Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-25
Twenty-Five Killed and Many Injured
at Birmingham.
IMMENSE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
Neighboring Towns Also Suffer
Severely From the Storm.
LISTS OF THE CASUALTIES

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, March 23.-In
tornado, which today swept over Jones
valley, in which Birmingham is located
twenty-five lives are estimated to have
been lost. Immense damage was done to
property. Between 8 and 10 am. the
storm ragged with great violence. Such
havoc was created that up to 1870 o'clock
this afternoon, the number of casualties
had not been definitely fixed. Twenty
five dead was, however, the general esti-
mate. OF these. seven were killed at
Irondale about fifteen in the city of Birm-
ingkam, and the others in suburban
towns.
List of Dead and Injured.
Among the dead. are the following:
DR.. G. c. Chapman, prominent physician
of this city, killed by falling debris In
Mentors store on South 10th street; Mrs
Robert ]. Lowe. wife of the chairman Of
the state democratic committee; infant
son Of Mrs. Lowe, both killed at their resi-
dence on South Highlands; J. Alexander.
and 24th street; w. P. Dickerson, book
keeper. killed in Mentors store on South
10th street; daughter of B. B. Hudson,
merchant; Lizzie Glenn, colored; Carrie
Henry, colored; Lizzie Goodloe. colorcd;
Carrie Hudson, colored: Maggie Blevins,
colored: ]. Myro, colored: Fannie Stead
mtre. negro cook for B. B. Hudson.
Among the fatally injured are:
Mrs 7. M. Thomas.
Mrs W. NJ. Thomas, wife and mother Of
prominent real estate agent.
Where the Storm Was Worst.
The storm did it's worst damage in the
neighborhood Of Avenues 1 and ], from
10th to Both streets. wrecking scores Of
buildings and creating terrible havoc. The
entire fire and police departments turned
out to repair and render aid, and are still
engaged in taking the dead and injured
from the debris and sending them to under
taking shops and hospitals.
At Pratt City the roof of the brick high
school was blown away, and the First
Methodist Church WAS wrecked.
Dozens Of negro cabins were demolished.
The commissary Of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Company was blown down. Re-
ports Of great damage to growing crops
and farm houses In the vicinity are re-
ported.
Brighton and North Birmingham were
considerably damaged.
At Irondale the extent of the damage Is
not yet known, but it Is stated that five
stores We're demolished in the business dis
trict and seven people were killed.
Communication Cut on.
ATLANTA. Ga, March 25.-Au commu-
nication by wire between Atlanta and Bir-
minghafn Is cut off. Only one wire is now
operating, that by the Western Union,
north of Nashville.
A wire is working as far as Leeds on the
Georgia Pacific. Over this line it has been
learned that the storm passed to the north
of Leeds.
Highlands, suburb of Birmingham,
through which the storm is said to have
passed, IS on high ridge overlooking the
valley TN which Birmingham is situated.
Reported Damage to Railroad.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, March 25.-The
hurricane which swept Alabama is said to
have struck the Chattanooga, Rome and
Southern railroad near Lynnville, Ca,
small station south Of Rome. and DESTROYED
several miles of tracks. Neither the Of
ficials of that line nor of the Southern
railway were able to get any Information
as to their trains, all wires being down.
The Southern officials say that all wires
on the Alabama Great Southern division
are down.