The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-23
AWFUL HORROR AT ARLINGTON
.,cur SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED
BY A CYCLONE.


10 Begin.
,r,ngton. Ca, March ga terrible cy-
10 struck here this morning about $50
O'Clock.
- nassed through the south side of town
- .ota1ly wrecked the academy and
rar,,alIv demolished several other houses.
A. the academy a number of children
moro assembled for school.
The building was completely demolish-
81 and on removal of the debris, eight
nora found dead and fifteen injured.
Five or six escaped with slight bruises
and scratches.
The dead are:
claude Roberts. aged "A, terribly man
elsd and internally injured.
Monie Parramore, aged II, crushed be-
meath chimney
Albert Butler. aged 6.
Alice Putnam. aged Is.
Willie McMurrie, aged 10.
Kenneth Boynton, aged Z.
Mary Wellons, aged 8.
Maud Johnson, age II.
All the dead are terribly mutilated, be-
ing crushed and bruised by the falling
timbers and debris.
The injured are:
Prof. w. A. Covington, principal of the
school, badly bruised. but no fractures
VIII recover
Prof. Walker, assistant teacher, serious
" injured internal injuries and one leg
broken viii probably die.
Lou Parramore, aged Is, one leg broken
and badly bruised. May recover.
Bette Parramore, aged ID. badly bruised,
but will recover.
Alton Carter. aged s, one leg and one
arm broken and face badly bruised. May
recover.
Ethel Carter, aged 10, slightly wounded
from scratches and bruises. Will get
well
Annie Colley, badly mangled and in
ternal injuries. viii probably die.
Willie Collins, aged u, face badly bruis-
ed, VIII recover
George Riley, Jr, aged II, slightly in
jured Will recover.
Dudley Killebrew. aged IS, both legs
broken and face badly emaciated. May
die.
Edith Butler, aged 9, badly bruised. Will
recover.
Simon Sanders, aged 10, bruised badly
and one leg crushed. VIII recover.
Earnest Wellons, aged IL, badly bruised
cara Thigpen, aged II, badly bruised.
Mary Johnson, aged TO- badly bruised.
ms is the worst disaster that has ever
visited this quiet little village.
The rain has been pouring down in tor
rents all day, but no one, either male or
female mas failed to do either his or her
dgly IN administering to the suffering
Every store and business house in the
town has been closed for the day, and
every countenance has been saddened by
the tragical deaths of the children.
All neighboring towns have wired SEN
ulents OF deepest sympathy
IeIegrams from b. c. Epperson and The
olore ID. Kline of the Central Railway
company have also been received. Offer
Ing any assistance in the power of the
company to render.
considerable damage was done in the
nclnty OF Damascus, ten miles south Of
mere, but no lives were lost.
as yet no other details have been learn
"a rom the surrounding country.
This morning about $50 o'clock there
was lull in the high winds which had
Prevailed giving some promise of a clear
Hof. Covington, going out to look
aound' beheld dark cloud, well fringed
'lh electricity, moving rapidly in the d.
Nouon of the school, His trained eve at
lce told him there was danger. Hurry
4 w the children into the building for
aiety the roaring of the coming cyclone
vas upon them before they had time to
Inc storm increased in strength and We
. ny ana the building began to shake
and careen as If 1t rocked in the arms of
mighty force.
Inc building was wrenched into frag-
rgH's' SO that the pieces fell inward. and
1Iiolg the first struck were Claude Rob-
U@ ana Alice Putnam. who were knock
:. mto the insensibility of death at the
llst blow.
Lite Willie McMurray had been caught
olutr heavy timber and the life was
crushed out Of him.
kenneth Boynton was the next, who
t@ seen vainly endeavoring to escape
S.ai me death trap, but too late, for the
'Iai bloY had been struck.
Ffots. Covington and Walker both work.
y, Notwithstanding seriously wounded.
' y, atter perhaps fatally.
me scene was soon surrounded bv the
nehts Of the children. The sight of
a5Ht little ones already dead and Of ten
t,"trs crushed and bruised and bleeding
al the phases Of torture, was enough
oNtlhB the stoutest heart
b,TJF~lhg to the heavy rain little less than
w1 VI the school had assembled when
0 storm struck the buildings. The en-
number were in the building. owing
ue ram, though three or four recita-
Go's had not begun. Five or six chill
r.i n crawled out and ran home, but the
sr rSce OF the entire number remained
Any, IIelheath until large force of white
~. colored men could remove the debris
'.l rescue them.
men n' ~ me rain poured IN torrents.
e, Oh all classes and conditions worked
es.. ,ne wreck with all the energy that
n ,a ana horror could impel, while wo-
r administered to the rescued.
,,.I ne heartrending cries Of parents, rs
pra' may loVed one was brought out from
Ten. '"' "eFeI NC AoIso'-
t me track of the cyclone was not over
ny yards wide. and as the academy
o,t s on the edge OF the town, only two
''' dwellings were demolished.
NO CYCLONE Al BLAKELY.