The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-04-04
SEVERE
House Blown Down. Trees UErooted
and Fences Leveled Tuesday Evening
in Cumberland and Bladen Counties.
Some Persons Hurt but None Killed

some feFsOns khuFt DuL NOne hlIled
Mr.. G. W.. Register, of Winnie, Bla-
den county, was in the city yesterday
and We learn from him. that a cyclone
passed through his section Tuesday
evening about dusk. The storm came
from the south and was accompanied
by terrific lightning, awful crashes of
thunder n a great downpour of rain.
The wind blew down his stables, buggy
nous and an clubhouse, unroofed his
forage house, leveled his yard and gar
den fences, and laid fiat three quarters
OF a mile of fencing on his farm. The
chimne of his dining room was blown
OFF, and fruit and forest trees were up
rooted. A log stable in which there
was a COW was unroofed and one end
was moved four feet without injury to
the animal.
On Mr.. Registers place the tenants
ran out Of their houses, for fear that
they would be blown from over the top
OF their heads. A white boy named
Cleveland Davis, s years old, ran out
with h others of the family, n the
wind hurled him against a fence, pain
fully hurting him.. The house luckily
was not blown down, but it made a
narrow escape,
The fue Of the public school house
was blown down, and the farmers suf-
fered considerable damage by having
their fences blown down.
THE STORM IN CUMBERLAND.
The Fayetteville Observer of We'd
nesday, says:
Shortly after s O'clock Yesterday
afternoon a ornado struck Fayetteville
and ragged for several minutes, doing
considerable damage in its path, which
M hnHya aYroh 80 $685.
yards. 1t blew from the southwest and
came up with such Suddenness that
one had but a few moments warning
to escape it's fury. In a the
clouds were as black as ink, and in the
distance could be heard a great roar
ing noise, growing louder as it ad-
Vanced; then it burst in a rage of
Whirling sand and revolving debris. 1t
was impossible to stand up against it.
and one man, Lock McLaurin, a colored
driver, was picked up bodily and car
rled a hundre yards or more. He was
considerably bruised. Horses were
swept along with the torrent, and We
hicles turned over. Hundreds of win
dOWS were broken in all parts of the
city; trees torn up by the roots, and
several houses blown down and a num-
Der unrOOfed. Two of the Brady
houses, on Factory Row, were swept
over as were two Of Mr.. PowelIs on
the east side of the river.
The win seemed to strike the big
Williams building on Hay street with
greatest fury, ripping off ten squares
of the tin roofing, picking it up like
SO much paper, and whirling II across
the street against DR.. Floyd's resi-
dence, crashing through the railing of
.lhe balcony, and smashing the window
frame and glass door on the second
Moor to pieces. One Of the chimneys
was also blown from his building. the
damage to which is estimated at from
SIS to 800.
1T Is impossible to estimate the total
damage lone IN this neighborhood, but
it must be quite large. No lives were
lost so far as we can learn.
THE STORM IN SEVENTY-FTRST.
"A fearful cyclone passed over Sew
enty-first at 6 o'clock, which played
havoc with buildings, fencing and trees
on the j. Marshall Williams place.
Four buildings were demolished, one of
which contained a good rockaway and
some farming implements which We're
literally smashed to pieces; another,
a house, occupied by a wo-
man and five children, was blown
down and, strange to say not one was
hurt. AS to other damage in the neigh
borhood We are not yet posted.
THE STORM AT RED SPRINGS.
Mr.. c.. s.. Phillips writes US as fol-
lows from Red Springs:
I'VE had a terrific wind and hail
storm here last evening about 6 O'clock.
Hail stones about the size of small
marbles was accompanied by heavy
wind which blew the steeple from the
Presbyterian church., the front form the
livery stable and the frame of the
Episcopal church, which is in course
Of construction, down. Mr.. andrew
Brown had a house in ourse Of con-
struction with about half of the wealth.
~erbOarding on, n today it is a to,ca)
wreck, pieces Of it being scattered, Sew.
eral hundred feet away, and eha sil1s
are moved from their base. n u-oif@
be 2 matter impossible 20 tell Won al
the damage done Our town was badly
damaged The storr-l only lasted abou'
five minutes, bit all was excitement
rlorses becoming frightened ard run.
ming away while children Screamed
and ran for shelter. We have not heard
from the surrounding country yet, bu
trust that it is not worse than it wa:
here"