The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-04-16
10 PERSONS KILLED.
4 Path Of nesolaiiea (ui Aoross q
Prosperous farmias sesiiOn.
LILLE ALABAMA Town RAID.
Besides Those Killed Outright Three
or Four Were Fatally snj Score
Seriously Injured.

word OF warning the little hamlet %
Hope Nell foIty miles north ., this
city and one mile from Hanc~si lie.
morning by cyclone. whleh cut path
or dcsolation across = prosperous farm
ing section of Blount county. Ten per-
sons we're Killed. thrre or four fatally
and a score seriously injured The
Head: Nathan Griffin. James Grfln
Henry Mccoy and three children. {. &
Oden. pTominen; planter Heller
Oden. Miss Thelma Oaen. Mrs. {. e
oden The injured \ son and niece
OF Nathan Griffin. Mrs. Grifin. Ms
Nora Oden. Mrs Henry Mccoy and
two children. X. C. Quick. Dink Quick.
family Of Mccoy. seven persons. Mrs.
Holstin Horton, Miss lnez Horton.
Richard Griffin.
IL is believed that several Of the in
| jured will die. The storm Travelled In a
northeastcrly direction wTecking ov-
| erythlng in It's path. One of the first
| houses struck was that of Nathan
| Griffin. the house vas demolished and
Mr.. Griffin and HE son. James. wer.
killed. Mrs. Griffin was SO badly In
| Jared that she died later. Another son
and niece OF Mr. Griffin made a miracu-
!ous escape by running from the house
before the demolition was complete
and saving their lives. They were in
mred, but all recover
The house OF John Mccoy was then
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 Ihe storm
His wife was severely injured. two OF
his children are still unconscious and
may die. and he and his babe and two
other children are dead.
The storm then struck the house az
c. c. Oden. Trees I'm the yard were
twisted into gnarled shapes and even
the vegetables in the garden were torn
up by their roots. Mr.. Odon was Kill
ed ont right as were his three dluRh-
teis. aged 10. II and years. respec-
lively. Mrs ,Oden received injuries
from which she died later.
The home OF Mr. Henry Wharton
was next attacked by the storm and II
was wrecked but Mrs. Wharton was
not badly injured. Then came the
home Of r. G. Quick. II went 10 pieces
and he and his two children were in
jured, but there were no fatalities
there.
Little Rock. Ark, Special.-Spe
cials to The Arkansas Gazette from
several towns in White and Cleburne
counties, Ark, tell of tornado which
swept through that section Tuesday
night, leaving death and destruction
in its wake. The major portion Of tho
country through which the storm
ploughej its way is remote from rail
road. telegraph or telephone lines.
The dead are: Jim Leggitt. Littl'
Red; Joe Leggitt. Little Red: Ton
King and wife, Little Red; KinG
children; young lady school teacher
who was boarding at Kings; 4. c.
Williams. near Heber.
The injured are: Infant child o
the King family; Mrs. a. &. VIII
liams, near Heber, not expected &
live; Buck Neeley. Searcy; Alber
Keeler. Elbert Derritt. Walker Pol
, lard. Little Red; two Of the Polar,
family near Albion; Mrs. HovertOI
and child, Pangburg. not expected Il
live; Miss Burkhousen, Little Red
leg broken and skull fractured: Wal
ter Muller Pangburn. les broken
Mrs. Henry Wells. injured internally
. fatally; unknown woman. Pangburn
, both legs broken; Tom Houston, nea
! Heber, both arms broken: unknowl
man at Bradford.
a special from Heber says: In tn
tornado which swept across this sec
ton last night A. G. Williams, livin
ten miles south Of Hcber, was killed
He was 10 years of age, and lived wit
his wife on top Of one Of the mouI
tains south Of this town. His house wa
: caught up by the wind and throw
. down the mountain side. he bein
: killed and his wife badly injured.
Pansburn six residences were blow
\ down. A large church near Pangbur
! was blown half a mile"
q Forty three residences and .sixtee
barns destroyed and other wreckaf
is the record OF the damage reporte
up to s o'clock.