The age-herald., 1899-03-21

save them from being blown away. Mrs. Boyd held the little babe in her arms. When their home gave way to the wind heavy timber was hurled against the little tree under which the family had gathered, striking just two inches above MT. Boyd's head with such force as to knock large hole in the tree more than an inch deep and across the full side of the tree A piece of the timber sealed Mir. Boyd's head, and he is suffering from a scalp wound six inches in length. The timber struck Mrs. Boyd about the shoulders and back, and she is in a very serious condition.
 Family in Sad Plight
 This family was left .n a sad plight. Everything which they possessed has gone with the winds. They poor people, the husband and father being day laborer. Their loss was about $500, and in their bruised condition they are thrown upon the charity of the world.
 The next home struck was that of Mrs. S. A. Poole. It was left a complete wreck, blown to the ground. The escapes from death here were miraculous. In one room of the building there were six persons, Mrs. Poole, Mrs. J. Jones and four little boys. When the storm passed over they were all pulled from under the debris, Mrs. Jones being the only one to rece we even scratch. Mrs. Poole's loss is $500.
 The other home wrecked was that of ME- Johnsey Jones. MT. Jones was at Carmel attending the primary election when the storm came, and his wife was with Mrs. Poole. Joined to MT. Jones' cozy little home was his store and in the two was stored everything that he possessed, save the horse he was riding.
 All His Prouerty Swept Away
 His return home found all the property accumulated by hard and earnest efforts swept away. Ills loss is probably $5,00O and he is left perfectly destitute. MT. Jones rode to Montgomery yesterday, bringing the first news of the storm.
 The stores of Messrs. S. w. Williamson and James A. Poole were destroyed, the loss to each being about $3.000. The sales men in the stores were w. D. Bonham, w. T. Dean and Hardie Williamson. None of them were bruised, though all the buildings were leveled with the ground, and in one instance the floor overturned.
 Five houses occupied by negroes were smashed into smithereens, with a loss to them of about $500 One of these houses was occupied b Tom Thomas, his wife and three children. Tom says the first they "knowed of de storm dey all foun' dey- selves gittin' up from under de blanks" No one was hurt. Other damaged houses were the depot, unroofed $50 loss, and the school
 
 town will foot up about S25, 900.
 Peculiar Occurrences
 A cyclone generally performs almost inn possible feats, and th's one was excep- tion. One of the marvellous occurrences was discovered in MT. Sellers ginnery. A rafter from some one of the ruined buildings was hurled endwise against a heavy timber in the gin house, and so great was the force that the rafter was driven into the other timber, the work being almost perfect as if it was mortised. Another peculiar freak was the blowing out of the ground a pair of wagon scales. The wind scattered along it's path large flakes of black mud It is supposed that this was gathered up from the slushy swamp five miles from the town.
 The citizens of Sellers are left in actual want of bread and clothing, and a public subscription for their relief has been start ed. Donations from any section of the county will be thankfully received. and if sent to E. B. Joseph, president of the Capi- tai City Insurance Company, Montgomery they will be properly distributed.
 KERSH