St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22
DESTRUCTIVE STORM.
With the Wind Blowing
Sixty Miles an Hour
From the South.
Automobile Accident I'm
Which Two Lives are
Lost i'm Wreck.
Storm IN Mississippi,

Storm IN Mississippi,
Laurel, Miss, Feb. 14.-Sweepin
sixty miles an hour from the south
west, a terrific cyclone early thi
afternoon struck and completed
wiped out the little hamlet Mossville
located eight miles north of here, kill
ing two an wounding half dozen.
The wind had previously struck Ser
vice, another station located on tn
Gulf and- Ship Island, where it fatal,
injured two persons and left path O.
devastation in it's wake. Propert,
damage amounted to several hun
dred thousand dollars, and there may
be an even more severe loss of lift
when the full reports are in.
Owing to the fact that telephone
and telegraphic communication is
down between here and the area
affected, it is EXTREMITY difficult to.
night to get the complete facts of the
disaster.
The dead are: Alec Windham ano
wife, two old darkies, who were
tenants On the place of CAPTAIN B. F.
Moss, and who were killed instantly;
little child Of Mrs. Ike Holloman, at
Service, crushed by the collapse Of
the house; unknown white man, wife
and two children, reported dead.
The injured are: J. Wiley Robbins,
Of the Moss Mercantile Company,
slightly; Mrs. William Campbell,
serious; William Campbell, serious;
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell, slight;
Edward Campbell, fatally, great hole
in breast; Mr.. McCrane, ribs injured;
MRS. McCrane, slightly.
At Mossville: Wife of Sectionf ore
man 0henny, slight; Mrs. Ike Hollo-
man and five children, not serious
Captain B. F. Moss, feet mashed.
Several received minor hurts.
Although extending in length over
only few miles the cyclone was one
OF the most terrific that has been ex-
perienced in Mississippi in many
years. 1t occurred shortly after noon.
Mossville, the most important point
which it struck, is place with about
500 inhabitants, located in Jasper
County. The Moss Mercantile Com
pany's store, concern owned by
CAPTAIN Moss and Mr.. Robins and
dealing in general merchandise, was
completely wrecked, being reduced
almost to kindling wood. Groceries
and dry goods were scattered for half
a mile in the path of the storm. The
handsome home of Captain Moss
himself was next destroyed. This
was one of the finest residences in
this section of the State. The family
escaped instant death by what was
almost miracle. At the time the
wind struck, it just SO happened that
all of them were in log room that
had been built previous to the con-
struction of the handsome place ad-
joining it. The rest Of the house was
blown away in jiffy, but the log
room stood the strain, although it was
lnroofed and every window in it was
blown out. Some of the great logs
themselves at the top were carried
off, but the main portion of the apart
nent remained intact and to this the
inmates owe their lives.
Huge piles of wreckage heaped it.
self into the room, but fortunately all
the family escaped being caught un-
Ter great portion Of the debris,
Captain Moss being the only one to
receive injuries worse than a few
His feet were severly
but he will be out in a few
lays. The home of Mr.. Morrison was
lifted bodily from its position and
carried along by the winds.
AS an evidence of the force of the
cyclone, the fine old oaks in front of
The Moss home were blown completely
1own. Some of them were lifted up
bodily by the roots. Thomas Nc
Cranes house, located near the 9TH
ers, went with them, but the occu-
pants got off with a few bruises. Mr..
McCrane had his ribs smashed in by a
dresser, but it is not thought any of
them were broken. He was on the
streets tonight, but suffering con-
siderably.
All section houses at Mossville were
blown down, and it was in one of these
that the wife of Section Foreman
Cheney was hurt. Her condition
was tonight reported as being not
serious. One of the freaks of the cy-
clone was the way it played with the
depot. This building was not entirely
wrecked, but was merely cut squarely
in two. The man in charge of the
office, it so happened, was in the
portion left standing.
All that was left remaining of Moss
vile was the gin, two residences, half
the depot, the school and half of Mr..
Robbins home.
A particularly pathetic thing was
the killing Of the two old negroes at
Mossyille. Alex Windharn and his
wife two Of the oldest darlxies on the