St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1908-02-22

completely away and the couple me
instant death. The body Of tn
: woman, with most of her skin torn of
was thrown against a stump on
hundred yards frcm the depot. Th
remains of Alec were found with tn
head completely severed from tn
body.
Considerable damage is said to hav
been done outside of Service, situate
six miles southwest of Mossville. Tn
only fatality in town is that of tn
little child of Mrs. Ike Holman, VIII
was torn to pieces by the force of tn
winds. The home was wrecked an
the other inmates more or less hurt
but none of them seriously.
A feature of the disaster was tn
finding, four miles from Mossville, O
a hatchet which was completely identi
| fed by L. c. Morrison as the propert,
Of the Mercantile establishment. Th'
Identification was made through let
ter on the hatchet. The instrument
was picked up near farmers house
Events of the character Of to-day:
disaster never failed to bring about
incidents humorous, as wen as sac
and heroic. One Of the former was 6
feature of the wreckage of the store
at Mossville. At the time Mr.. Morri.
son was in the place, as was also Mr..
Robbins, the latter being asleep or
one of the counters. Hearing roaring
in the distance Mr.. Morrison imagined
it was the approach of a freight train
which he desired to catch. Hurriedly
closing and locking the front and rear
doors, he rushed out of the building
only to see the monster cyclone almost
upon the town and hurrying towards
him at lightning speed. The next he
saw was Mr.. Robbins climbing out of
the wreckage. The latter had been
awakened by the noise, and realizing
that something was the matter, at
tempted to get out He tried the
back door and then the front. Rush
ing to the rear once more, he was just
about to get away when the wind
struck him and blew him back among
the debris.
A little baby survived the storm in
miraculous manner when the home
Of Thomas McCraney was wrecked.
Throughout the whole of the trouble
Mrs. McCraney, held the infant
tightly in her arms, snugly hugging
it to her breast when she was carried
down by the weight Of the falling
timbers. 1t cooed and smiled when
the reseuers dragged it and its mother
from the pile, and was the only in
mate of the house not injured.
J. J. Cross was among those who
made a visit to Mossville after the
disaster.
''The wreckage is indescribable, F."
he declares. Everything in the path
of the cyclone was completely ruined.
The great funnel of wind cut clean
path through the several miles of it's
journey Houses are down and crops
are ruined wherever it's devastating
touch reached
The cyclone followed the usual con-
ditions generally prevailing before
such a happening. The atmosphere
had been particularly humid during
the past several days. There was a
terrific rain proceeding it, which has
overhowed all rivers and streams in
Jones and adjoining counties and
flooded the low lands.
No damage was done at Laurel, and
at no other points, so far as known.
Inquirers at all points on the North
eastern between here and New Orleans
show no casualties, but high winds
and heavy rains. Most of the Moss
vile victims were brought into Laurel
tonight.
The town Of Soso, located on the
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad, some
twelve miles from here, is reported
to have been struck by the cyclone,
but defninte information regarding
this cannot be secured. The little
village is near Service, and the prob
abilities are that t"got at least the
tail end of the wind, but whether the
buildings were destroyed or any one
was injured cBnnot be learned, as all
wires in that direction are down.