Show sis sippi tennessee and arkansas 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 term telegraphic ana communication from in mississippi arkansas and tennes see for a distance of several hundred miles report that territory to have suf on sunday from one ot the most destructive rain and wind storms in years five lives are 1 to have been lost and great damage done to prop erty and crops at winona mrs the catholic church christian and the methodist churches and the hesty brick ard were demolished and numerous build ings unroofed and otherwise badly damaged among the largest build ings damaged at this place are the postoffice post office opera house the oil mill the cotton compressor warehouse of the jackson mercantile company and the residence of E J Dunk ston be sides these about twenty five smaller buildings were almost completely de strayed the root of the compress was torn off by the wind which at times reached almost tornado like ve falling on the home of E J Dunk ston yards away the wind storm was preceded and followed by heavy rains causing serious washouts along the route of the illinois central railroad and badly damaging crops at mathison miss serious damage is reported to have occurred and a woman was killed by a falling build ing at a falling tree striking a small frame building caused it to be set affre and a woman and child were burned to death at Hon connah creek a few miles from this city a railroad trestle tell at night under the weight of a bewitch engine the engine plunging into the swollen stream carrying with it engineer V peterson and fire man ritchie who were drowned west point columbus and mahin miss are reported to have suffered serious damage but as these points are completely cut off from commini cation it la impossible at this time to ascertain the extent |