Benjamin Virginius Holland was in the wrong place at the wrong time in March of 1888. A cyclone touched down in Telfair County, Georgia, a place where he had previous business interests. He was no match for the "air demon," and at the young age of thirty-three, his life was taken. Following from the 22 March 1888 Savannah Morning News . AN AIR DEMON. Four Lives Snatched Away at Lumber City. HALF CALHOUN IN RUINS A Brakeman Killed While on the Way to Athens. ALL AUSTELL IN ALARM Darts From the Sky Kill Two in Dougherty. CRUSHED BY A CHIMNEY. Horrible Fate of a Man the Wind's Howl Didn't Wake. ALL THE STATE VISITED. The Wind Accompanied by a Heavy Downpour. LUMBER CITY, GA., March 21. -- A disastrous cyclone visited this part of Telfair county at 4 o'clock this morning, crossing the line of the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad at 9 1/4, known as Whiddon and Holland's turpentine distillery. This distillery is now owned by Rayals,...
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