Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-03-28
Nine Killed in
Cyclone Last
Friday Night.
RRLIRP WAS IMMEDIATELY CIV
EN- TO THE SUFFERERS AND
MUCH DAMAGE HAS BEEN
REPAIRED,

The cyclone which passed through
this county last Friday morning ct 100
O'Clock cut q path q quarter 70 half :
mile wide and about twenty miles long
and scores Of houses and cabins were
destroyed. Many Of the cabins were
built Of heavy timbers and that there
were not more deaths Is almost q mira
Gle. In several Of the negro houses
there we're nearly a dozen persons
sleeping and in many instances all e.
capped injury, not withstanding the houses
were torn to pieces.
The first pace struck was abou
half a mile northw est Of Dell Cockrelps
house at a negro church called Friend
ship" which was wrecked. From
there it went through an open field to
the home Of Mr.. Jas. Barnhill. whose
two-story house, which was strong and
well built, was entirely destroyed.
Three Of Mr.. Barnhill's daughters were
sleeping up stairs. When the storm
struck, Mr.. Barnhill started upstairs
when he met one of his daughters CON-
ing down. The house collapsed and
buried them under the ruins and both
were severely bruised. It was an hour
and a half before the negroes in the
neighborhood, who went to Mr.. Barn.
hills rescue, were able to extricate
him. Mr.. Barnhill appeared to be 30
badly mashed that it was thought at
first he could not recover, but he was
able to be out in a few days. The two
young ladies were carried On the mat
tress on which they we're sleeping to
the yard. but neither were hurt. Two
young sons of Mr.. Barnhill, VINO were
sleeping downstairs. escaped injury.
They were asleep at the time the
storm struck and said the first they
knew anything unusual had happened
was when they found themselves in the
yard and the rain coming down on
them. Mr., Barnhill lost almost every
Thing on his place. wen the potato
bank was leveled to the ground.
On the Richard Dare place. q short
distance from Mr.. Rarnhill's, a barn
was blown down and the house moved
from its pillars. The family of Miles
Cotton, who occupy the house. escaped
injury and Miles was the first to 60 to
. Mr.. Barnhills rescue.
:. The Mckinney place. on which vas q
|, well built two-story house yas next
struck and the house dsnIo.xhed An
infant child Of Lee Parks, celored, was
blown from its mothers arms and was
found dead next morning. The home
Of Mr.. Doc. Riddle was damaged, but
none Of his family injured.
The next places struck was the home
Of Mr.. M. O'Byrne, whose house was
unroofed. blown from It's pillars and
one room entirely destroyed. None Of
his family were injured. Al Mr.. Haffey,
. q friend Of Mr.. O'Byrne. had been i'll
for several weeks and he died on Sum
, day following. and it Is probable his
, death was fastened by the exposure.
!. The Hampton Williams home, the
property of MIR. E. V. Yates. which
was just across the road from Mr..
O'Byrne's, suffered more. The house
was occupied by Mr.. Jesse Ivy, Jr.,
, who escaped injury. Elias White, q
| negro tenant, and an infant child Of
Tom Macon were killed.
On Mr., Nick Augustus place nine
cabins were destroyed and in one OF
them five negroes killed. There were
seven persons in the house and only
two escaped death. The wife of Viii,
. liam Sans and four of her children ant
. a daughter Of Alb Ford were those killed.
VIM. Sans was badly injured but will
: recover. There were eleven persons il
another house on the place and but one
: was hurt and that only slightly.
I On MIR. Phil Gousset's place his owl
house was almost destroyed. his moth
er's house unroofed, his large barn, gil
house and three cabins destroyed. H,
lost three head of stock and six head O
cattle. His phaeton, buggy and al
farming implements destroyed. Their,
was nothing left Of the school house
{ which was on the Macon and Brooksvill
road. except the pillars "A double cab
in. which was a short distance from It
|. was destroyed, but the IS negroes tina
O were asleep in the cabin escaped in
C jury.
: Two cabins were blown away on tn
n Bob Nuckols place, one on the Prizes
McMorries place and three on the Bar
d ton place, owned by Mr., Eber Oakland
r Mr.. Nelson Stevens and Mrs. Joe Stew
d ems suffered damage to the extent o
= several hundred dollars each on thei
place. Some damage wal done on Il
Rhett place adjoining the last tw
mentioned plantations.
The last damage done in the count