Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1903-06-06

"a -.inesville. Ca, June l.-Wlthln
M snsce Of two minutes today tor
~ "a dealt death and destruction to
- clty OF Gainesville and environs,
sIlling al least 100 people, wounding
IN S.'' more. and leveling 100 cottages
i The ground and tearing two sto-
,Iss u of Of the factory Of the Gaines
.s,Is In. cotto1 mill. OF the killed prob
,hlv two-thirds were women and chill
r drsu who we're operators in the cot
q Ton mills
fhe storm came from the south out
q of almost clear sky, syooping down
a nm the Gainesville cotton mills and
d ihe Southern railroad station at IF
teen ulia,fes before / o'clock.
with a terrible crash the two upper
stories of the building were swept
away leaving thirty-two operators
4 dead Ia the ruins.
Cottages Raced.
The cyclone then swept around the
outskirts of the city to the suburb
of New Holland, two miles away,
where are located the Pacolet cotton
mills one of the largest institutions
Of this character in the South. The
plaut of the Pacolet company was
not seriously damaged, but probably
100 cottages standing nearby, occu-
MED BY operators, who were employed
in the mills, were completely demol-
Ished. killing thirty-three people.
These we're mostly women and -chil-
drel, as the heads of the families were
nearly all in the factory at work.
The store of Joseph Logan, near
Gainesville cotton mills, was crushed
to ruins by the wind, and eight men
who had taken refuge in it were in
stantly killed.
The Jones general store met sim
liar fate, and IN the ruins one man
and one woman were crushed to
death. The woman was Mrs. Jones,
the wife of the proprietor.
Reports from White Sulphur, seven
miles from Gainesville, are to the ef-
feet that the storm struck there with
terrific force, killing dozen people.
This, This, h9Sy~eF s not absolutely con-
N Killed and Wounded.
DR.. Smith, city physician, Gaines
vile, says he has visited one hun
tred wounded, ald has personal know
ledge of one hundred dead.
The property loss at the Pacolet
mills occasioned by the destruction
Of the cottages and outbuildings is
estimated at $4,000, and the Gaines
vile cotton mills are damaged to the
extent of $4,000.
The local physicians were unable
to cope with the situation, and sur
geons and medical supplies have been
offered sent from Atlanta.
A special train carrying a corps of
surgeons and supplies arrived tonight.
making the total number of physicians
now in the city about forty.
A meeting was held tonight to or
ganize a relief committee, at which
i was decided to issue an appeal to
the public for funds to assist the mill
operators who are thrown out of
work.
gainesville, 1t is stated, can take
care Of those now suffering, but there
Will be considerable distress occa-
stoned by the closing down of the
mills.
The physicians who have assisted
IN the work of rescue state that the
scenes at the mills were appalling,
mo victims being crushed and man
geo IN every conceivable manner.
Results of the Storm.
AS near as can be calculated at
this hour (midnight), the results are
eghty-five men, women and children
dead, and perhaps forty more fatally
injured, with property loss of some
tlnlng like 100000. The death list
Is yet imperfect, as not all the bodies
nave been recovered and identified.
Many OF them were mangIed beyond
recognition, the only means of identi-
hcsllon being the records of the two
eotlon mills, in which most Of the
victims worked.
Ine death dealing storm appeared
suddenly before / o'clock, and within
sWo minutes it had killed nearly a
aauhuIed people, torn two stories from
me nve floor brick factory of the
GAINESVILLE cotton mills, demolished
almost 200 cottages, razed two brick
a'ofes TO the ground and blown down
lnnumerable outbuiidings. BY what
appears to be miracle, the tornado's
.uly was confined to the outskirts OF
sne M city, the main business and resi-.
aence portion not being touched Tor.
ssass @ Or rain accompanied the wind
pu1 within five minutes after It's first
onslaught the sun was shining upon
scene Of fearful desolation.
List of the Dead.
@ me list OF the dead is confined
.a,,,y NANNY % the operatives of the Gaines.
slie cotton mills and the pacolet cot
~ mills. and two-thirds of them were
"umen and children.
i, Inc list Of the dead so far obtain
aule' at the Gainesville cotton mills
sa'l. saa z and around the vicinity OF the
oouthern depot. follows:
uomer Ash, Gordon Ash, Maude
uwvroon, MI, Miss Loggins. Mary Duncan
ss nlss Woody, - Knowles, Ed Ma
ypls, MS mrs. ]. NJ. Camp and baby. -
rm,aodell, Ethel Lille, Lula jackson
n ellss Clack, Claude Shedd, Annie
1aTfelt, Jack Murnhv Grady Lee