The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-03-25
DEATH IN A TORNADO.
Terrible Destruction of Property.

Arkansas, killed, lnluTeuf hlSSlSolPPI'
1 killed, 10 injured The property loss
will run into the hundreds of thousands.
EpwARDsv1LLE, ALA, March 10
The tornado which passed near this place
last night destroyed FIVE houses, log struc
lures, and killed ten persons in one family.
The dead are Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Cof
fee and eight of their children; Leila,
%; James, 20; Lula, IS; Jack, ID, Dol
lie, 10; Daveroe, s; Grover, 6; John, 4.
The injured are Bessie Coffee, II, legs
broken, internal injuries; Mrs Runnels,
internal injuries, cash on head; Myrline
Stansel, colored, bruised and cut; }. II.
Cason, hands and arms hurt; Mrs. Cason,
body bruised; Lizzie Runnels, hands and
arms hurt; Tommy Runnels, gashes on
head; Mrs. Andrew Steipan, internally
injured; Wood Stansel, colored, 9, head
gashed; Georgia Stansel, colored, 80,
body bruised; Gainesville, Tosh and Cole
man Stansel, colored, bodies bruised
Coffee, who had only one leg and who
was a Confederate veteran, was at home
with ten members of his family when the
storm came on. From all indications the
house was torn asunder and the inmates
were violently thrown up and down and
against the ground until life was extinct
and then were dropped 200 yards off.
When assistance came all were dead ex
cept Bessie, and she cannot live until to
morrow. The body of one of the girls
was almost completely wrapped around
another stump. The funeral of the family
took place today.
Coffee had many relatives in the county,
and from all parts people came. Ten cot
fins in boxes were placed in as many wag
ons, while ten more wagons, filed with
relatives and friends, went to little Bap
fist church and graveyard two miles from
here. All the bodies were placed in one
grave.
A report from six miles below here says
a woman was killed in house which was
blown down there. The path of the tor
nado was from 100 to 200 yards wide.
A cyclone struck the belt of country ly
ing between Helm and Edwardsville, Gle
burne county, yesterday afternoon and
wrought terrific damage Seven persons
were killed, FIVE of them in one house,
1t took railroad trains until 10 0 clock
last night to get through. on account of
the trees and telegraph poles that had fal-
len across the track Cattle were drowned
and dozens of grain mills were destroyed
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, March ia
tornado passed through Hazel.reen,
small town in the northern part Of Madi
son county. at o clock last night and de-
stroyed many homes. It Is not known
whether there was loss of life. Heavy
rains all day swelled the creeks and small
rivers of Madison county to unusual pro
portions and many bridges were swept
away. People in the lowlands Of the
southern part of the county will lose much
property. The water covered portions Of
several streets in Huntsville Trains at
the Southern Railway depot plowed
through water Is inches deep. Small
houses on Spring Branch, Pinhook Creek,
had to be abandoned.
DESTRUCTION IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, March ia destruc
tive wind storm swept over the southern
portion of Clark and part Of Pike county
yesterday. At 0kolona several houses
were blown down, three buildings being
demolished Two men we're caught in
the ruins and sustained serious injuries.
The storm was followed by very heavy
rain. which extended all over the south
western portion Of the State
SEVERAL KILLED IN GEORGIA.
ATLANTA. March ia cyclone
passed over Burke county at 3 . clock this
morning In the vicinity of Waynesboro
four people were killed. Several houses
were demolished and much damage done
FIVE MINUTES PAIL AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, March 19.-For FIVE min
utes Yesterday darkness settled over 81.
Louis and vicinity, smoke and clouds
combining to make pail that rendered
lights everywhere necessary. There was
almost panic among the jail and city
hospital inmates for a time, the fear be-
ing general that another tornado ike that
of May %, 1896, was about TO visit the
city.
TORNADO WRECKS A VILLAGE.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, March ls-Rob
Roy, town of 800 inhabitants s miles
north of here, is IN ruins, every building
in the place being leveled with the excep-
ton of the Cotton Belt Railway station
A tornado struck the town at noon and in
moment blotted out the place.
Business houses, residences, trees and
everything in the path of the storm were
moved down and the debris scattered.
Only one man was killed, negro named
Ben Grant, who had taken shelter from
the storm. When the houss began to
sway and rock he darted out again into
the rain, only to be crushed to death by
the roof of dwelling house, which had
been carried 500 feet. Several persons
were injured, but none seriously.
The storm came from across the Arkan
sas, first striking the town on the river
front. Food and clothing were sent from
this place to the stricken inhabitants, who
have lost everything but their lives. Tel
ephone and telegraph wires are down, and
it is feared that other outlying places may
have suffered
DALLAS, Tex, March lS-A tornado
swept over southwestern Arkansas, north
western Louisiana and portions of eastern
and northern Texas this evening, causing
immense destruction to property.
A tornado on Wednesday morning Of
last week wrecked a dozen or more dwell
ings and three churches and unroofed sew
eral factories at Avondale and Woodlawn,
suburbs of Birmingham Alabama. A
woman was severely injured. The loss on
property is estimated at $50, 900. Ar
thur o. Hudgins, a white boy, was buried
in the wreckage of his father house.
His arm was broken and he was seriously
injured. At this house the four walls
were blown away and bed containing
three children left in the middle of the
room. The children were not scratched.
The injured boy was in an outer wing and