Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1921-03-11

A destructive cyclone passed half
mile east of Macon last Wednes-
day morning at 2 o'clock, and for
fifteen or twenty miles, in its course
through the county, there was con-
siderable property loss, but as far
as we have been able to ascertain.
not a single person was injured Sc
verely enough to need the care of a
! surgeon. The tWister first came to
earth in a grove of cedars near Mr..
Elias Cards home but its real des-
truction was when it entered the
Odd Fellows cemetery, where it
blew off their pedestals many gran
ite shafts and monuments, The
tall granite shaft on the lot of the
late John R. Dinsmore was blown
down, and hitting the cement curb
ing, was broken in to. The DR.. Hill
shaft, close by wss blown Of its pc
destal, but not broke, and the Same
happened to the Robert C. Patty
monument nearer the west side 1of
the cemetery. Very few lots ia the
old portion Of tie buria ground but
what sustained some damage, but a
good portion Of the stones and Fsa1r-
uments wereblown down without be-
ing broken and can be replaced with.
cut great deal Of cost hlsAy Of
these stones were as broad as they
were tall, yet offered no resistance
to the wind.
A large number of the cedar, mag
nolia and live oak trees that have
adorned for years the county's prin-
cipal burial place, have went torn up
by the roots, twisted and broken of.
and as thew are piled up it gives an
appearance of tie damage being
greater than it r9a, y l.. Mary of
the fine monuments under the trees
are unharmed.
After leaving the cemetery the
storm crossed the road between the
residence 9f NJ. ..s " --z...- %
store at the crossroads, dong dam
age to neither Of these houses, but
blowing the house in which he had
his grist mill and garage away. A
portion of these houses We're found
in field a mile away.
After entering The Bryson grove
and blowing down a number Of trees
it struck the house occupied by Nv
and Mrs. Nose Cockrell and their
two young sons. Two of the rooms
were entirely destroyed and two left
almost intact. The family were
sleeping in one Of the rooms and
timbers feel across one of the beds
but luckily the bed, an iron one, was
strong enough to hold the timbers
off its occupants. In the front room
of the house, which was little dam
aged, Mrs. Cockrell, on retiring, had
placed several pieces Of jewelry, two
rings, pin, and a sum of money on
bureau. After the storm it was
found that the bureau had been
blown against window and every
thing on it, and in the draws had
been blown out. One of the rings,
a diamond, and some of the money,
were recovered from the debris.
The next place struck was the
Longstreet place, and nearly every
cabin on it was destroyed, and In +
residnce, occupied by Mr., and Mrs
]. R. McNichols, badly damaged
Here the wind perpetrated some OF
the tricks peculiar to storms Of tins
kind. The kitchen is an 81" of the
house, connected by passage way.
The wind got in the d." blew &C.
dar tree across the kitchen, then
went around the house and swept
away the front gallery, which eX-
tended the full length of the house.
Some of Mrs. McNichols' ferns and
flowers, which were on a shelf at
tached to the house, were unharmed'
Several ricks of hay that were in
the field were blown into the trees
in the grove and tied there with wire
fencing. The front porch swing was
also hung in a tree.
One Of the cabins ON Mr., HansenS
Mace was destroyed, and the home
of Willie Mason, just across the road
srom the Martin place, was swept
a,,av hut none Of its seven occu-
,,onts were hurt. Nearly all the ca .
bins AN the Martin place were dam
j God A hen house occupied BY
Tor Frierson was blown away, and
rost with a. setting hen blown into
~ ,,ord tho opps left undistured.