Show tERRIBLE R l STORM IN SUNNY SOUT Mississippi Tennessee and Arkansas Ar-kansas Swept by Small Sized Cyclone Five Lives Known to Have Been Lost While Property Damage Is Heavy People Are Killed by Falling Buildings or Burned to Death Memphis TennTelegraphic and telephonic communication from points In Mississippi l Arkansas and Tennessee I Tennes-see for a distance of several hundred I miles report that territory to have suffered suf-fered on Sunday from ono of tho most destructlvo rain nnd windstorms wind-storms In years I Five lives are known to have been lost and great damage done to property i prop-erty and crops At Wlnona Miss tho Catholic church Christian and tho Methodist churches and tho Hesty brick yard were demolished and numerous buildings build-ings unroofed and otherwise badly damaged Among the largest buildings build-ings damaged at this place are tho postofflce opera house the oil mill the cotton compressor warehouse of the Jackson Mercantile company and the residence of E J Dunkston Besides Be-sides these about twentyfive smaller buildings were almost completely destroyer de-stroyer rime roof of the compress was torn off by tho wind which at times reached almost tornado llke velocity ve-locity falling on the home of B J Dunkstou 205 yards away The windstorm wind-storm was preceded and followed by heavy rains causing serious washouts I along tho route of the Illinois Central 1 railroad and badly damaging crops At Mathison Miss serious damage is reported to have occurred and a woman was killed by a falling building build-ing ingAt At Techula a falling tree striking a small frame building caused it to bo 0e set afire and n woman and child were burned to death At Honconnah creek a few miles from this city a railroad trestle fell at night under tho weight of a switch engine the engine plunging I Into the swollen stream carrying with it Engineer C V Peterson and Fireman Fire-man A R Ritchie who were drowned West Point Columbus and Mahln Miss are reported to have suffered serious damage but as these points are completely cut off from communication communi-cation it Is impossible at this time to ascertain tho extent I |