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Show Tormstlo in Jcoruia-Mauy' B'erswi!! fiiilletl. ' August;!, 20. A destructive tornado, tor-nado, with hail and rain passed over here this afternoon. Trie luss of life nd property is heavy, At Canack, on the Georgia raiiwuy, several houses were blown down. Thomas Geesling was killed and several persons were wounded. Near Thompson, 40 miles from Augusta, a large amount of property was destroyed. Several ,it i;iot.s were killed. At Appling, Columbia county, :he destruction ol property was gre:it. Mrs. Martha D.iny and Mi?s M.igie Bailey were kill d and several others wero eeri-outiy eeri-outiy womultd. Every house at Counc, except one. is destroyed; two persons " wero killed there. At Ait-kenz Ait-kenz a Catholic church was completely com-pletely destroyed. All the telegraph lines but one lo the north are down. |