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A Cyclone Down South

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Parent Issue
Day
21
Month
February
Year
1889
Copyright
Public Domain
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Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 30.- The southeastern part of Banks County was visited by a terriflo cyclone before daybreak Monday morning. The house of Thomas Stevenson was blown to pieccs and the whole famlly were lifted up and carried high into the air. HtevenBon and one of his sons wera blown Into a tree and killed. The rest of the famlly were seriously lf not fatally injured. W. M. Meadors' house was similarly torn to pieces, and both Meadors and his wlfe were killed by fulling timbers. Twelve other per6ons were hurt by living timbers and by being blown against trees and houses. The storm passed on to Jiïcholson, a place on the Oainesville & Jefferson railroad, where about a dozen houses were torn from their bases and scattered la all directions. Colera, Ala.. Feb. 20.- A cyclone passed over Clinton County, flve miles south of here, Monday morning. Much damage was done to property and two persons are reported fatally injured. BiKMiNt;iiAM, Ala., Feb. 20. - A cyclona passed through Bibb County, flfty miles Bouth of here, Sunday night, doing gie&t damage to property and causing the death of several people and injury to maay other. A big rain-storm in Shelby C aunty Sunday night ended with a tornado. The track of the storm Is sonie distance from any railroad, and the particulars received are meager. The path of the tornado was twenty miles in length, and crossed a rather thickly settled country. A larga nnmber of houses were unroofed or blown down, cattle and horses killed and a number of people badly injured. It is reported that five or six persons were killed outright. The damage is estimated at $1UO,000,

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