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A TERRIBLE STORM.
ANOTHER TFKRIFHC CYCLONE IN
MISSISSIPPI IXD ARKANSAS.
Mile* of Wrecked Uousei While Hun
dreda of People are Killed or Maimed.
Money Loss Heavy—Storm’s Freaks.
Meridian, Miss., April 20.—(Special.)—
'When a heavy cloud gathered yesterday
and threatening clouds lowered, the
thought uppermost was that a cyclone was
brewing and when time went by and Meri
dian escaped, as if by a miracle, news was
anxiously awaited from other points. Ru
mors of cyclones throughout Jasper and
Clarke counties were rife, but not tmtil
the delayed New Orleans and Northeastern
train reached here at 1 o'clock a. in., could
particulars be obtained. Krom Conductor
Manson Clarke and others of the train
crew hnd passengers, the following partic
ulars were learned.
The cyclone originated in Jasper county,
thirty-five miles south of here, and traveled
in a northeasterly direction with the pecu
liar whirling gyratory motions character
istic of cyclones. A settlement of negro
cabins was destroyed and many of the un
fortunate inmates perished.
A I'ieHK.oi me Wind.
Colonel Berry's magnificent plantation
Was swept clean, but fortunately none of his
family were injured. Several negroes on
his plantation were seriously hurt. Here
the cyclone performed the freak of bodily
lifting a house from the ground, sweeping
away the floor and foundation, and re
placing the house as it originally stood.
From here to Barnett, n small station on
the Northeastern railroad, thirty miles south
of here, where the storm was. especially
severe, the water tank, containing sev
eral thousand gallons of water, was over
turned and badly damaged; a switch stand
was twisted off at the base and several
other freaks occurred.
