Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-04-22
CYCLONE PASSES
THROUGH COUNTY
For Second Time In a Month,
No Fatalities, But COHSid-
cradle Property Damage,

After one Of the seyerest electrical
storms, ever seen in this section, last
ing nearly all OF last Friday night. il
was learned Saturday morning that a
cyclone had struck the farm OF Mr.
Jerre Clark, eight mile north Of Ma
con, destroying his dwelling, a newly
erected bungalow, with all modern
equipment, he having recently n
stalled acetyline hghls and water.
All the cabins and outhouses on ms
place were destroyed, the only mouse
escaping being his barn
On the Cole corner, due west Of
Mr.. Clark's, a cabin on Mr. Heard's
place, was swept away, but none OF
the occupants hurt. This has been
an unlucky corner, as it was the Sc
cond time the houses there have been
destroyed by a cyclone, and the one
blown away this time had been lately
built to replace one destroyed by fire.
The following notice Of the des-
tructon Of Mr.. Clarks home appear
ed in last Saturdays Commercial
Appeal:
The advance terror Of the storm
awakened Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, and
the latter in a fright, ran TO snatch
her baby that was asleep in a little
bed near her own, when at the instant
the house, new six-roOm bungalow,
strongly built, began to totter and
before Mrs. Clark realized he situa-
tion she and the little one were pin
ned under fallen timbers Mr.. Clark
about the same time, ran to the res
cue Of the two elder children, but be-
fore he could reach them an entire
side wall came down, pinning him
under, Luckily it did not fall fiat,
or Mr. Clark would have been com
pletely crushed. Almost before the
frightened occupants knew it the en-
tire house, except one west and one
front wall was swept away and de-
bris, tlrniture and clothing v,are
scattered for miles along the road
and over the fields
The wall under which Mr. Clark
was pinned was So heavy and IN
weldy that it tooh the strength ct
four men tins morning to hr, IL from
the position in which J, Was blywu.
Stll ne alone worked it uu sutfi-
GENTLY to eytricate himself and at-
tempt to 90 to the aid ot his FANNY
fe proved TO be the one o>e..n- AZ,
from, Inder the imunsonng W ae
stepped into q broken m.-ro1 Hnd
cqt hls ies' s. -.a, P@.,-- ~, :. Oot-
l,@rs- sr5 '.F, .,e i".s " a. Mood lefore a
could be administered. As soon as
POSSIBLE be- was rls7a- -f. -.
hlsh, ".' sl"so n
l..- ..l.-. and res
sevlI s.E .aera .a. 1 d -ou.-
Gus and continuous j #ooa t.at
lhe t 1o.-'. , ..',......... ..o IN.
~ -.l-,. s.+al.. 5i7 ~ free and
was ur. ID 10 climb over and
down q ra.len wall 20 get entirely
free o..
glc .e a.Frv bruised. Int no bones
bfotgE. tn baby was unhur- as
We're the other two children.
btslo-s -he ,i5', qsl.l9.' z =, -,:., y! ~
49,. J." .-.''- f.,.-s .od ot,a,. ontb.lc.aqs
were DESTROYED
As sAe 1y1-O"e p-'s, ''7'o '''' '-'
eastward II S'''[N '"> "0-''e ,.,, v
Aaron moore, pfo0"olE we "'"',-'
est ccIoI@o laIigsf III vNe O0''''
damaged MS nome anu 0'e" uo"''
pah' hslH'S
chufeh lot co'oreu peop'e -. o-'I -,
eraI caoihs' just east VI Doi0l w"
were destroyed and the Tine DAT
and several cabins On MI John Rob
ertson's place.
The storm then passed Snt(
Iewndes county where much greater
damage to property was done thar
D. this county Several h'ef
were lost.