The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-06-02
MANY HOUSES WRECKED
Churches and Warehouses at Dawson
and Cuthbert Destr syed.
GREAT INJURY TO FRUIT AND CROPS
Texas, AIab ma, Mississippi Under the Lash o.
the Storm. Hail in Paris Of Texas
Twenty Inches Deep. One
Life Reported Lost.
(By the discounted Pregs.l

Dawson, Ca, May 31.-A hurricane
struck the northern part of this place
this morning at o'clock. The residences
Of NJ. r. Hoyle j. W. Adams, Tom Fields,
Sarah Jackson, Duke Major, Minnie Nor
ris, The Dawson Oil Company's gin house,
also their oil refinery building and tanks,
warehouse of the Seaboard Air Line, Daw-
son Odd Fellows Hall (colored), and the
Sards Baptist church (colored) were
wrecked. The depot of the Central Rail-
road, warehouse of the Dawson Grocery
Company and Dawson compress were
practically unroofed. Seven or eight tene-
ment houses, hot houses, and much fenc-
ing have been destroyed. The damage so
far as known at this time will probably
not exceed $4,000.
Mrs. j. w. Adams had her arm and leg
broken, and Sarah Jackson and daugh-
ter of Ruby Newman were injured but
to what extent is unknown.
THE DAMAGE AT CUTHBERT.
Cuthbert. Ca, May 31-The guano
storage warehouse near the Central Rail-
road depot was blown down by a cyclone
here this morning. Among the other
buildings destroyed, were the sheet irOl
sheds of the Alliance Warehouse Com
pany, the Second Baptist church (coloredl
and several negro tenement houses in
course of construction. and the front Of
Liberty Baptist church (colored) was de-
stroyed.
Much damage was done to trees, fences
?rd growing crops especially to the fruit
which is just ripening at Coleman.
HAIL TWENTY INCHES DEEP.
Houston. Texas. May 31.-A heavy
rain aud hail storm covered a wide
area this morning and great damage
has been done to all crops, especially
to fruit Eastern Texas having been af-
fected to a greater extent than any
other section. A special from Long
View says hail was twenty inches deep
in places and much damage was done.
A special from Palestine says the dam
age to property there and to crops in
the surrounding country will reach $15,-
000
Specials show the greatest damage
sustained in the counties of Anderson,
headaches, Rush, Shelby, Smith, Hill,
Gregg, Cherokee and Fisher.
TERRIBLE HAIL STORM.
Meridian, Miss, May 31.-A terrific
wind and hail storm passed over this
city and section last night. All streams
are out of their banks today. The
Alabama Great Southern Railroad has
experienced some trouble on account of
trees being blown on the track during
the high wind.
THE COURT HOUSE UNROOFED.
Montgomery, Ala, May 31.-Heavy
rains and hail storms passed over this
section of Alabama this morning, doing
much damage to growing crops. In
some places four inches of rain fell
in three hours. At Greenville the roof
OF the court house was blown off and
other property was damaged.
CHILD KILLED BY WIND.
Vicksburg, Miss. May 31-A wind
storm. almost cyclone in proportions,
passed through the southwestern Sec
ticn OF Claiborne county this morning,
prostrating everything in its path. So
far only one fatality is reported, the
five year old daughter of Elijah Cope
land, colorcd. Copelands house was
smashed in like an egg shell and three
of his children caught under the fall
ing timbers. The lite girl was in
stantly killed. The others escaped with
slight bruises. The wind was accom-
panied by heavy hail and the damage
to crops viii be heavy.
The rainfall at Vicksburg was nearly
four inches.