The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-04-22
TORNAD0ES IN TIE SOUTH
MANY Lives Lost in Arkansas and
Alabama.
SCORES OF HOUSES DESTROYED

Children Find Safety Under Tcd IN
Which tho Debris Fsn-In Both States
the Wind Eazed Everything In It's rath
-Trees Uprooisd-rhe Loss OF Life.
Little Rock. Ark.-Dispatches from
several towns in White and Cleburne
counties, IN Arkansas. tell OF a tornado
which sweep through that section OF
the State. leaving death and des:ruc.
ton In its wake. The record Of cas-.
Ialties so far Is nine dead. three dy-
Ing. and thirteen badly injured. Tie
towns OF Little Red. Albion. Bradford.
Hcbcr and PanSburn have been heard
from so far.
The major portion of the country
through which the storm p!owed i,s
way Is remote from railways. telegraph
or telephone lines. 4 special cor.
respondent telegraphed from Searcy.
Ark. that lie had gone over a portion of
tie track of the storm. and that trees
were twisted from their roots aud
houses were demolished.
Bradford. which Is OH the Iron Noun.
tain Road. was the first point heard
from. Several houses were blown
down there and one man was badly In.
jured. The tornado came from the
west and spent its force by the time
1t reached Bradford.
4 special from Heber says that In
the tornado which swept across this
section A. Z. Williams. living ten miles
south OF Heber. was killed. He was
seventy years old and lived with his
wife on top OF one Of the mountains
south Of this town. His house was
caught up by the wind ard thrown
down the mountain side. lie being
killed. His wife was badly injured
and Is not expected to live. A white
man named Houston. living near VIII.
iams, had both arms broken.
At Pangburn six residences we-e
blown down and flock Of sheep and
a number of cattle. hogs and horses
were killed.
At Little Red PostofFice Albert Killer.
Elbert Derile.. Walker Pollard. Mrs.
Pollard and Tom" King lost all their
houses. barns and other buildings.
Forty.three residences and sixteen
barns destroyed and other wreckasc Is
the record OF the damage.
The tornado swept everything in q
path Il mile wide.
At Pangburn Mrs. Hover;on and one
child were badly hurt and are not ex'
pected to live. A number Of others
were hurt, but not seriously.
Hanceviile. Aha tornado passed
over Hopewell :ettlement. one and a
half mile north Of here. and rs result
eleven persons are dead. four are fatal.
IL Injured, and 4 dozen or more arc
more or less seriously hurt. while the
destruction to property Is heavy.
The storm CAME from the southeast.
and its roar was so terrific that II
awoke many people. some OF whom
fed from their houses In time To es.
cape death by having the houses blown
down OH them.
Buildings were tosse. about like
paper boxes. and several structures
were blown a hundred yards or more.
The body of Henry Mccoy. who was
prominent farmer. was blown 2OO
yards and landed In sand pit The
house OF Mrs. John Norton was blown
down but the family escaped by crawl
Ing under the bed. while the timber
and brick fell on top Of the bed. break
Ing the force Of the fall. Trees were
uprooted In all directions.
AS soon rs the destruction wrought
became known here. rescuers hurried
to the scene to give attention to the
dead and wounded.