Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1881 — Georgia Cyclone. [ARTICLE]

Georgia Cyclone.

Americas (Ga.) Republican. Mr. Z. T. Baisden gives up the following story of a whirlwind that visited his place about 12 o’clock on Monday, seining all his hands and some visitors very badly: A whirlwind occurred in a twelve-acre cornfield that was about four feet in diameter and sometimes a hundred feet high. The body of it was perfectly black, with fire in the center and emitted a strong sulphurous vapor that could be smelt three hundred yards from it. The whirlwind would divide into three arid move rapidly over tbe field, twisting up the corn stalks by the roots and carrying them np. These three minor whirlwinds would then oome together with a feud crash, cracking and burning, and shoot high up int* the heavens. Three young ladies who were visiting Mrs. Baisden, went within about 160 feet to observe it. but received such a shower of homing sand upon their feoea and Becks that they ran affrighted to the house. Mr, Baisden rays that he cannot aooount for this strange phenomenon, and it certainly frightened all who saw it Tbe strange part was that it contained fire yet did not appear to burn the com that it did not tear up, and its sulphurous vapor sickened and burnt all who got dose enough to get a full breath of it.