The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-09

Birmingham, Ala. April "Details
of the disaster wrought by Wednesday
mornings tornado are coming in. The
little hamlet of Hopewell was swept
away. The tornado cut a path of desc
ation a mile wide and two miles long
across a prosperous farming section of
Blount county. Ten persons were in
stantly killed, three or four fatally in
jured and a score seriously injured.
THE DEAD
Mr. AND MRS. NATHAN GRIT
FIN
JAMES GRIFFIN.
MISS GRIFFIN.
HENRY MCCOY.
FRED MCCOY.
MISS VIRDIE MCCOY.
c. c. ODEN. a prominent planter.
MISS NORMA ODEN.
LESTER ODEN.
MISS THELMA ODEN.
MRS. C. c. ODEN.
The injured.
Son and niece of Nathan Griffin.
Mrs. Henry Mccoy and two children.
r. G. Quick
Dick Quick.
Family of Mccoy, seven persons.
Mrs. Holstein Horton
Miss Ida Horton.
Richard Griffin.
It is believed several of the injured
will die. The storm came from the
southwest and took its destructive path
in q northeasterly direction, tearing ev-
erything in its way. The section
through which it went is on flat ia
bic land of Blount county There was
not the slightest intimation of its APP
proach until the houses were being torn
to pieces.
one of the first houses destroyed was
that of Nathan Griffin The house was
demolished and Mr.. Griffin and his son
James were killed. Mrs Griffin was
so badly injured that she died at an
early hour this morning Another son
and a niece Of Mr.. Griffin had mir
/ aculous escape, running from the house
before the demolition was completed
and saving their lives. They were in
iured. but will recover. The house OF
/ John Mccoy was the next wrecked. but
he and his family escaped with severe
bruises.
The home of Henry Mccoy, son of
John Mccoy. received the worst impact
of the storm His wife was severely
injured. two of his children are still
unconscious and may die, and he and
his baby and two other children are
dead. He was still clasping his baby
in his arms when his body was found
close to the house.
The storm then took an easterly di-
rection and struck the house of G. O.
Oden The trees in the yard were
twisted into gnarled shapes and even
the vegeta bles in the garden were torn
from their roots. Mr. Oden was killed
outright and so were his three daugh-
ters. aged s. II and 9 years. respective
". Mrs Oden received injuries from
which she died later The home OF Mrs
Henry Wharton was not badly injured
Then came the home of r. 6. Quick
It went into smithereens and he and
f,-s4 nd o
mule killed, but there were no fatalities
FATAL STORM IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock Ark, April 9.-Specials 10
the Gazette from several towns IN
White and Cleburne counties. Arkan-
sas. tell OF a tornado which swept
through that section Tuesday night,
leaving death and destruction in It's
path The major portion or the coun-
fry through which the storm plowed It's
way is remote from railroads, telegraph
or telephone lines. A correspondent
wires from Searey, Ark. last night that
he had gone over a portion of the track
of the storm and that trees were twist
cd from their trunks and houses de-
noolished Thus far it has been inn
possible to ascertain where the storm
began. but it is known that it RACED IN
those two counties.
The latest reports are that nine per-
sons are dead, three dying. and three
/ badly injured. The towns of Little Red,
Albion, Bradford. Heber and Pangburn
have been heard from thus far:
THE DEAD
JOHN LEGGETT, Little Red.
JOE LEGGETT. Little Red.
TOM KING AND WIFE, Little Red.
/ Three King children
Young lady school teacher, who was
1 boarding at Kings
A. c. WILLIAMS. near Heber.
THE INJURED
Infant child Of King family.