The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-04-21

SUNDAYS STORM,


Further Details of the Havoc
Wrought Baby's Wild Ride
Words That Saved a Home
Much Sympathy for the Vic
tins.
There is little to add to the ac
count given in Mondays Robe
sonian of the terrific wind storm
which passed near Lumberton
Sunday afternoon, except in the
matter Of details. It is hard to
get any satisfactory estimate of
the amount of damage done to
property. Perhaps the damage
done at Mr.. William Stones,
three miles west of town, where
the greatest havoc was wrought,
would be covered by 81, 500; and
other houses destroyed will per-
haps amount to like sum.
How much damage was done to
timber is not so easy to estimate.
Both the house occupied by Mr..
Murdock Stone and family and
the residence of Mr.. VIM. Stone
belonged to the latter, who, with
his family, as has been mention
ed, was away from home when
the storm occurred. His resi-
dence was not moved so far as at
first stated 1t was twisted off
it's foundations and moved sever
al feet, the side of one room was
blown out, and the floors were
torn up considerably when the
house settled. This house was
almost completely wrecked and
every house on the place was
damaged. The buggy house was
blown partially down and the
roof Of the stock and feed barn
was blown off, some pieces Of it
being found 2 miles away.
Much fodder was blown out of
this building. The house on the
same lot occupied by Mr.. Muir
, dock Stone and family and the
mother of the Messrs. Stone,
Mrs. Mary Stone, who was kill
ed, was struck with the greatest
, force. It was completely demol-
! ished. Mrs. Mary Stone was
+ buried beneath a sill and was al
: most instantly killed. All the
: other occupants of the house,
with the exception of the 8
months-old baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Murdock Stone, were buried be-
, meath the wreckage and that
= they escaped with minor injuries
y is indeed remarkable. The baby
> was rolled up in bed-clothes and
a mattress and carried SO or 75
yards, and was unhurt. Its WILD
ride through the field was stop
y, ped by the bed clothes catching
on a stump.
= The tenant house destroyed al
the Gregory place was occupied
by Mr.. Thos. Davis and family
\ who were away from home. A
: house not mentioned in the &C
y count Monday was the home Of
5 VIM. Hardin, Croatan, one mile
y north of Stones. About half OF
!. the kitchen. which stood off from
d the dwelling, was blown away
h Hardin says a word saved hi!
house. When the wind strucl
q his kitchen he exclaimed" Lord
# have mercyr' and he is sure tha
# because of that the wind liftet
and passed him by.
n Mr.. Hugh A. Musselwhite, O
J. PowersvilIe, where the storm
It dipped last to the ground, wa
q badly hurt. Two of his ribs wer
O broken and he was bruised badly
I and it was all the more seriou
r. for him because of the fact tha
IS he had but recently undergon
70 an operation in a hospital in Fay
etteville. DR.. John Knox, Jr. o
Lumberton, was summoned t
~ dress his injuries. It is though
that he will recover.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ston
y took place Tuesday morning an
~ the remains were inferred in tn
% family burying ground at tn
; home where she was killed.
The deepest sympathy is feI
10 for the victims of the storm an
ID a substantial sum was collecte
le in Lumberton Monday for thei
to relief. Several people fro1
S, town visited places along tn
It, path of the storm Monday
at About one year ago a cyclon
a passed near Lumberton, but
IS did very little damage, remain
de ing FOR the most part above tf