The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19
DEATH In ITS Path
CYCLONE SWEEPS THROUGH SEC
TIoNs OF A TRIO OF SOUTH
ERN STATES
SEVEN DEAD In 0NE HOUSE
OTHER FATALITIES REPORTED
FROM TOWNS IN THE PATH
OF THE STORM
ONE TOWN rs SWEPT AWAY

Storm Covered a Radius of Several
Hundred Miles, and as Telegraph
Wires Are Down 1t Is Difficult. to
Estimate the Damage That Has
Been Done Farming Property
Thought to Have Suffered.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 1S.-A series
or terrific wind storms swept through
portions of Alabama. Mississippi and
Arkansas, today, doing an immense
amount of property damage, and killing
number of people. The storms covered
a radius Of several hundred miles. de-
stroying telegraph wires and cutting off
communication with large part of the
affected country.
Cleburne county, Ala, seems to have
suffered the most severely, the storm
there assuming the proportions of a tor
nado. The reports Of fatalities In the
county vary from six to twenty, and
many more are said to have been injured.
AT Sellers and Luverne, Ala. much
damage is reported. and at Rob Roy.
Ark, one man was killed and several
were badly injured
Dumas, Ark, was practically wiped out
of existence, and several other towns In
the vicinity suffered severely.
One person is reported killed at Hickory
Flat, Miss, and as the farm houses In
the vicinity suffered heavily, 1t is not
unlikely that many fatalities occurred
which have not yet been reported.
SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March ia
cyclone passed through the country near
here, today, creating great havoc In the
country between Helm and Edwardsyine.
1t is known that seven people, members
of the family of Mr.. Coffee, farmer, are
dead, and 1t is thought many others are
injured, although, on account of the dam
age done by the storm to the telegraph
wires. it is impossible to give details. The
house of Mr.. Coffee contained eleven peo-
pie when 1t was struck by the storm The
building was entirely demolished, and
seven inmates We're killed outright.
The path of the storm was about TWEEN
ty-flve miles wide and it tore everything
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graph wires and poles are down in every
direction, trains are delayed greatly on
account of debris piled on the tracks It
is thought that great damage has been
done in the farming district, but 1t is not
believed that the cyclone struck any
town.
TOWN DESTROYED.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 1s.-A
cycline passed over different portions of
the state today, but on account of tele-
graph wires being down no particulars
can be learned. AT Selma the spire of
the First Methodist church was blown
down. crashing through the roof and do
ing much damage. At Sellers, small
station on the Plant system, south of
Montgomery, the entire town except
three houses was destroyed Luverne
suffered greatly, but no details can be
gotten.
DAMAGE IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, March 1S.-A
tornado passed through portions of JEFF
ferson and Desha counties, this after
noon. Telegraph wires were blown down,
and the details are coming in slowly.
At Rob Roy five houses were blown
down, and one man killed. The town
of Dumas, in Desha county, was struck
and considerable damage done. Nearly
blown down or damaged, and several
persons were injured, but so far as can
be learned no lives have been lost There
are several small towns in the section
through which the storm passed, and
as yet no news can be received from
any of them.
FATALITIES IN MISSISSIPPI.
HICKORY FLAT, Miss, March ia
tornado struck this place today, doing
considerable damage to buildings and
other property. The school building and
two churches were demolished and
twenty-five dwellings blown down or
unreofed. Several persons received pain
full injuries. A family living west of here
lost their dwelling, and a young lady.
name as yet unknown, was killed. Trees
were torn up by the roots. twisted OFF
and all fencing in the path of the storm
levelled to the ground, and nothing was
left standing. Doubtless fatalities will
be reported, but news is meagre. The
progress of the storm was from south
west to northeast, and its track was near
ly half a mile wide.
MANY HOMES DESTROYED.
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, March 1S.-A tor
nado passed through Hazel Green, a
small town in the northern part of Mad
ison county, at o'clock tonight, and
destroyed many homes telegraph OPP
orator sent the news to Huntsville, after
which communication was cut off. 1t IS
not known whether there was any loss
of life. Heavy rains all day swelled the
creeks and small rivers of Madison coun-
ty to unusual proportions, and many
bridges were swept away. People in the
low lands of the southern part of the
country will lose much property. The
water covered portions of several streets
in Huntsville. Trains at the Southern
railway depot plowed through water fif-
teen inches deep. Small houses on
Spring branch, Pinhook creek, had to be
abandoned.
KILLED AND INJURED.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 19.-Reports
from different points in Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Alabama indicate that in the
storms which swept over those states
today eighteen persons were killed out
right and twenty-one injured as follows:
Administrator killed, four injured.
Arkansas-One killed. seven injured.
Mississippi-One killed, ten injured.
The property loss will run into the
hundreds Of thousands.
Elevator Burned.
PENN, N D., March 1S.-(Special)--
The Minneapolis and Northern -Elesator
company's elevator was destroyed py
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