The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-03-22
INA CYCLONES PATH.
Portions Of Three States sufFer from
Hurricane = More than 20 People
T, UrfIIusl ana MANY unlured

Portions Of Three States Sulfer from
\ Hurricane More than 20 People
Killed and Many Injured.
Memphis, Tenn, March 2O.-Reports
from different points in Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Alabama indicate that In
the storms which swept over those
states Saturday 22 persons were killed
outright and 21 injured. The property
loss will run into the hundreds Of
thousands.
Atlanta, Ca, March 2o.---A special to
the Constitution from Waynesboro.
Ga, says; A cyclone passed over
Burke county at o'clock Sunday
morning. In the vicinity of Waynes-
boro four people were killed. Several
houses were demolished.
Birmingham, Ala, March 2o.-De-
tails of Saturday nights cyclone near
Edwardsyille were received here Sum
day. The following is list Of the
dead and injured so far es known;
Dead:
Lewis Coffee, aged So, tax assessor OF
Cleburne county, and the following
members of his family:
Mrs. Coffee, aged. 46.
Leila, aged %.
James, aged 20.
Lula. aged Is.
Jacob, aged 10.
Devroe, aged 8.
Dollie, aged 10.
Grover, aged 9.
John, aged 4.
Unknown woman near Hohin.
The wounded: Bessie Coffee, aged
IL, daughter of Lewis Coffee, will die.
Mrs. Runnells. aged 10. will die.
Myrline Stanzell, aged 5, will pro-
baby die.
The path of the storm was about 200
yards wide and it Travelled the coun-
try for 12 miles, beginning in the
northern part of Cleburne county, near
Iron City, and moved southwark.
Those who saw it say that there was
| an immense conical cloud and that 1t
bounded along like rubber ball. ris-
ing at intervals and leaping for several
hundred yards without doing any dam
age. Then when it descended 1t
would pick up houses and crush them
to pieces, uproot trees or twist them
off level with the ground and sweep
all before it. Lewis Coffee's residence,
a strong double log house situated on
a little hill, was in the path of the
storm. 1t was swept away and the
timbers scattered for a mile. Ten OF
its II occupants were instantly killed
Except the body of the baby, which
was found under the ruins Of the
chimney, the corpses of the victims
were carried half o mile and nine oi
them were found heaped together
The storm lost its force Just south
Of Hofin, near which place dozen
buildings were wrecked. The path oi
the cyclone presents a terrible scene
of havoc. Timbers of wrecked house:
are scattered in every direction. Some
were carried high into the air and 9th
ers were driven deep into the ground
or through trees. Many cattle were
killed.
Another cyclone struck in extreme
north Alabama, blowing down a mum
Der of small dwellings at Hazelgreen
and still another visited the south
eastern portion of the state, demolish
ing the little town of Sellers.
/ Hickory Flat, Miss, March 20.-A
tornado struck this place Saturday, do
ing considerable damage TO buildings
and property. The school building
and two churches were demolished ant
25 dwellings blown down or unroofed
Several persons received painful in
juries. A family living west of her
lost their dwelling and young lad.
was killed. Trees were torn up by th
roots, twisted off like reeds and al
fencing in the path of the cyclone wa
leveled to the ground.
Little Rock, Ark, March 2o.--A tor
nado passed through portions of Jeffer
son and Desha counties Saturday after
noon. At Rob Roy five houses wer
blown down and one man was killed
At Dumas nearly all the houses in tn
town were either blown down or dam
aged and several parsons were wound
ed, but no lives were lost.