenched from
their hinges. Then came q twisting and
d careening. and the central partition
gave way. falling with deadly effect
upon n group of children clinging to the
professors. The doors and windows
gone. the storm had full sway within,
fragments of timbcrs flying in the air
and children thrown helplessly about.
being caught up and dashed against the
wrecked walls. The cries Of the wound.
ed, the groans OF the dying, are
described as having been heartrending.
List Of the Dead and Wounded.
While all this was going on the people
Of the town. regardless OF the wreckage
Of their own homes. ran to the school
where they knew their children were
only to find many OF them dead and
others wounded and pinioned beneath
the debris. Professor Walker had his
arms and legs broken. and cannot live.
Among the dead are: Ollie Parramore.
Claude Roberts. Alice Putnam. Albert
Butler. Willie McMurray, Kenneth
Boynton. Maude johnson and Mary
Weltons.
The wounded are: Ernest weltons,
leg broken: Dudley Killebrew. both legs
broken: Professor w. A. Covington. in
ternal injuries. will die; Alton Carter.
leg broken; Ethel Carter. internal in
juires. will die: Ben McMurray, head
crushed. Will die: Bette Parramore,
arm broken and hurt internally: Nola
Roberts. shoulders dislocated: Simon
Sanders. leg broken. hurt internally. will
die: George Riley. arm broken. hurt
Internally: Clara Thighpen. arms broken,
hurt intarnal will dfa