The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-26
Tornadoi in Birmingham, Ala, Leaves
a Broad Trail of Death and
Destruction in Its Path
QUARTER OF 4 HUNDRED KNOWN DEAD
Everything in a Space Of $50 Feet
Wide Reduced to Splinters
Long List Of Injured.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, March 25.-Short-
ly before 10 o'clock this morning fear
full tornado travelling in an easterly
direction, swept over the southern part
of this city. The number of killed IS
tonight estimated at twenty five, of
whom five are white.
The destruction CT property is placed
at quarter of a million.
Eighteen bodies had been recovered up
TO D. M, and scores Of injured had
been removed to the hospitals. Among
the dead are DIR. C. c. Chapman, of the
firm of Tally & Chapman, who conduct
a private infirmary in this city, and the
wife and infant child of Hon. Robert j.
Lowe, chairman of the Democratic state
executive committee.
KNOWN CASUALTIES.
Following is the list of identified dead
and known injured;
DR.. DR. &c 6. G. CHAPMAN,
MRS. ROBERT j. LOWE,
INFANT CHILD OF MRS. LOWE,
J. ALEXANDER,
F. MYRO, colored,
CARRIE HUDSON, colored,
MAGGIE BLEVINS, colored,
CARRIE HENRY, colored,
~ LIZZIE GLENN. colored,
COOK FOR B. B. HUDSON, colored,
UNKNOWN CARPENTER, struck by
flying timber.
Fatally injured
MRS. R. II. THOMAS,
MRS. w. H. THOMAS.
MRS. D. D. MCLAUGHLIN,
MRS. ]. FERGUSON,
MRS. MYLUM,
CARRIE ELM, colored
1ujured-John Dillon, Hambright De-
thol, back of head cut; child of MIS-.
Mclaughlin, Mrs. Stevens, L. L. Hollan,
arm broken; Sarah Adams, colered, right
arm broken; Albert Glenn, Jerusha Glenn,
colored; Green Curry, colored; Carrie
Elmere. colored, probably fatal; Mary
GOodlaw. cOlored, arm and leg broken;
Sarah Thweatt, coiored, arm broken;
Dave Elmore, coloTed serious: Mrs.
Lynch and daughter, internal injuries;
Frank Krirnsey, arm broken and head
buised: Louis E. Martin, colored; Rhea
Curry, oolored, arm broken and head
bruised Mrs. F. G. Schaefer and baby,
slight; Mrs. Kates and daughter, slight;
Mr. ard Mrs. Doerrer, slight; w. w.
Doelrer' brick layer, bruised and badly
cut lip; w. p. Dickerson, scalp wound
and concussion, serious; Mrs. Joel E.
GiaccopazZi, badly bruised: Mrs. Jane
injured about head; Jim Wilson, colored,
bruised; Mrs. Galloway, colored, badly
fractured arm; viii Galloway, coIored,
scalp wounds; Ned Thomas, colored,
face cut slightly; Lee Richardson arm
bruised and finger broken
The storm struck the city in the ex-
treme southwestern corner and plowed
its way eastward, leaving a path $50 feet
wide, through the entire southern sec
tion, extending from Green Springs on
the west to Avondale on the east, and
continued its course until it's fury was
spent IN the mountains beyond Irondale.
small town six miles east of the citv
THE FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUD.
The morning dawned cloudy and sultrv.
and grew more threatening as the day ad.
Vanced. Clouds began to gather, and
shortly after o'clock sharp lightning
flashed from the southwest The air be-
came heavy and sitting. The velocity of
the winds suddenly began to increase.
and from out of the overcast sky the
dreaded funnel-Shaped cloud made it's ap-
pearance. Hugging close to the earth.
1t passed through the city in leaps and
bounds. The altitude of the cyclone was
not more than seventy-five feet The
negro shanty cottages in the lowlands,
In the patr of the storm, were the princi-
pal sufferers The larger residences on
the higher grounds suffered but slightly.
- The large trees on the hillside of St Vim
cents hospital were torn up by the roots.
and large masses of stone were twisted
out of the ground, broken and scattered
all over the driVeways of the entrance to
the institution. From Eighth to Tenth
street the tornado bounded like rubber
ball, and when it again descended it
struck tWo-story house occupied by Jo-
seph Busenhelhner and almost razed it
to the ground. The eleven-year-old
daughter of John Krunsey was caught
under the debris and severely injured. A
house occupied by Taylor Hanson, near