The age-herald., 1900-11-22
M E M PHiS.
Advices From Storm Swept District of
 Three States.

Memphis, Tenn, November 21.-Advices received tonight from the storm-swept sections of Mississippi, Arkansas and Ten nessee indicate that the loss of life and damage to property Is far greater than at first reported. In west Tennessee and north Mississippi the death list will prob- ably exceed twenty-five. In middle Ten nessee the loss of life is placed at about forty. Two persons are known to have perlshed in Arkansas. The property dam age is enormous and cannot be intelligent ly estimated at present. The difficulties In the way of securing information from the devastated sections are almost insurmount- able. The places affected are remote and isolated and at best they not well equipped with means of communication, and the storm which last evening carried devastation across the country at the same time swept away the wires, so that tele- phone and telegraph were alike put out of service. Dependence has necessarily been placed in railroad men and travellers com- ing from affected parts. In Mississippi the greatest loss of life and damage to prop erty occurred near Tunica, Lula and Her. nando. From all sides 1t is gathered 1t will take weeks to calculate on the loss. Five negroes lost their lives on the Ham, lin place. In Tunica the schoolhouse, church and a number of buildings were totally demolished. More than fifty ne- groes are missing and 1t is feared that
 
 reported badly damaged.
 At Hernando white man was killed and negro fatally injured by flying debris. Numerous sawmills several residences and hundreds of negro cabins were blown away. At Love Station, J. c. Doney, white man, was crushed by flying timber and is ex- pected to die. The storm passed down cold Water river. leveling trees and houses in it's path. At Batesville considerable property damage was wrought and several uua cerinuSlv mi hut m fa- talities are reported. Several dwelling houses, a number of outhouses and many miles of fencing were torn down and scat tered. The roof of the Methodist Church was twisted off and was blown some dis tance from the building. News of terrible havoc southwest of Batesville is expected, generally the houses in that section are not securely built. At Guys plantation the residence and large mill building of John Guy were torn down and their tim bers hurled some distance. Miss Guy, who was in the residence at the time, miracu- lously escaped with slight injuries. shanty in which two negroes had taken refuge from the storm was shattered and both occupants were instantly killed. At Tracy the two-story residence of J. B. Higgins was totally demolished and several other buildings were wrecked. Ten cabins were destroyed on the plantation of L. s. Marshall, and three negroes were killed by falling tmbers
 At LaGrange, Tenn, two persons were killed outright, and a score or more seri- ously injured. The town is practically wreck, nearly every business building be- ing destroyed or damaged. The tornado struck the town from the southwest, but veered little to thenorthward in its course of exit. It appears to have had revolving motion and it played many freaks. In one instance 1t demolished both the Methodist and Baptist Churches, about block apart, and left standing residence between them.
 AbOut 100 residences mainly Of pie, were destroyed.
 At Moscow, ten miles west of Lagrange several buildings were swept away by the wind. No fatalities are reported, although many persons were injured.
 The storm visited Arkansas and wrought much havoc In Monroe and Lee Counties.
 From information received today the storm came from the southwest, crossed the tracks of the Arkansas Midland Rail- road forty miles west at Helena at Whit ley's where fences timber and cabine were blown away but no lives lost in that neighborhood. At Blackton, on the Pine City branch of the Arkansas Midland Rail- road, Miss Robertson was killed while trying to escape from a wrecked building, and at Morrow, Lee County, the infant child of Prof. Richard Blount was killed by flying timbers, the home of Professor Blount being blown down. All along the track of the storm there was more or less damage, the loss in fences, timber and tenant houses being especially heavy. The wind was accompanied by downpour of rain that filled the flat woods, and many bridges were swept away. The rainfall In Helena amounted to 41-5 inches. Passen- gers on incoming trains say that in many places trees along the edges of the cotton fields were literally covered with cotton that had been blown out of the bols by the vicious wind. The damage to unpicked cotton cannot be estimated. but is un- doubtedly great.
 Traffic on the Memphis branch of the L.