Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1899-05-04

The walls of the huiltltaEs fell with
, crash that sounded at-s~ The roar
y the storm. burying P-ople 10 The
'nins Fram~ buildings w.- =. twisted
,nd lifted fr,pm their f,uh,iasions.
'theF~ were uts~riy demolished. piecss
. them bring carried far mils~. 9th
~ shifted ~ their position. aIi,ar-nt-
y unhurf. One was turned - tarrly
'round. while another wa- tarn-t up
-sos down.
e~it >~~kisa safety.
Sarauet fArSper. ~ the appearance Of
~ black cloed. started. with hts fan.
~. for . neighboring cellar. bat his
aous~ Was blown down "s~r them just
- he reached the front door. Ills two
daughters were caught with him by
he timb-rs. and killed instantly His
AZ, was seriously injured. though
.tii, alivr.
Mrs. VIM. HAYS was Killed while
running up the str~et in search Of
shelter. The n,atilsfed trunk. with
he head missing. was found in the
tr~-t later. Mrs. IIay-' husband aud
Two children met drath within a few
iset 81 each oih~r.
The see shi.-. O. W.-L~ry.
The storm lasted Eve minutes.
" hen IL had ended m. sun came out
for n few minutes. and shown bright
10 rhtly over a scrne ~ ruin. Womsu
and children rnn shri~king through
the streets. while msn husi.d them
selves attempting to RESTORE order. \
thunder storm followed. aud darkness
gathered quickly.
4 Ds.~sst Night.
The night proved a mos, dismal one
NHmt~rs of citizens piissi tbs, ,Eslas ia,
i-.Asauttk. answering the efirs ~ the
from this place or that. ear
wing the dead to the dvpot and the
wounded 10 places Of safety Houses
of the Survivors werr thrown open to
ttr unfortunatcs. aud ali that was pos
.ible was dome tn allay suffering Chill
liccthe sent squad Of physicians. who
materially aided IN. Newtown rrseu-
ers.
when N.rn,ns Hs.L~.
When the morning broke oecr the
scene the s-arch was begun with re-
ncwed activity. and has been kept up
all day Considerable CONSERVATION
prevailed. and nightfall found the
s.arrhers still at work. with no knowl-
edge of the actual number of dead aud
Wounded. \ complete list. in fact. will
y, obaIv not b,. had TOR several dayS.
Scenes Of intense grief were enacted
on all sides.
Other Isrtd~as..
The storm blew down the telegraph
wires in and about town. and washed
away the bridge over Medicine creek,
a small stream south of town. and
demolished the Chicago. Mil
wnukee 4 ~. Paul depot, stock yards
and dozen stock ears.
Ia~td~ss. OF the Gs~st storm.
J. T. Coonh.ld and family were eat
ing supper when the cyclone struck
their home. The houss was picked up
and carried across a slough aud dumped
up against a hill tbs. building was not
completely wrecked. and the family rs.
capped without anything worse than q
severe shaking mp.
HOUSES ON both sides of the residence
~ ". VI. Hull were blown into Splin-
ters. but the wind was content with
twisting the building of Of its founda-
tiou and leaving il intact. The house
was in the center of the stricken dis.
triet. and {, was used as hospital last
night.
". \. smiths honse collapsed upon
his family. lie dug his way out aud
rescued his wife and two children.
Seventeen persons fed from five
houses 10 IS-foot circular storm eel.
lar; ,hos- five houses were blown from
the map.
Among the first Of the wrecked
buildings was the elegant $1,000 resi-
dence of Mrs. Mary H-nsley. in the
southeastern portion of the city. not a
Vestig~ of which is left.
The Catholic church. a fine structure
in the northeastern part. was unroofed
and otherwise demolished.
a Race with the sssrm.
y. j. Rsiger. a prominent attorney
ran right into the path of the storm te
save his family. who were helpless witt
fear. He wss going 20 his home whel
the storm struck the south part o.
town. and was quick to realize tbs
dlBger of his wife and children. II,
ran for three blocks in race with the
wind. which was rushing towards his
home. sweeping everything before it
flashing into the house he carried hi,
wife and children into the cellar. Al
he stumbled into the place of safet,
the building was leveled TO the ground
He was just in time to save his famiI,
and is happy. although his loss by tn,
cyclone amounts to $1,000.
fssna safety In the Cellar.
The large dwelling of Judge An
drew Ellison. in the same locality, wa
stripped Of its second story, and thu
tower twisted out OF shape. He ans
his family and John Doneghy took ref
uge in the cellar. and were saved.
The residence of II. Lowell. just out
side of the town. was twisted into I
heap of ruins. and three of his chill
dren were buried in the debris, ans
killed. Other large residences wer,
lifted from their foundations and liter
ally torn into kindiing wood. A stril
through the city one mile long by 60
feet wide presents revolving ,,e~ o
dissolution aud death.