The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-27
ONLY SIXTEEN KILLED
NUMBER OF TORNADO VICTIMS LESS
THAN FIRST REPORTED.
Revised List of the Dead at
ham and yicinity-Storms and
Floods elsewhere

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 26.-Under
the harmonious working of the State mil
TIA and local police much order has come
out of yesterdays chaos following the
fatal storm which swept portions of this
city a careful revision of the death list
places the total number of dead in Birm-
ingham and vicinity at sixteen. Follow
ing is a revised list of the dead:
White-Dr. 2. c.. Chapman. Mrs. Robert
j. Lowe, infant son OF Robert j. Lowe,
three-year-old daughter OF 3. II. Hudson,
l.. {. Clumpe, German.
Colored-John Myro, Carrie Henry. eight
years old, Carrie hudson, Maggie Blevens,
+. Stedmeyer, schoolgirl. Lizzie Godlow,
Lizzie Glenn, cook of B.. Il. Hudson.
Dead at Irondale-John Gardner, white;
Mamie and Clarence Hunter, cOlored.
Thirty-fve persons were more or less
seriously hurt, but their number is aug
mented by the addition of the names of
many persons who were slightly bruised
in their marvellous escape from death.
Sarah Brown, a negro woman, died from
fright. Mrs. III. H.. Thomas and w. Z.
Dickinson, who were at st. Vincent's Hos
pital, are in a precarious condition. j. Alex
ander, the merchant reported killed yester-
Gay, was only severely injured. He crawled
cut of the ruins Immediately after the
storm and managed to reach home. In the
ruins a body very much disfigured was
found and 1t was thought to be his, but it
was discovered that the dead man is j. g.
Chlumpe, a German, who was In the store
making a purchase when the tornado
struck.
To-day's beautiful weather was apparent
ly an incentive to active effort and the
storm-Stricken district presented a busy
scene. Everywhere furniture and household
effects were being carted off, roofs We're
being patched and chimneys built. Line
men were gathering up masses of tangled
wires and housewives were hanging out
blankets, bedding and clothing to dry.
The SaddeSt feature of to-day was the
funerals, that of Mrs. Robert j. Lowe and
child taking place this morning from q
neighbor's house. TIL house was crowded
with men, women and children and every
eye was wet. The young mother will he
buried with her babe in her arms. The
bodies were taken to Athens, Ala, where
Mrs. Lowe was born.
The relief fund is growing with aston
ishing rapidity, over $4,000 having been
subscribed. The property loss is placed at
$500, 600.
The storm seems to have lifted after leav-
ing Birmingham and. beyond giving Hunts
vile, Ala, a slight touch, did not make It
self felt until over in the adjoining State.
AT Chambers, Ga, a railroad depot was
blown into a creek and washed away At
Townsville a big Touring mill was destroyed
together with many thousand bushels of
wheat. The residence of the Townsville
family was wrecked, but no one was in
jured. The tornado struck Buena Vista,
Ga, at 4 o'clock. The young child of Mr..
and Mrs. j. ID. Harrell was killed, as was
also a negro girl. The home of the Misses
Woodall was wrecked and the two occu-
pants seriously injured. AT Cartersville
lightning struck a school house, killing
two children. Owing to the tremendous
rains the rivers in northern and north
western Georgia are out of their banks;
In Atlanta at 3 o'clock this morning LIZ
inches of rain fell in five minutes, breaking
all records.