Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-26
THE GREAT STORM
IN ALABAMA.
Cyclone Worked More Harm Than
at First Reported.
REVISED LIST OF THE DEAD
IL In Certain Eighteen Were Killed
and Fifty wounded-Aid II
Now Needed.

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and Fifty wounded Aid Il
Now Needed.
| Birmingham, Ala, March %, . q. M
Much more horrible than the first re
psrts OF the cyclone yesterday are tn
.yalities which have thus far come on
this morning. II is still impossible /,
Compile the full list Of dead ant
wounded, but II Is now certain tina
eighteen persons were killed and fift,
more or less injured In birmingham ant
Vicinity. The path of the storm was
vide. It covered practically ever,
hamlet in Jefferson county.
The following cities were especially
visited:
Birmingham, Pratt City, Bessemer
lrOndale, Brighton, North Birmingham
Trussville, Weems Woodlawn, and
| AYondale.
A careful revision Of the death list
| places the total number OF dead In the
were missing and had been reported
dead having been located. Two negro
workmen reported missing at Irondale
are believed to be dead under wrecked
buildings. II they are dead this Will
Increase the total number of deaths In
1rondale TO five, making grand total OF
eighteen In Birmingham and vicinity.
THE DEAD.
Following IL q list OF dead:
Dr. g. c. Chapman
Mrs. Il. J. Love.
Infant son Of r. j. Lowe.
Three-year-old daughter OF B. r.
Hudson.
i. c. chlumpe, German.
Colored;
John Myro.
Carrie Henry. aged years
Carrie Hudson.
Maggie Bleyens.
y. Steumeyer. school girl.
Lizzie Godlow.
Lizzie Glenn.
Cook Of b. b. Hudson.
Dead at Irondale
John Gardiner, white.
Mamie and Clarence Hunter, colored.
Two negro workment missing.
Thirty-five persons were more or less
seriously hurt in Birmingham, seven Of
whom are expected TO die.
At Irondale, the killed are:
q. w. Gardiner. white carpenter.
q WOUNDED.
Mark Triplett.
Clay Gere.
VIII Gardner.
Twenty houses were RACED to the
ground.
At Brighton the school house was
demolished and daughters Of Mrs.
Walker were severely injured on the
head
At Pratt City, the Methodist church,
the high school building. the commits
sary OF the Tennessee Coal and Iron
and thirty negro shacks were
demolished. The villages of Truss
Vile and Weems are reported des-
troyed, but word cannot be received
from them. as all telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down.
Every effort is being made today In
the storm-stricken section of Birming-
ham TO give all possible relief 10 those |
who lost their all by the fury OF the |
wind. Troops guarded the devastat- |
"a district last night, and firemen and |
policemen continued To search the |
-uins, but no more dead bodies were
'ound and. up 90 10 O'Clock today, no |
additional deaths had occurred. Mayor |
BREMEN, who Is directing the relief |
work, estimates that $4,000 win relieve
he immediate wants of the sufferers.
The larger part Of this has already |
,een raised among citizens, and clti-
ems meeting will be held at noon 10
aise the remainder and 10 more per-
ectly organize the distribution OF the
elief funds.
The majority OF the tornado suffer-
rs are negroes and the poorer classes
I whites. just how many people were
urt In the storm viii probably never
e known. Many who sustained COM
aratively trifling injuries paid no heed
. their wounds in their anxiety to save
heir scattered household effects and
look after their dead and those who
'ere seriously injured. The names of
bout fifty injured have been obtained
at this number is thought TO be about
alt those who were really hurt. The
roperty loss Is estimated In the city
from s200,000 10 $500 900.
The death list In Birmingham and
cinity stands at rs.
STORM STRIKES ATLANTA.
Atlanta. Ga, March 2e.-A terrific
Ina and rainstorm struck this city :
'riy today. Telephones generally
ere rendered useless by crossed wires.
II no further damage Ia reported.
ADAMsvILIAE. MICH, STORM
SWEPT. /
Adamsyille, Mich, March e6.-ThIs I
entity was swept by a cyclone yester- 4
y afternoon. Mrs. Frank Kerr was
one In a farm house near Eagle Lake
zen the wind tore IL TO pieces ana she =
ceived serious injuries. In this viii
&c Naming Bros. store was demol-
led and the cemetery was greatly
mayed. Fifteen acres of timber | j
rec miles east Of Edwardsville, were a
actically razed The wind sucked o.
the water out or Christina creek I,
re and formed an immense water
out
CLONE IN KALAMAZOO COUNTY
salamanca. Mich, March 26.-The cy- A
NJ winch swept across the south
y corner or Kalamazoo county YES.
DAY afternoon cut OF communica-
NJ with the outside world and re- n
teu IN largely exaggerated reports -
loss o. HE and property IN the dis ~
T. c TO noon today no fatalities ~
le been reported, and but two per- W. W.
s are known to have been seriously ia
!; rney are Mrs. N. Trip and Miss n 90,
der. both Of the village Of Pavilion o on
ere the storm was the severest. Mrs. -,
PIP may die, The property damage ~
Tot large. ut
"a.
Engineer smothercd. o,
attic, Wash. March PA special we
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