The Irish standard., 1897-03-27
!. DEADLY ! !, BLASTS.
Cyclone Wrecks a schoolhouse at
s4 81 Arlington, Ga.
EIGHT LITTLE CHILDREN KILLED.
Fifteen others Are Badly Injured
Some Of Them May Die-Three
~, Persons Drowned In Wis.,
consin-FloOd News. =;

u Savannah, Ga. March "a special
y tc' the Morning News from Arlington,
Ga, SAYS terrible cyclone struck there
Monday morning about $3.50 o'clock.
It passed through the south side OF the
town and totally wrecked the Academy
( an6s partially demolished other houses.
At the Academy a number of children
{ were assembled for school: The build
ing was completely demolished and on
the removal Of the debris eight were
found dead and Is injured. Five escaped
Z with slight bruises and scratches. The
dead are:
The Dead.
Clnud Roberts, aged "A. terribly mangled
md internally injured; Mollie Parramore.
ayed II, crushed beneath q chimney; Al
bert Butler, aged 6; Alice Putnam, aged 10;
: Willie McMurrie. aged 10; Kenneth Boyn-
ton, aged 7; Mary Weions' aseo o. -aau"
Johnson, aged ID.
:. All the dead are terribly 1nutilatcd,
being crushed and bruised by the fall
ing timbers and debris. The injured
arc:
The Injured.
Prof. w. A. Covington. principal Of the
I. school. badly bruised, but no fractures,
wifi recover: PROT Walker. assistant teach
err internal injuries and one leg broken,
will probably die; Lou Parramore, aged ID
one les broken and badly bruised, may re-
cover: BETTE Parramore, aged 49, badly
bruised, Will recover; Alton carter asea
g. one leg and arm broken and face badly
bruiscd, may recover; Ethel CaIter, aged
10, slightly wounded from scratches and
bruises. will get well; Annie Coley, badly
mansled and internal injuries, Will prob
ably die; Willie Collins, aged IL. face badly
aged H. slightly injured. Will recover; Dud-
ley E!ilehrew aged 1S. both legs broken
and face badl. torn, may die; Edith Butler.
aged g. badly bruised, viii recover; 81
mons Sanders, aged 10, bruised and one leg
crushed, will recover; Ernest Wellons, aged
II, badly bruised: Clara Thigpen, aged IT,
badly bruised.
This is the worst disaster that has ever
visited this quiet little village. The
rain poured, down in torrents all day,
but no one, either male or female, failed
10 do each his or her duty in administer
ing to The suffering. Every store and
business house in the town was closed
for the day and every countenance was
sadaeuet' by the tragic deaths Of the
children. Neighboring towns have
wired sentiments Of deepest sym
pathy. kilograms from Is. B. Ep-
person and I. u. Kline, OF the Central
railway, have also been received offer
ing any assistance in the power of the
company to render. Considerable dam,
age was done in the vicinity of Damas-
Gus, ten miles south Of here, but no lives
were lost AS yet no other details have
been learned from the surrounding
country
Indienn Towns Suffer.
Cynt hian;, Ind, March GA cyclone
visited this town at 3:O3 o'clock Monday
morning, doing great damage: The
opsra house was demolished. On the
opposite side of the street it caught a
frame dwelling, scattering it in every
direction. The occupants, Mr.. and
Mrs Garrett Njsby and Mrs. Io1nlin, es-
capped by rushing from the house just
as it fell. A brick building used as a
school room or the same block also
went down. Several barns were torn
down and others unroofcd. The Bap-
fist church was moved several feet.
Fences and small buildings i'll town and
adjoining country were swept away.
. No lives have been reported lost.
Washington, Ind, March GA
small cyclone struck this county at four
O'Clock in the morning.
The north wall ofthe Swan Pond school
building WAS torn out and the stone
cross at St. Silnon's church steeple
blown off and broken. A large amount
of corlice on the courthouse was torn
off, Many trees were uprooted aud VIM
GoHs broken,