The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-11
DEATH RODE THE GALE.
Terrible Storms in Alabama and Ar
kansas.

Terrible Storms in Alabama and Ar
kansas.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April S.--The
ID little hamlet of Hopewell, forty
miles north of this city and one
mile from Hanceville, was swept away
early this morning by a cyclone, which
cut d path of desolation a mile wide
and two miles long across a prosper
Gus farming section of Blount county
Ten persons were instantly killed
three or four fatally injured and &
score seriously Injured.
The Dead.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Griffin.
John Griffin.
Henry Mccoy.
Fred Mccoy.
Miss Birdie Mccoy.
{. c. Oden.
Miss Norma Uden.
Lester Oden.
Miss Thelma Oden.
The Injured
Son and niece Of Nathan Griffin
Mrs. Henry Mccoy and TWO children
r. B. Quick, Dick Qu,ck, family CT Nc
Coy, seven persons; Mrs. Holest eir
Horton, Miss Ida Horton, Richard
Griffin.
1t is believed ina several of the in
jured will die. The st1 IN camc from
the southwest and took its destructive
path in a northeasterly direction, tear
ing everything away III It's way. IT,
section through which it Went is On 4
fiat lakeland of Blount county.
Came Without Warning.
There was not tie slightest ndica,
ton of its approach. one of the first
houses destroyed Vas that of Nathan
Griffin. The house was demolished anC
Mr. Griffin and tbs sJr .iames w:.It
killed. Mrs. Griffin was so badly i'll,
jured that she died ut an eIrly lIofh
this morning. An oth=r son and u niece
of Mr.. Griffin made a, miracuiou;
escape, running from the house befur;
the demolition was completed and saw
! ing their lives. They We're injured hI
will recover.
The house of John Mccoy was thc
next wrecked, but he ana his family
escaped with severe bruises.
The home of Henry Mccoy, son 81
John Mccoy. received the WOrsC imiiact
of the storm. His vile Mas severely
injured, two of his chill lren are still
unconscious and may die and be AL:
his baby and two other children ART
dead He was still cllsplnS his ba1
in his arms when his body Was fou5d
close to the house.
The storm then took an easterly di
rection and struck the I0hSe of c. {.
Oden. The trees in the yard We n
twisted into gnarled shapes ami ever
the vegetables in the garden were tori
from their roots. Mr.. Oden WAS killed
| outright and so were his three dauyh
tiers, aged 8, II and 8 respectively. Mrs
Oden received injuries from which sn'
may not recover.
The home of Mrs. Henry EThartol
was not so badly damaged. Then ca ,n'
the home of R. B. Quick. Il went lnrc
smithereens and he and his two chill
dren were injured.
Little Rock, Ark. April S.-Spe cials t
the Gazette from several towns in Whit
and Cleburne counties, Arkansas. tell o
tornado which swept through that sec
tion Tuesday night, leaving death and de
struction in its path The major portion
| plowed its way is remote from railroads
| telegraph or telephone lines. A CORE
| spoudent wires from Searcy. Ark, to
night that he had gone over 4 portion .
! the track of the storm and that tree
were twisted from their trunks an
| Impossible to ascertain where the storm
! began, but it is known that it ragged il
those two counties.
The latest reports are that nine per
sons are dead. three dying. and thre
| badly injured. The towns of Little Red
| Albion Bradford Heber and Pangburl
have been heard from thus far
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