The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-29
TH IN THE WIND.
Y:seven People Killed at Mound.
vile, Ala, by Cyclone.
COMPLETELY WIPED OUT.
Ind Monster Came in the
sness. Several Have Thrill
ing Escapes. Details of
the Disaster
the Disaster.

&A aspatch from Tuscaloosa, Ala.
say 8 he most disastrous Cyclone that
egs5 awept over that section visited
NJ Isilie, Ala, a town of 300 In
~ ats, Is miles south OF Tusca-
;le EFriday morning at l O'Clock
a result 81 persons were killed
and more than 100 injured, and every
bllSSIness house with the exception of a
sfnalldrug store completely destroyed.
Snel cyclone struck the city from
thel elhaouthwest, dealing death and
de.ifrnction as it made its path, a
Iutfter Of mile wide, through the
;tGHio The following is list of the
Wiit9 persons who we're killed:
E E Seymour of. Nashville, Tenn.
who accepted his position as operator
az geTailroad station last evening.
w. Warren OF Birmingham, en-
plQied by the Alabama Grocery COM
paHys
u II. Redmond, superintendent
pumbing station, from Nashville.
EFbert Powers of Tuscaloosa.
8iss Hettie Farley.
Tie negro dead are:
-...49V; n. Miles, wife and six children.
77aioer5 HolsUon, wife and, three
children.
IKE Holston, wife and three Chi
drep.
, Nine other negroes, yet lnidenti-
fed!
The following is a partlll list Of
the seriously wonndea
Mrs. w. a. Grubbs of Kentucky
dislocated hip; r., L. Griffin, spraine
back; Mrs. II. l.. Griffin, arm broker:
Leo Griffin, badly bruised; A. T.
Griffin, eyes torn out; Mrs. Farley,
race cut and ankle broken; Mrs. Gal
ley badly cut; Mrs. f. II. Galley
badly lacerated; MIR. Farley, blinded:
A3B. Taylor, leg broken; Mrs. Nc.
Capey, chesI crushed
The names of the injured negroes
have not vel been procured.
Surgeons we're rushed to Moundvill, J,
from Greensboro and Tuscaloosa, AMI
all possible was done to alleviate tn.
sufferings Of the injured.
lsy the force Of the storm person
were blown hundreds of feet from
their beds ia the blackneSs of night.
Through terror, a father, mother AMI
tpfee children fled from their home to
sec refuge and In their excitement
,lissi0 a nve year Old boy IN bed This
morning he was pulled from beneath
some timber and thus far it is impos-
sible-to find any other member of the
family.
Bedding, carpets and wearing appa-
rel are scattered distance Of ten
miles through what was forest, but
which Is now as clear as If it had been
cut by the woodman's axe.
Freight cars are torn to splinters,
the trucks from them being hurled
hundreds Of feet from the track.
The depot, tie hotel, warehouses,
gins, 80 homes, the store houses cccu-
pied by Il. l.. Griflin, A. w. Virgins
" Son, w. j. Dominicll, A. D. Griffin
and w. p. Phifer, together with their
SOCKS, were completely destroyed.
Where they stood it Is impossible to
lind even the pillars upon which these
structures rested.
Bales Of cotton, which were stored
In warehouses were torn to atoms,
the fragments Of lint together with
The debris lodging in trees making it
appear as If that section had been
visited by a snow storm. Heavy iron
safes were carried by the storm, the
doors being torn from their hinges.
a young clerk employed by w. p.
Phifer, hearing the terrible roaring of
the cyclone, let himself down into Il
we'll in the centre OF the store. He
had no sooner found his place of safe
ty than the store was completely de-
molished. Friday morning he was
drawn out uninjured.
An !Agricuituul Hall