The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-19
SOUTH SWEPT BY
TERRIBLE STORMS.
Heavy Loss of Life and Property Re
ported in Their Wake,
NINE KILLED IN ONE HOUSE.
In Clcburn County, Alabama. Where
IL Appears TO Have Been at its
Worst-Thc Number of Injured
is SO Far Unknown.

MEMPHIS. TENN, March ia Sc
RIGS of terrific wind storms swept through
portions of Alabama. Mississippi and
Arkansas to-day doius an immense
amount Of property damage and Kill
ing a number of people The storm cov4
cred Il radius OF several hundred miles,
destroying telegraph wires and cutting
of communication with larse part OF
the affected country.
Cleburn county Alabama, seems to
have suffered the most severely. the
storm there reaching the proportions OK
a tornado. The reports OF fatalities in
the county vary from SIX 90 twenty and
many more are said 10 have been injured
At Sellers. and Luvcrnc. Ala. much
damage is reported. and az Rob Roy
Arkansas. one man was killed and sew
eral were badly injured.
A TOWN WIPED OUT.
DUNES. Ark. was practically wired
out of existence. and several other
towns in the vicinity suffered severely.
one person IS reported killed at Hickory
Fiat Miss, and as the farm houses "a
that vicinity suffered heavily it is un-
likely that many fatalities occurred
Whicn h1r. not been reported
MONTGOMERY. ALA, March IS
Cyclones passed over different porfions
of the State to-day but ON account Of
the telegraph wires being down no parti-
culars can bee leaned.
At Selma the spire OF the First Metho-
dist church was blown down. crushing
through the roof and doing much dam
ace.
At sellers. n small station on the Plant
system. south Of Montgomery. the entire
town except three houses. was DESTROYED.
LuveTn suffered greatly, but no details
can be gotten
STRUCK MISSISSIPPI
HICKORY. FLAT MISS. March IS
4 tornado struck this place to-day doing
considerable damage to buildings ami
other property. The school building and
two churches were demolished and TWEEN
ty-iive dwellings blown down or unrO0f-
ed Several persons received painful in
luries. a family living west of here lost
their dwelling and a young lady. name
as yet unknown. was killed Trees were
torn uD hy the roots. twisted OF like
reeds and fencing was levellcd. On some
farms near here. hardly q building was
left standing Doubtless other fatalities
Wiil be reported. but news t. mcagre.
The course Of the storm was from
southwest 10 northeast and It's track
was nearly half mile wide
DAMAGE IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK ARK. March 1S-A
tornado passed through portions Of JEFF
ferson and Dcsha counties. Telegraph
wires are prostrated and details are COM
ing in slowly.
At Rob Roy five houses were blown
down and one man was killed.
AT Dumas nearly all the houses IN the
town were either blown down or dam
aged and several persons were wounded,
but so lar as can be learned no lives
were lost. There are several small towns
I'm this section through which the storm
passed. and As yet no news has been re-
celved from any Of them.
GEORGIA FEELS IT
ATLANTA, GA, March lS-A special
to the Constitution from Tallapoosa.
Ca. says: "A cyclone passed over the
between Helm and Edwardsville
late this afternoon. II Is reported that
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