, 1874-11-25
Eloyon Liycs t...$100,000 ;,
$4,000 Worth Of Property =
Destroyed.
An Appeal for Aid Denied by the
President.
The Town so Impoverished that It Can.
not Take Care Of the Suf-
fcrerS.
Other Reports Of Storm-Damago
from the South and
East.


ignec,af Dispafrh h TA6 ch,caoo Y,jb,,ne
LIST or KILLED AND 1s,unEp.
TusouMD1A, Ala., Nov 24.-A tornado struck
Tuecurnbia about o'clock last sunday oven,nr.
1t extended over about t"o-tlliras Of the town,
doing its groatost damage in tho woHtorn and
nortnoln porllohs' Glo'on nsoa "oso lost: a1lsa
Bottto Shorod, daughter OF John Shortod, living
4 u1ilcs southwest from Ioro, was killed. thoir
ho,sa ,,o,s. .,.n aanm ~ 1,,,a ra man.. ,s;ra
houbo being blown down. hlrH Ellh moore. "1io
Of State Senator J. 3. Moore, and two children,
,vo-a 1,,t,na ~ 7, 11oa,,;,,, o,;4,~ ~ to ,r,,a
"ote hlueu' - u. aooenns. cuto1 VI 'uo !uH-
oumbia Chronicle, his wife. and four children
voro killed INSTANTLY. md their bouso yas entiro-
s, 49, 49,, 49, 49, ~ Ne"0 ~"
y destroyed. Mrs. Judith Winston WAS killed by
tho falling In Of tho roof md uppor walls Of nor
l0aso. Mr.. Martin D. Patterson was dangerous
" injured, hia houso being blown away. Mrs.
i.,..,. o." s. - .",s. 49,. 49,, 49,.
blown away sho was pown aoroRe the street.
The railroad bridge was blown away, and tho
eastofn'eoaha IRAN from hemph1a' Thich was
due at about 1850 O'Clock, WAS wrecked at tho
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7ra t1noatia ,oa, " i,,' .t;aior1,, ,n.,o a
MY sfo'tlf neGu ae4p. talt'cult'1 "unoY nnu
building material. Anything your city can ito Tor
uB Will DO thankfully received. Our sister town,
| haye offered aid.
At mootinR Of the citizens Of TrBcumbta. A1a., st
tho courl-nouse On h1onday.. Noy. %. the under
a'gneo aas @ weo % eoinoe T.. 10 hps, @ ~ ~
u.sso: au ~ ~ npEGa ~ tau uIou VIII lcteI
community. On Sunday evening, Nov. %. fearful
tornudo PASSED over our city, Destroying many
houses, md putting to instant death number
Of oiir etizens ovcr onc-third OF our town III laid III
ruins. Tho Dcshlnr Eemnlo Institute, just completed
a coat Of aomo t15 ooo tAn Catholic Church, several
largo and elegant brick nAnsors, Ai laFga humber
Of franc bnldinga Wrro totally destroyed. Many
buildings are aao mGro or less injured. The fair
ground buildings and Two mills were aso destroyed
| In ono hoasa tho parents at'd four children,
cnArosiA9 ,si TIE ESTiaE i FAMILY, ,,, :,
were inattn:iy Killed. Tho WILD and four Children Of
j. Burns Moore wrra bure1 beneath tHo ruins VI MS
fallsh lougo. But two Of tho NUMBER Children were
| tahon out tnfc'
nn o ~ e5 FIJI s a aa a.
rary br5t,sht ersf Great distress md destitntton
upoi ot1r ca:unSni.y. More thGn Gfty hn,ses being
vsssasa 'a!ny families ass aosevss a1a penni}css'
sI s xor ~ rocvn ~ In, mi nocy ~ III
n i, ,arnnsv aaItctcI ~ o ol,rns a Nv ~" t9n ~
~ nov,Jnn Il c"nnnt ,o.s;iv ann,n M IN ,,edai
@ hn ~, nas hr,u"t tI}s doro},tinn ;,pn, W. ny
M u. t3,t1S @ a,'as ~ III II; nrsn" trahn; no; @
o,r,rv ~ III M H. thfs M >n,r ~ cnnmifv Inn
tona from any Aonrco Will bc Thankfully roceiyn and
may be forwarded to Josep! Ai!!u,nn, Tuscunbia Ala
Signed. In behalf Of tbe citizens:
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