Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1899-03-23
SWEPT BY. A CYCLONE.
Great Destruction Wrought in Three
Southern States. -~S .s,s5::i Il
Heavy Loss Of Life Is RepOrted-Ten
Members of a Family of Eleven
Are Kined-Vast Amount of
Property DESTROYED.

EdWardsville were received here late
Sunday night. The following is list
of the dead, so far as known:
Lewis Coffee, aged IS, tax assessor Of
Clebourne county, and the following men,
bers of his family: Mrs. Coffee, aged 49,
Leila, aged %; James, aged 20; Lula, aged
IL; Jacob, aged 10; Deveroe, aged 8; Dollie,
aged 10; Grover, aged 6; John, aged 4; un-
known woman, near 'Hof1in.
The wounded number IA. T. -." g.
Fury OF the Storm. r*3. .
The path of the storm was about 200
yards wide, and it traversed the coun-
try for IL miles, beginning in the north
ern part of Clebourne county, near Iron
City, and moved southwark. Those who
saw it say that there was an immense
funnel-shaped cloud. and that it bound
ed along like rubber ball, rising at in
tervals and leaping for several hundred
yards without doing any DANA e. Then
when it descended it would pick up
houses and crush them to pieces, up
root trees or twist them off level with
the ground and sweep all before it. i,
Lewis Coffee's :residences "a strong
double log house situated. on a little
hill, was in;the path. Of the storm. TT
was swept away and the timbers scat
tered for mile. Ten of it's II occu-
pants were instantly kil1ed:s Except the
body of the baby, which was found un-
der the ruins of the chimney, the
corpses of the victims were carried
half a mile, and nine of them were
found heaped together. Every body
had been stripped of it's clothing. One
was twisted around stump, and two
others were headless. Beside the body
of the father lay Bessie Coffee, the only
member of the family not Instantly
killed. She was conscious, and her
arms were around her fathers neck.
She is unable to talk, and will die.
In the same neighborhood the resi-
dences of J. W.-Wilder, J. H. Cason, An
drew Stiepan and Ben Stanseu were
wrecked and all their occupants in
jured. Near Heflin a white woman,
whose name cannot be learned, was
killed, and five persons in the same fam
lily hurt. It is estimated that about 50
buildings were destroyed; between 20
and rs persons were injured, and over
a score of farms devastated.
The storm lost it's force just south OF
Hefin, near which place dozen build
ings We're wrecked. The path Of the
cyclone presents a terrible scene OF
havoc. Timbers of wrecked houses are
scattered in every direction. So1ne
were carried high into the air, and 9th
ers we're driven deep into the ground
or through trees. Many head of cattle
were killed. One dead COW was found
with q shingle driven through her
back. But for the fact that the country
over which the storm passed is sparsely
settled the loss of life would have been
much greater. There were many mar
velous escapes. J. H. Carson and wife
were blown through window as their
house was falling, and after the storm
found themselves in a field a hundred
yards away, both badly hurt. The
funeral of the Coffee family occurred
Sunday afternoon and was largely at
tended Ten bodies, some of them
1nangled beyond recognition, were
buried in one grave.
In mississippi.
Hickory Flat, Miss, March 2O.-A tor
nado struck this place Saturday, doing
considerable damage to buildings and
other property. The school building
and two churches were demolished and
Is dwellings blown down or unroofed.
Several persons received painful in
juries. A family living west of here
lost its dwelling and a young woman
was killed. Trees were torn up blythe
roots, twisted off like reeds, and s all
fencing in the path of the cyclone lev
eled to the ground. On some farms near
here hardly a building was left stands
ing. s@'" -;
-. In Arkansas. ~s....-&
Little Rock, Ark, March 2O.-A tor
nado passed through portions of JET
ferson aud Desha counties Saturday
afternoon. Telegraph wires were
blown down and the details are coming
in slowly. At Robroy five houses were
blown down and one man killed. The
town of Dumas, in Desha county, was
struck and considerable damage DONE
Nearly all the houses in the town were
either blown down or damaged and sew
eral persons were wounded, but so far
as can be learned no lives were lost.
Pine Bluff, Ark, March 20.-Further
details of the fearful storm which
swept over portions of Arkansas Sat-
urday morning reached Pine Bluff Sun
day. At Walnut Lake three persons
were killed. a-... @-2
Four Killed Near Waynesboro, Ga.
Atlanta, Ca, March 2O.-A special to
the Constitution from Waynesboro,
Ca, says cyclone passed over Burke
county at three o'clock Sunday morn
ing: In the vicinity of Waynesboro
four people were killed. Several houses