Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21
Tornado Sweeps Over Parts Of Mis-
sissippi and Tennessee.
GATHERED FORCE as IT WENT
The Greatest Damage Was Done
at Columbia, Tenn.
TRAIN BLOWN FROM TRACK

| MEMPHIS, Tenn. November 21.-A tor
| nado bounding through a narrow stretch Of
| territory, extending from a point three
| miles north of Lula, Miss, to La Grange,
| Tenn, caused heavy loss of life and prop
| erty yesterday. The storm completely
| interrupted telegraphic and telephone COM
| munication that neither the origin nor the
| ending of it can be determined, nor can the
| extent of the disaster be learned. From
| meager details obtainable, covering only
| three points, 1t appears that nineteen lives
| were lost and the destruction of property
i was also heavy. 1t is believed that In the
| cyclones in the towns heard from, numer-
Gus farm houses and interior communities
of more less considerable population
We're struck, and these being cut off from
| the outside were unable to give notice OF
| their distress. Accompanying the tornado
| was a terrific rain storm.
Thirteen persons are reported killed be-
| tween Love station and Coldwater. The
| tornado made Its appearance at about $50
| o'clock yesterday afternoon, and swept
| everything in it's path Trees We're uprooted
| and fences and buildings We're leveled to
| the ground.
| At Coldwater several houses were de-
| stroyed and child was seriously injured.
| A negro child was killed three miles north
| of the town. The cyclone passed from
! southwest to northeast and struck Bates
| VILE ABOUT 4 o CLOCK. several uouSeS were
| demolished and seven persons We're more or
| less injured. A church was unroofed
Destruction Mt La Grange.
| The tornado struck the town Of La Grange,
| forty-nine miles east of Memphis. on the
| Southern railroad in Fayette county, at
4:3O o'clock AS result not a church Is
| left standing except the Episcopal The
| streets are Uttered with the debris OF de-
| stroyed buildings, merchandise, telegraph
and telephone wires and poles.
| Up to the time the correspondent left La
| Grange to carry his report to Memphis three
| dead bodies had been recovered from the
| debris and six injured persons had been at
| tended. The dead were white man named
Walter l. Moody and two negro women.
| A deluge of rain was falling when the
| cyclone came, but its advance was foretod
| by roaring rushing sound, followed by
| quick heavy reports, which gave the in
| habitantS warning and they rushed out
| from the falling buildings
| At Lives station, Miss, a dozen resi-
| dences were wrecked. but no one was killed
and only one person fatally injured. Abso-
| lutely no wire communication was to be
| had with any of the points hit by the storm
between Memphis and Grenada. Miss. on
| the line of the Illinois. News is expected
| from incoming trains but they are general
| ly late and none was expected 10 arrive
| here before noon.
| Hundreds of cabins on plantations near
Lula, Miss, were demolished and four ne
| groes killed.
| Near Tunica five negroes were killed in
| the collapse of their cabin. The school
| house a church and a number of pIanta-
| ton houses in the same locality We're de-
molished. A white man and negro We're
, killed six miles south of fernando, Miss.
| Many plantation houses, a cotton gin and
| a church were destroyed.
| The Storm Around Nashville.
| NASHVILLE, Tenn, November 21.-Five
| lives are known to have been lost in the
| tornado which struck within sixteen miles
| of this city last night. Much damage was
| done to property over a wide area. Wire
| communication was destroyed and the only
| news obtained was brought by passengers
| Of incoming trains.
| A number of persons are believed to have
| been killed in Maury county. but no au-
| thentic reports have been received from
| that section
| At Lavergne two lives were lost AT West
| Harpeth and at Thomsons Station a num-
| ber of houses were demolished and one child
| was killed. Two persons were killed and a
| number fatally injured at Nolensville. At
| the latter place the dead are:
| Mrs. Bromlet
| Miss Mamie Hampton.
| Fatally injured:
| James Hampton
| Ernest Stephens.
| Miss Blackie Hampton.
| Missing:
Child of James Chrisman
Fifteen Killed at Columbia
| COLUMBIA Tenn, November 21.-A ter
| rife cyclone, moving in a westerly ana
northwesterly direction, struck this place at
$50 o'clock last night, and left havoc IN its
path The northern and western sections
Of the city, which are populated principally
bv negroes were almost entirely swept
away Fifteen persons are known to have
been killed, and 1t Is feared that this num-
Der will be largely increased by later re-
ports.
The dead are: Misses Florence and Ev-
elyn Farrell; Capt. A. F. Aydolette. wife
and one son; another son and daughter
missing; Mrs. Kate Forsythe. James Cher
! ry and six negroes, names unknown.
The cyclone lasted for about five minutes.
| and its path extended about 1000 feet wide,
which is clearly marked by devastation.
| Many houses. including a large number
Of negro cabins. were blown down, and
many others unroofed and otherwise dam
| aged The fencing surrounding the United
States arsenal blown away, but the
building remains intact.
| A freight train on the Nashville Florence
and Sheffield railroad was lifted from the
| track but as far reported. no one was
| injured.
Earlier Reports Confirmed.
| KANSAS CITY, November IA teIe.
| gram received at the general offices of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis rail-
way here confirms the report that nineteen
lives were lost at and near La Grange
Tenn. Property damage in La Grange
amounted to nearly $4,000. The storm, ac.
cording to the railway officials. circlec
around Memphis, beginning at Lula. Miss.
ffty-six miles south of Memphis. on the
| Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, and through
| Batesville Miss, on the Illinois Centra
railroad, about sixty miles south of Mem.
| phis to the northeast through La Grange
II GALE IN NORTHERN OHIO.
TeIephone and Telegraph Wires Pros