The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-03-09
swept BY WIND.
One Hundred and Fifty Persons
Are Reported Killed.
MANY ARE NEGROES.
Other Property.

from Meridian, Miss, at 8 40 D. M,
says the f,e is raging in the dcvastat.
ed district. The work OF the rescuers
Is going bravcly on, but owing to all
lights being cut lanterns and candles
are being used ard the work is neues
sary SLOW. 1t is thought that 15O
bodies are Ia the wreckage. The union
depot Is one Of the buildings blown
away The telegraph wir 8 are still
down between Meridian, M bile and
other points.
A large rumber of persons are
known to be killed and many are miss
ing ard unacc0unted for at midpipht.
Among these known to be dead are:
Mrs. Ella Singleton and ersnd6auph.
ter, MRckey Slaughter, Claude VIII
liams, p. Il. McInnis, conductor on
the Mobile and Oaio railroad; viii
liam =. Nelson, formerly city mar.
snail Among the wounded are;
Charles Eimire, w. j. Woo lside, II.
81 Brown, ernest Bennett, Frank
Woodruff, Win Yarbrough and w. G.
Morrison.
Information has reschcd Mobile by
telephone, all telegraph wires bel g
d>Wn, thai a destructive tornado viz
ited Meridian, Miss, at 6 80 O'Clock
last evening, killing 81 white persons
ana over q hundred negroes and dam
aging property to the extent OF 81
500 900. There were also sccY $ leri-
ously injured by being caught in the
wreckage OF houses. The torna!u
caught osle city on the southwest ant
travelled to the northeast, expendirg
ITSELF In two suburbs where many IT.
groea were killed and Injured, q Who'll
tenement district being wiped out
lIo largo wholesale stores, scversl
sm3Siers ones, part Of the principal
hotfll, the.electric lighting plant and
al fSaslls 3smsll property between the
'fe%i nm a bnelbus!-
u pa - Of the city was badly dam
aged Twenty men were caught in
one restauranta and several were killed.
TWO stories Of the Y. M. O. A. build
ing were wrecked ard otner buildings
suffered In the Uppar stories Tie
negro tenemeat distrlct north OF tile
city was demolished and tha debris
clught fire, threatuning a new lapge.
but the local Department., with Ibe
help or hundrcds Of citiz ns, ~, rcamc
tnis after hard fghG Ihey ere
assisted by torrentiAl rain follo9irr
the tornado. The city Is in darhnes;
and the full extent Of the Gisaster vii,
net be known until daylight. Tie
known path OF the storm was about
600 feet vice and ore mile lii length.
A long distance message to The
Item from rdan, Mi62. says s. cy.
cone accompanied by heavy laiu
stuck that city tliis evening aG G.3O
o'clock. The at)lm centre aaa In The
southern portion Of the city aud part.
cularly hca"y along Front sbrcet,
one Of the principal business streets Of
she town. Nearly every house On
Font street Is reported to have been
demolished. The Armour Packing
plant from which this message was re.
celved by long digtarcs, is the only
building left stauding and the roof
OF this is gone.
Fire broke out IN the ruins and de-
spite the heavy rain, the II mea were
burning ti8rcaiY when This report WAS
died. a umbcr OF bodi are rerort,
ed to De In Jhe RUNS gnd Uho 10 3Cuars
..ra working by c.ndlo light. Tna city
Is in total darkness, The electric
lighting p!anD having been put cuC
of business. The cyClOn0 did ssyarc
damage 80 other points adj .cnn5 to
Meridian and al trains entering M0r.
idan are DELAYED Indefinitely. Tne
The Western Union Telc graph comp
any reported having losu 5 miles OF
wire and the Post&l Telegraph com
pAny also Sutf red great damage.
Inc wires are down between Allan
ta, Birmingham, Nj 3mphi8 and Other
points 8nd IL is imposS!b to secure
communicative with the stricken
oIty. A loug distance message to The
lem frt n j. d. Breaux, sery 20 man
OF tho Cumberland Telephone compa
ny at Meridian, MiSs. gives complete
details OF the cyclone that stl uck
Meridian at 80 O'( lock Friday even.
ing as follows.
Duting heavy rain storm of G.3O
O'Clock q storm cloud developed I'm the
south and moved on hc.cty, striking
Front street, the buslnese centre
With full force. The wind was prob
ably blowing rs miles an hour. The
cyclone passed over In about two min.
utes and during that period three or
| iOur whole squares wore tieyastLd. a
conservative estimate places the NUM-
Der Of buildings blown down at be.
twaen 30 and 40.
Among the heaviest losers are the
Meyer 81 Neville Hardware corapany
rom Lyio 81 Co., wholesale dry goods
and groceries; Joseph II. Moore,
Wholesale dry go0ds and groceries, the
New o. OieleauS and Northwestern rail.
road freight depot aud othar bull.
dings, the names OF which are not
obtainable at this hour. The Mobile
and OHIO depot Is safe as well as the
southern hotel, but the Grand Ave
nue. hotel was considerably damaged,
the guests In the latter building co.
Gaping, and no one was injured.
Ftom the business centre the Cy.
clone Jumped to East End, where a
number Of residences werc blown
down and others badly damaged Mr..
Breaux states that the number OF lives
lost Is small, probably not more than
three or four peraons. One OF the
victims, s. man named johnson, Is
h0m ned In by the wrsckage and al
10 o'clock Friday night he was reach.
!ed by tne reAouers, to whom he spoke