Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1890 — DEADLY WINTER TORNADO. [ARTICLE]

DEADLY WINTER TORNADO.

On the Bth, near Monroe, Ga., a tornado cleared a space several miles long and about one hundred yards wide, blowing down houses and killing several people. Jack Henderson and his wife were buried beneath the ruins of thfir home. Henderson was killed, but his wife was not badly hurt. Their baby was carried 300 yard* and was so badly injured that it died shortly after being found. A family of negroes nam-id Jackson were buried In the ruins of their cabin and two of them were killed Another house containing seven negrj39 was blown down, but all the occupants escaped unhurt,