Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1899-03-25
MORE CYCLONE VICTIMS.
Awful Tale of the Cyclone Which
Struck Near Edwardsville,
Eastern Alabama.
FEARFUL FATE OF THE COFFEE FAMILY.
Ten Collins in n Row ani th,. Only
survivor Dyiag-Thc Cloud Was
FunneI-Sbaucd and Waa Turn
cd by MOunta'n-sidc.


horrible tale OF the cyclone which
struck near that place Saturday.
Twelve persons are known to have
been killed, and something Ike twice
as many injured Great forest trees
were picked up ana blown about IKE
straws, and houses were torn INTO
fragments.
The Dead.
Mr.. and Mrs Lewis Coffee aud
eight members OF their family,
Unknown woman near Holm.
The wounded.
Bessie Coffee, aged IL; will die.
Mrs Runneil, aged 10; will die.
Myrlilne Stauseis, aged .; VIII prop
ably die.
Mrs. j. ii. oason, internally IN
Jured.
Tom Runncll,se serious.
Wood Stausels, serious.
Andrew Steipan, badly bruised.
Mary StlepaG, badly bruised
Lizzie Runnell, dangerously In
jured
j. II. Cason, critical.
Georgia Stauscls, serious.
Gainesviile Stausels, badly wounded.
Tosh Stausels, severely hurt.
Coleman Stausels, badly bruised.
Several other persons were more or
less seriously injured, but their names
are not known,
IT is estimated that about fifty
building were destroyed, near Edwards
vile, between twenty and twenty-five
persons were injured and over score
of farms devastated. The storm lost
its force just south of Hefiin, near
which place q dozen buildings were
wrecked
Except the body Of the baby which
was found under the ruins of tie
chimney. the corpses of the Coffee
family were carried half a mile. and
nine of them We're found hcaped to-
Eether. Every body had been stripped
of its clothing, One was twisted
around stump, and two others We're
headess. Beside the body of the ia
ther lay BESSIE Coffee, the only mem-
Der Of the family not instantly killed.
She was unconscious, and her arms
We're around her dead fathers neck.
Edwardsyille is in the extreme east
ern part of Alabama. The cyclone did
i's worst WORK aiong s'r'P "nouV
iour miIes west Oh inc Town nc
sfea'eSt sufferers were Lewis 'oiee
ana HIS iaHiiS' .AS-the cieues s".H-
ered all ol the xe'hPefs OF loe 'aiiii'y
sought refuge IN 'leIr Well-cohs'ruc'-
ca log residehce' 0cafcely h"u
theN closed 'he "oois against 'He "''''
"hen the mousse was hl'eo mo 'iie
alr' 1t was h'oWh ana ou'iioed a'ouS
the ground as thoo9h N We're an
empty box Ger, ana was hhaltf torn
TO pieces. MIS- 'oHee' MS we ana
elght childfeh were hlieu. ne elo'h'
ing OF the bodies were torn mo
shredS ny the "lho' ana even soehs
were blown from the 1eet OF the I'M
fortunates. The path OF the storm Ill
that section of the state appeared 10
have been about mile in width, ana
TO have widened for SIX or seven miles,
1t did not touch any towns, but played
havoc in the farming community
through which it passed.
Awful Funeral sconc.
It was an awful sight hat was to be
seen this morning at the r,siticnce IT
d s. Eaber. at EdwardsviIIe. Ala.
when the remains of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Coffee and eirht Of their chill
dren-Leila. aged 90; James, 20: Lulr,
| IS; Jack. 10: Dolle, 10: DpNeroe, 5;
Grover, 6, and John. 4-yictnns of last
nights cyclone, were beinw prepared
for burial, The bodies were incased in
neat coffins and placed in wo rows in
the front room of the house. Many
were the people from all parts of the
| county who came to see the dead. THIS
afternoon the funeral procession, con-
slsting OF ten wagons, eacn nearing
box and as many more carrying reia-
tives and friends OF the talaIiE' Weha'a
its way to the primitive hap'ISt chuf;h
and graveyard, two miles away one
grave was prepared Tor all fae bodies
and into 1t they were paced siue ny
side.
The cyclone when straek near td-
WardsNllic last night ABOUT ocNoeN
was r'' ,~"'','.s''"' ,,''' s A., W." ~s | ..n', ~,
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ocu'h coo', II, lazy ",'s ii',''''S
ano II was lirS' oe,ie'ro ,"o' 'ne w
ciohe h"d earr'eo 1t on. however, ~
day 1t was founa covered by 'he chlhi
: ney.
The residence Of J. W, Wider wa.
/ next DESTROYED. but none ot tn, fam0,
a was at home at the time. Nutr,w Sti,
: mans home went down next. Mrs. site
nan and her little baby were cnurh
( honeo,h loce and bot,, ,o,io,slv IN