Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-29

clone which swept over Jones valley. !.
which Birmingham is located. betwss, .
and 10 o'clock yesterday morning. re,p,,.
ed in immense damage to property and
considerable loss Of life. The number I:
dead is not yet definitely known, but up "a
noon it is estimated at %, of these :.
least seven being killed at lrondale, abou,
Is in the city OF Birmingham and the 9TH
ers in suburban towns.
The known Dead.
Among the dead are the following:
Dir. G. {. Chapman, prominent physician
OF this city; killed by falling debris h
Mentors store. ON South Twentieth street
Mrs. Robert j. Lowe, wife of the chair.
man Of the state democratic commit,ss
and her infant son; killed at their res;.
dence on South Highlands. W. Z. Dick.
erson, bookkeeper; 3 year old daughter Of
b. b. Hudson, merchant: Lizzie Glenn.
Carrie, Henry, Lizzie Goodlee, Carrie Hud.
son, Mamie Blevins, j. Myro, Fanme
steadmire, negro cook for B. Il. Hudson.
UuiiuinHh W rocked.
The storm did its worst damage in tho
neighborhood OF Avenues l and X, from
Tenth to Thirtieth streets, NreekiH
scores Of buildings and creating teniVs
havoc.
At Pratt Ci,y many buildings were De.
stroyed; a number Of people were more
as. Lass ,,;,caI n,;,rbton ,,l MI
mingham were more or less damaged.
The extent Of the damage at Irondae il
not yet known, but it is stated that seven
people were killed.
Birmingham, Ala, March 26. A re-
porter Of the Birmingham News, who wen.
to lrondale to investigate the storm dan
age, telephoned that three persons were
killed at that place and 10 injured.
The dead are: G. w. Gardner, carpen.
ter; two children Of Clarence Hunter, col.
cred.
Half dozen stores We're blown down
and there were many narrow escapes.
Fifteen ut DurminEham.
In birmingham the death list stood at
10. The fourteenth and fifteenth bodies
were those of child of b. b. Hudson,
we'll known commission merchant
Partial List of Injured.
The total number of injured is not
knon, as it Tvs impossible to get anything
like full list. The following is a partid
list of the injured:
Fatally hurt-Mrs. K. II. Thomas W.
II. Thomas, Mrs. Mclaughlin, Mis-. >.
Ferguson, Mrs. Mylum, Carrie ELM, col |
ored.
This does not include the fatalities that
have been reported from the outside dis
tricts around Birmingham.
1t is reported from Lynnville, Ca, that
the large cotton mill at that place owned
by bonneville Brothers OF Rome, Ga, was
destroyed by the storm.
Reached Into Georgia.
Chattanooga, Tenn. March 26. = The
hurricane which swept Alabama is said
to have struck the Chattanooga, Rome
Southern railway near Lynnvile, Ga,
small station south of Rome, and destroyed
several miles Of track. Neither that line
nor the Southern railway has been able
to get any information as to their trans
all wires being down. The Southern Of
ticials say that all wires on the Alabama
Great Southern division are down.
| Later.
Birmingham, Ala, March 27.-Much
more horrible than the first reports OF the
cyclone yesterday are the realities which
have thus far come out this morning Ii
is still impossible to compile the full is
of the dead and wounded, but it is nov
certain that Is persons were killed andS
more or less injured in birmingham ana
vicinity.
Severe Storm In Florida.
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