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Show A (jcoretu Tornado. Milledgevillo, Ga., 23. A tornado here Bwept away Oconee bridge, demolished de-molished bouses and unroofed etores. Chicago, 24. Hums' Atlanta, Ga.: Full reports of last night's destructive tornado are received. Hundreds of miles of fencing have been prostrated between Macon and Augusta, and cattle, ouihousea, etc., destroyed to a t,-reU value. The storm came from the southwest and was several miles wido. At Milledgeville the destruction destruc-tion of property reached $100,000. The wagon bridge across tbe Oconee river was blowu dona, nod a negro who was driving a four-mule team across, went down with it and was crushed on Ibe shoals 100 feet below. The total dame in tbe five counties j cannot bv. estimated. |