I think that maybe the Meteor was in print then, some of it is at the Mississippi Southern Collage in Hattiesburgh, maybe even the hazlehurst paper At 12:48 PM 5/14/2001 -0700, Bob.Crawford@csmco.com wrote: >April 22, 1883 - >a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to >Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An >F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 >killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. > >Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm >interested in the 56 killed and their burials. > >Bob > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 >Source for Family History Online. Go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > God Bless Lynda

When I contacted the Meteor, I learned that they had had a fire and many of their old archives were lost up through the 30's. You might want to call first. Elise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Lindsey" <linda1@zebra.net> To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:31 AM Subject: Re: Help on researching 1883 tornado > I think that maybe the Meteor was in print then, some of it is at the > Mississippi Southern Collage in Hattiesburgh, maybe even the hazlehurst paper > > > At 12:48 PM 5/14/2001 -0700, Bob.Crawford@csmco.com wrote: > >April 22, 1883 - > >a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to > >Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An > >F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 > >killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. > > > >Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm > >interested in the 56 killed and their burials. > > > >Bob > > > > > >==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > >============================== > >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > > > > > God Bless > Lynda > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > The listkeeper is Annette Womack. > ACWomack@aol.com > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >