Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-20
10H MEMBERS or AN ALABAMA
FAMILY KILLED.
coRPsEs CARRIED HALF A MILE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE N.
JrRED N THE TORNADO.
H0tA - the Storm VA o Yaeds
W11e ana Twelve Miles Long
D00aaed Along Like q
Rabber Dall-TOraadO
ta Georgia.

BIRMINGHAM. ALA. March la.-Addi-
tbonAl details OF last nights tornado near
G0wardsv!lle. were received here late to-
ufkht. The following is a list OF the dead
= wounded. SO far as known:
Oead-I~wis Coffee. aged ii. tax assessor
of Clebusne county. and the following men,
hers OF his family: Mrs. Coffee. aked a.:
LEILA. aGed -: James. aHed ~: Lulu. aged
-; Jacob. aged Is: Den W. Roe. aged s.:
Oealte. aged 10: Grover. aged G: John. aged
u unknown woman near Holm.
Wounded-Bessic Coffee. aged l.. daush-
~ Il Lewis Coffee. will die: Mrs. Run
upl1s. aKed a.. will die: Myrline Stansell.
eaeo 5. Will probably die; Mrs. ]. II. Ca
-. Tom Runne,s. Wood stansell. Andrew
.oeetpan. an seriously hurt; Mary Steipan.
1A06e 3unnels. ]. H. Cason. Georgia Stan.
~ 0ainesy1lls Stansel. Tosh stansel. Cole
oaa etansei. all badly bruised.
Several other people were more o less
eesseasly injured. but their names are not
known.
ne path OF the storm was about 10
yards wide \ 1t traversed the country
~ twelve miles. beginning in the north
:eea part OF Cleburne county. near Iron
C31v. aod nov southwark. Those who
80 q aav that there was an mmens
1uAoal-shaped cloud. n that ii bounded
oDeog IKE q rubber ball. rising at intervals
M loApiag for several hundred yards
U1fAout Dang any damage. Then. when
= 1~eecendcd. It would pick up houses and
0u1h them to pieces. uproot trees or
5tNtgt tbsm or level with the ground. and
Uwasp al before II.
0s Conees residence a stfohs oou-
~ Jog house. sttuated ON . little hill.
uoo In the path Of the storm. 1t was
owunt avray and ,he tinnbers scattered fer
49,. -, a. e.. a,arsn s..,,nan,s 80
- ASn VI Als e'eNe" SSeupah-e "ete
k1ued. Except the BODY OF the
~, which was found under the ruins
- t. chimney the corpses of the vic.
a,-e~- carriea hs,f , ,.Iie ara nips Of
- ~srs sound h.sped together. Every
D. Ms tvisted round . stump and two
Ah6oS 0ern hea6iess Resi6e fke hoav ~
~ 49,. ,sv Isss.,. COO. t,s o,iv
esnbss = b family no. Instantly hssed.
- vas unconscious n her arms were
sSs. q t.ik sr6 viI Afc
snu w az. -
same neiehoornooo the residences
- w. 'Wlder J. H. Gason. Andrew
s44DeA and Ben 6tansel, were wrec.-ed
~ their occupants injured. Near
-, Q white woman whose name cannot
- 1earned was Killed and five persons In
g 8 est1mated that about fifty buildings
.~ Aeotroyed: between twenty and twen-
perSons were injured and over q
iMnGo ~ farms devasted. The storm lost
- foeoe Just south OF Helm. near which
- ao0on buildings were wrecked. Iue
thu tornado presents a terrible
q havbc. Timber OF wrecked houses
ID scattered in every direction. Some
fN1oo carried high into the air and others
~ driven deep into the ground or
D60oneS trees. Many head of cattie were
4 dead COW was found Wan a
1n2a A1yven through her back. But for
- HIT thai the country over which me
4ofD psssed r. sparsely settled. the loss
II ~ would have been much greater.
A SSccasspS his wife were blown throu-i
;oagl06oW q their house was falling and
80 the otorm found themseiyes I'm n
~ ~ WI" 0"u'S
fnnaeni N the Coffee family ncc,,rad
~ aSSssSoon and WAS largely attended