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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1899
Page
3
Shattered buildings and terror marked Saturday night storms across Burks and neighboring counties. Four killed, multiple injured, including a colored minister and several residents. extensive property loss reported at Greens Cut and nearby farms amid multiple tornado and cyclone events.
A Sellers Alabama special reports a devastating tornado that struck the village, reducing most buildings to ruins and injuring about a dozen people. Principal losses include W. W. Sellers residence and store, James A. Pool store and shop, and Gordon Cawthon home. Although several residents were trapped, many escaped with minor or no injuries. The tornado's path was about a hundred yards wide and less than a mile long.
Birmingham March 20 Special By and more thread the fate of Beste Coffee one cyclone victim near Howardville in Cleburne county remains dim with death momentarily expected. Three other victims are precarious at Edwardsville. Preparations begin for funeral services for the Coffee family, to be held about three weeks hence on a Sunday beside the grave, a county church custom. The Coffee family was buried to more than sixty people in Edwardsville and their acquaintances number over five hundred. No county building can hold the anticipated attendance.
A blaze at the Georgia Compress and Warehouses Company in Dublin Ga. around 3 PM engulfed the facility in fumes before firefighters gained control after three hours. About five hundred bales were stored, with roughly one hundred bales saved while around 400 were destroyed. Estimated losses reached eight thousand dollars in cotton and additional damages to the warehouse.
Lively U S court contest over Cordele First National bank receivership ends with Judge Speer upholding the comptroller of the currency’s appointed receiver and ordering Harris to be paid 200 for his interim service. Exchange Bank of Macon joins as defendant amid asset transfers and alleged efforts to wreck the Cordele bank. Proceedings spotlight intrabank solvency maneuvers and creditor rights in Georgia finance.
A scientist praises cod liver oil as a nearly universal antidote for wasting diseases. Scott's Emulsion blends pure oil with hypophosphites to rebuild tissues enrich blood and boost nerves. It claims to help consumptives diabetics pale or thin people and nursing mothers. Do not accept a substitute. Scott and Downe chemists New York.
In Greenesboro near Mt Zion colored Baptist church Ben Stocks, a Whewise Negro, killed Jackson Duncan with a rock after a petty quarrel. Duncan warned Stocks he would kill him if he repeated a remark, Stocks struck him and he died within ten minutes. Stocks fled and is at large. Local Negroes say the killing was largely provoked and almost without cause.
Steamer Ethel struck a snag in Herschman Lake ten miles up the river near Savannah and sank quickly. Twelve passengers aboard were saved by the steam er Cook on the same line. The Ethel carried valuable cargo, most of which will be lost, but raising the boat is considered possible.
Savannah Georgia in March negotiations between the national government and the city government aim to transfer the Savannah quarantine station to the National Marine Hospital Service. The mayor supports the move saying it would keep health safeguards intact and save about $2000 yearly in local tax costs. Arrangements already set to stop edgiers from the West Indies at Fort Pulaski for disinfection, preventing open access for ships from infected ports.
The Third Connecticut Regiment was mustered out in Savannah amid pay and travel arrangements. About 1,000 men received roughly 100 dollars, with many sailing to New York or taking trains home. Colonel Alexander Rogers and Lt. Carter plan post dismissals in Augusta and Savannah as other regiments from Cuba arrive for muster out. General Young and Lt. Col. Bellinger were noted in arrival updates. The Twenty second New York and Louisiana units were expected soon.
The funeral of former Augusta mayor and ex US senator Patrick Walsh drew the city’s largest procession, with Bishop Becker delivering the eulogy at St Patrick's Church. Officials, marching orders, and crowds lined the streets from church to cemetery, while florals and telegrams of condolence arrived from across the country.
Augusta Ga March 20 General Young issues a stern order condemning commissioned officers in the Fifteenth Minnesota regiment for the March 4 and 5 riot. He notes incompetence timidity and failure to act and says two cases could have led to extreme penalties by court martial. He urges mustering out the regiment while punishing enlisted men. Drunken police escape in Columbus Ga March 2 Officer Van Thompson fled on a horse across the Chattahoochee bridge but survived a fall and was later jailed after threatening a crowd.
Floyd county farmer Jonsson endured a nightmarish voyage on a brick laden raft down the swollen Coosa River from Trammel 4 yards toward his farm. A rescue finally arrived by boat after a freezing ordeal, with one drowning victim later reported and another man missing.
Descriptions note heavy rains near Savannah and Renace Bat causing minor flooding with only two and a half feet rise and no major damage. Water in gas pipes cut electric lights, affecting services at city churches except Methodists. Mayor Myars comments on possible federal control of quarantine operations, citing Brunswick success and a proposed national setup to ease port commerce. Colonel David C Barrow funeral held in Athens with university exercises suspended and sympathy resolutions passed.
Manager Hancroft received a proposition from the Rome Georgia club to play Cincinnati in Chattanooga, where they are booked for two games. If accepted the terms seem reasonable. Prospects for the Auburn game are uncertain. Interest centers on the colt and vets game tomorrow. Treasurer Lloyd arrived tonight with the team completed by the arrival at Pets ee a at Eete.
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