Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-22
Many Lives Were Lost and Much
Damage Wrought in Tennessee
and Mississippi.
TELEGRAPH WIRES pOWN.
In Memphis the Loss Was Very Heavy
Railroad Tracks Washed Out-Two
Barges We're Swept Down the
River.

and Tennessee indicate that the damage
sss o property is far greater Nat at first
reported In west Tennessee and north
Mississippi the death list will probably
exceed 25. In middle Tennessee the loss
of life is placed at 40. Two persons are
known to have perished in Arkansas.
The property damage is enormous, and
connot be fntelligently estimated at
present The difficulties in the way of
securing information from the devas-
tated sections are almost inSurmOunta-
BILE The storm which last evening car
ried devastation across the country at
the same time swept away the wires,
so that telephone and telegraph alike
are put out of the service, and depend
ance has been necessarily placed in
railroad men and travellers coming
from the affected parts. In Mis-
sissippi the greatest loss of life and
damage to property occurred near Tun-
lea, Lula, and fernando. A report by
carrier from point thirteen miles from
Tunica says that the tornado's devas-
tation was so great that it will take a
week to calculate and repair it. Five
negroes lost their lives at the Hamil
place. In Tunica the school house,
church and number of buildings were
totally demolished and more than fifty
negroes are missing. 1t is feared that
several of them perished. Cotton is al
so reported as badly damaged.
At Hernandez, a white man was killed
and a negro fatally injured by flying
debris. Numerous saw mills, several
residences and hundreds of negro cab
ins were blown away.
At Loves station J. s. Doney, a
white man, was crushed by flying tim
Der and is expected to die. The storm
passed down Coldwater river, levelling
trees and houses in it's path.
At Batesville considerable property
damage was wrought, and several per-
talities are reported. Several dwelling
houses and many miles of fencing are
torn down and scattered. The roof of
the Methodist church was twisted off
and blown some distance from the
building.
News of terrible havoc southwest Of
Batesville is expected, as houses gen.
orally in that section were not securely
built
At the Guys plantation the residence
and large mill building belonging to
John Guy We're blown down. Miss Guy
was in the residence at the time, but
escaped with slight injuries. A shanty
in which two negroes had taken refuge
was shattered and both occupants in
stantly XII led. I
At Tracy the two story residence of
J. B. Higgins was totally demolished
and several other buildings on the
plantation We're destroyed. Cabins
We're destroyed on the plantation of L.
s. Marshall, and three negroes We're
killed by failing timbers.
AT Riley, Miss, the storm was Sc
verely felt Many buildings were dam
aged and a number of persons injured
At Lagrange, Tenn, two persons were
killed outright and score or more Sc
iously injured. The town Is practi-
cally wreck, nearly every business
building being destroyed or damaged.
The storm appears to have played
many freaks. In one instance it de-
moished both the Methodist and Bap-
tist churches, about block apart and
left standing a residence between them
About 100 residences, mainly those of
poor people, were destroyed.
At Moscow, Tenn, ten miles from La
grange, several buildings were swept
away No fatalities are reported,
though many persons were injured. In
Memphis there was heavy loss as a
result of the storm. Culverts were
washed out, and in several places the
track is washed away below the Illi-
nois Central bridge, and severe damage
was done to property. Two heavy
barges laden with lumber caused dis
aster. They were moored at a point
ofsthe Illinons Central bridge, and were
torn loose from their moorings by the
force of the swollen torrent, and as
they were swept down the narrow
channel they carried away every raft
of logs with which they came In con-
tact
TEN PERSONS KILLED.
Memphis, Nov PA special to the
Commerctal-Appeal from Arkabucla
county, Mississippi, says:
yesterday afternoons tornado de-
scended upon this little town, and as a
result of its fearful intensity ten per-
sons were killed outright and twenty
injured.
The dead:
Jack Callum, aged 30
William Callum
Nicholas Lake.
william Mckay and four children.
Mrs. William Mckay.
Unknown negro man..
Negro infant.
Drowned in Greek.
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