The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-11-24
many LIVES ARE LOST
Storm Sweeps Through Mississippi
and Tenne se~, Carrying Death
and Destruction.
FORTY KILLED At COLUMBIA, Tenn.
La Grange Practically wiped Out
Most of Those Killed Are Negroes
-Telesrnph and Telephone Wires
Down and Reliable News Is Hard
to Obtain.


to obtain.
Louisville. KY. Nov. 22.-Telegraph
and telephone communica tion. in the
path of Tuesday nights storm is still
interrupted and although every effort
is being made to reach the scene of
devastation from various points, no
definite information has been received
as to the loss of life or the extent of
the damage. The storm is believed to
have reached the height of it's severity
in the middle and western parts of
Tennessee and northern Mississippi,
as no reports of damage elsewhere have
reached this city.
. At Columbia, according to message
, by telephone, the loss of life was Is.
The list as reported is:
Miss Florence Farrell, Miss Evelyn Far
rell, Capt. A. F. Aydelotte, Mrs A. f.
Aydelotte, son of the Aydelottes', son and
daughter of the Aydelottes missing, Miss
Kate Forsythe, James Cherry. six negroes,
names unknown.
At LAGRANGE, in the extreme vest
ern portion of the state. the dead are
reported as numbering three and the
injured six as follows:
DEAD-Walter 1. Moody, assistant man
ager of pillow company; wife of Brown
May (colored), negro woman, unknown.
INJuRED-Robert G.. Tucker, manager
'of a pillow company; Edward Smith, rail-
road agent; Samuel Wadley, William Nc
Nance, Mrs. Fannie McNamee. Jesse STAFF
ford.
Village Badly Damaged.
The village of Lavergne, onthe Nash
vile. Chattanooga q St. Louis railroad,
not far from Nashville, is. reported
badly damaged and a man named, Rob-
ertson and his child killed and Sec
ton boss injured.
Three negroes are reported killed at
Tunica. Miss, and 13 persons are be-
lieved to have lost their lives between
Love station and Coldwater in that
state. These reports as yet lack CON.
formations.
Storm Extends to Lake Region.
The storm which did the damage was
but a branch of a general disturbance
which has been moving in northeast.
erly direction from eastern Texas and
which was Wednesday morning central
over the great lakes. The general
storm, which is reported to have gath
cred some'energy, is, however, of little
severity and will probably pass away
ito the ocean during the day through
the St. Lawrence valley.
In Nashville the rainfall for the past
"a hours was 6.02 inches, an abnormal.
/, ly large precipitation. Memphis re.
ports 2.4s inches. The telegraph com
panies are badly handicapped in all di.
rections by reason of the storm.
Forty Reported Killed.
Birmingham, A,a.. Nov. 22.-The
News received by long-distance tele-
phone from Columbia, Tenn, Wednes-
day, word that 40 persons were killed
in Tuesday nights storm which swept
that portion of the country.
Another Report Says Thirty-seven.
St. Louis, Nov. ga special to the
Post-Dispatch from Nashville, Tenn,
says: The killed in Columbia number
Is white and 90 colored. The track OF
the storm was through Macedonia, a
negro suburb. The main portion of the
city was not struck An, ice factory in
the suburbs-was wrecked. Much dam
age was done in Maury county. of which
adequate report is yet unobtainable.
In Grange Destroyed.
St. Louis. Nov. GA special to the
Post-Dispatch from Memphis, Tenn,
says the destruction of La Grange is
complete, with great loss of life, but
particulars have not been received
yet.
Considerable damage resulted at
Martins Mill, in the county of the
same name, but particulars are not
obtainable. Several houses were
blown down at Indian Creek, in that
county. Twenty houses at Dallas.
Ala, near Huntsville, were demol-
ished. but no lives were lost.
In Williamson county, near Frank
lin. the residence of Abel Little was
destroyed and Mr.. Little and Mrs. M.
Hughes were badly hurt. At Boxley's
store the storehouse was destroyed
and three negroes killed.
Storm in Alabama.
Birmingham, Ala, Nov. ga spe-
cial to the News from Huntsville SAYS
that a severe windstorm passed over
that section Tuesday night, causing
much damage. Twenty new unoccu-
pied houses were blown away at Dali
las, suburb of Huntsville So far
as has been heard, no one was injured.
No reports from country districts
have been received.
Lumber Firms Suffer Loss.
Memphis, Tenn. Nov. 22.-Lumber
firms whose mills are located on Wolf
river. the northern boundary of the
city. suffered damage estimated at
nearly 100000 by the overlooking Of
that stream Tuesday night. The sud.
den rise resulted from heavy rain.
fall throughout this section, which at
Memphis reached 2.S4 inches.
Schooner Goes Down.
Lorain, o., Nov. 22-The schooner
= St. Lawrence. bound from Kel.y's is.
land to Cleveland with cargo Of
limestone, went ashore near here
Wednesday during heavy gale. The
vessel lies about 400 feet from the
beach on a sandy bottom. The crew
are still aboard the boat. A tire,
mendous sea is running. The Cleve
land life saving crew is en- route tt
the scene.
Another Bank Ca~hier in Trouble.