Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-11-24

number VIII be largely increased by
later reports.
The dead are: Misses Florence and
Evelyn Farrell, Captain A. F. Aydo-
lette, wife and one son, another son
and daughter missing; Miss Kate For
sythe, James Cherry, six negroes, names
unknown.
The cyclone lasted for about five min
utes, and in its path extended about
1000 feet wide, which was closely
marked by the devastation. Many
houses, including large number of
negro cabins, were blown down and
many others unroofed and otherwise
damaged.
A freight train on the Nashville, Flor
ence & Sheffield railway was lifted
from the track, but as far as reported
none Of the passengers or the crew
were injured.
The cyclone was accompanied and
followed by heavy rainstorm with
terrific lightning and thunder, which
Blcdtif ICtdIutu tuC WOIh VI Icllci'
which was Immediately begun by the
crews.
In Pamela County.
A. n, Collier a well-known travelling
man, was a passenger on the north
bound express last night over the Hi
nois Central railroad, which passes
through portion Of the storm-hit dis
trict. When seen last night he talked
freely.
The most serious damage and loss Of
life had been reported between Cold
water and Loves Station, and Mr.. COL
lier boarded the train at the former
point. He said the storm passed be-
tween the two places, but that, accord
ing to his information, neither town
was damaged, and he left Coldwater
after the storm. He said, however, that
he had heard that about thirteen peo-
pie had been killed as result of the
cyclone.
81 was packing my samples" he said,
about $3.50 o'clock, when one of the
servants of the hotel came to my room
and notified me that a fearful storm
was raging. | left there at o'clock,
and before that time the report that
thirteen people had been found dead in
the track of the cyclone had been re-
ceived. | also understood that some
mill between Love and Coldwater had
been blown up, but am unable to give
any of the details.
The storm was fierce even after |
got on the train, and as an instance of
this, while we were standing at the
depot at Nesbitt lightning struck tel
egraph pole right on the side of the
track, demolishing it. This, however,
was the only damage sustained there.
Hon. James Il, Garnett, one of the
most prominent lawyers in Western
Kentucky, with his wife, was also
passenger on the same train, and he,
too, was seen by reporter, "Ne no.
ticed," he said, evidences of quite
heavy rains, but never heard anything
to suggest that disastrous storm had
occurred. While little late, we knew
of no disasters. There were no appear
ances that saw that led me to believe
that there were even washouts, much
less the traces of a cyclone"
Another passenger who was on the
train and who was seen by the reporter,
but did not care to have his name used,
said that a short distance north of Sar-
dis the train was tagged down an
that very slow run was made into
Memphis, bu. he thought it was
because Of high water, and had
no idea that a storm had been raging.
Every bit of information which was
given out by the passengers who ar
rived on the evening trains indicated
that the storm went in a northeasterly
direction from the Mississippi State
line, near Grand Junction, and that the
greatest damage felt in Western Ten
nessee along the Illinois Central came
from heavy rains. One of the passen-
gers on the southbound Illinois Central
train last night was seen, and he said
that nothing worse than an especially
heavy rain had been in evidence up the
road and if there had been a storm
there was nothing along the line to in
dicate it.
Near Coldwater.
CoLDwATER, Miss, Nov. 2O.-A cy-
clone passed two miles northwest of
Coldwater today at $3.50 pm, blowing
away several houses,
In Bolivar County.
BEHoNEY, Miss, Nov. 20.-About $50
o'clock this evening terrific storm,
with cyclone symptoms, swept over this
town. Several houses were wrecked.
but at the time of the report no loss of
life has come to the knowledge of your
Large timbers were
blown great distances and twisted out
Of shape. Further details can not be
learned tonight, as all wires are down.
Along the L. & n.
Superintendent L. s. Robertson, Of
the Louisville & Nashville, was ques-
Toned last night as to the conditions
On the Memphis line. He slid that re-
ports had been received at his odice to
.he effect that water was over the track
1t three or four places in the vicinity
If Paris and Milan, but that the wires
we're all open and trains were running.
He said, however, that 1t had been
necessary to have trains run slowly, on
account of the soft track and the water.
,ut that further than this the rain had
lone comparatively no damage.