Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-11-29
SWEPT BY TERRIFIC WIND
Great Havoc Caused by Tornado
That Passes Through Several
Southern States.
PROPERTY LOSS WILL Be VERY HEAVY.

Reports So Far Received Show Total
Number of Lives Lost to BE About
Eighty-A Great Many Peraons Are
Injurcd-Tennesxee and Missfsxip-
pi the Worst Sufferers.
Nashville, Tenn. Nov 22-The cy-
clone that passed over Tennessee and
Mississippi Tuesday night from south
west to northeast left in its wake in
Vulnerable tornadoes. These as wei.
as the original cyclone We're terribly
destructive to property. and with the
main storm caused at least so deaths
and the injury of over 100 persons. The
following estimate is made from latest
reports.
Killed in Tennessee ................. 81
Killed in Mississippi. ............... &c
Missing in Mississippi .............. so
Killed in Arkansas ..................- .
Injured in Tennessee ............ .
Injured in Mississippi ............... %
At Columbia. the county seat of
Maury county. Tenn. on the Louisville
& Nashville road, 40 miles south Of
Nashville. the worst loss was suffered.
There 40 persons were killed and about
so injured. The names of all the
dead and injured have not been OBJ
tanned.
The number of houses destroyed in
the Nolensville neighborhood is 16.
There were two fatalities,
La vergne suffers.
At La Vergne, Is miles south of
here. on the Nashville, Chattanooga
d st. Louis road, the velocity of the
wind was marvellous and from best
reports lasted only about 20 seconds.
In this short time about IS dwellings
were turned into kindlng wood The
loss of life is small compared with the
miraculous escapes made. The wind
made swath about goo yards wide
through the middle of the town. The
La Eergne high school and the depot.
the two largest buildings. were laid
fiat on the ground. The loss of these
two buildings is placed at something
like $1,000. The railroad lost four
section houses also. each valued at
5000. The victims of the tornado are
George Robertson and his six months
old child.
In Mississippi.
In Mississippi the greatest loss of
life and damage to property occurred
report by courier from q point l..
miles from Tunica says that the to
nado's devastation was so great thtt
it will take weeks to calculate AID
repair it. Five negroes lost tleir
lives on the Hamlin place In 'ru.ica
the schoolhouse. church and rum
Der of buildings were totally d,mol-
ished. More than so negroes are
missing, and it is feared that several
of them have perished Cotton is re-
ported badly damaged. At He nando
a white man was killed and negro
fatally injured by flying debrs.
In Arkansas.
The storm visited Arkansas and
wrought much havoc in Monroe and
Lee counties. Information vas that
the storm came from the southwest.
crossed the tracks of the Arkansas
Midland railroad 40 mile. west of
Helena. at Whitley's. whre fences.
timber and cabins were hown away.
but no lives were lost in that neigh
borhood. At Blackton. IN the Pine
City branch Of the Arkansas Midland
while trying to escape fom a wrecked
building, and at Morro. Lee county.
the infant child of Prof. Richard
Blount was killed by flying timbers.
the home of Prof Blunt being blown
down.
Columbus, O.. NV. ga severe
windstorm swept over western and
mort hern Ohio Wednesday, Much
damage to property is reported, but
no loss of life. At Tippecanoe i ty,
Six miles south Of Troy. S. Shearer's
tobacco sheds we're wrecked and the
Masonic hall AMI other buildings dam
aged. At Buovrus the German Lu-
theran church was badly damaged
and the Ohio Central roundhouse
partly unroo4ed. At Conneaut a res
was compile ely wrecked and hers
damaged. Sandusky reports that
damage to the amount of $50 900 was
caused by the storm in that city and
vicinity. duch damage is reported to
have beer done by the blowing down
of derricss in the oil fields in the
mort hive tern part of the state. At
Findlay the steel roof was blown off
the tfree-story building of Byron
Caples At Mohicanviile. near Ash
land, the new German Reformed
church was blown down. the struc-
ture being total wreck
losses in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Col. Nov. 23-
TIL" losses to property from Thurs
days storm amount to 100000. di-
vided as follows: Business section of
tie town. $4,000; Colorado Telephone
company, $4,000; Electric Power com
Dany. S1O.oOO; Western Union. So 900;
Postal Telegraph company. $1,000;