The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-06-02
TAE GAINESVILLE HORROR
The Greatest Loss of Life at the Cotton Mills
Whore Eighty are Reporied Killed.
SeVenty-fys May Have Been
Killed at New
Holland.
(Bx the Associated Press.l


Gainesville Ca, June Just after the
noon hour the city was struck by ter
rife cyclone, killing probably 100 persons.
unroofing the city hotels and other large
buildings and destroying the Gainesville
cotton mills The greatest loss Of life is
reported in the destruction Of the cotton
mills where about eight ypersons are re-
ported killed and scores injured.
Eighteen persons we're killed in the city
between the center Of town and the rail
road station. where four large stores were
blown down. lhe storm had driven many
persons into these sores for refuge and
they were probably all killed There were
five hundred persons at work in the cot
ton mill when the cyclone struck The
mill was three-story building The first
story was left standing, but badly wrecked.
The second and third floors were com
pletely demolished and the employees caught
under the Wreekage and mangled
1t is now estimated there are at least
seventy-five bodies under the gereekage
Of the third floor
It is not wnolxn how many persons Oh
the second floor Of the building were
killed
The roof of the electric car barn was
lifted and the building badly damaged.
The railroad depot suffered also.
mong the dead are:
MRS MARSHALL CAMP and child
JACK MURPHY, aged twelve, son Of
Widow Murphy.
JJIAH JACKSON
ETHEL LYLE.
ANNIE GARRETT.
CLAUDE SHEDD.
The wife and daughter Of w. ID. SLOAN
I lawyer, were fatally injured.
Among others injured were. Mrs. Tally
and daughter, badly hurt Mrs. Jones,
wife of Mr. Jones, who keeps grocery store
1ear Southern depot J. II. Logan. badly
INJURED; James Simpson, Maude Gordon,
John Simpson, Anna Schubert ola Nil.
Ter, Edward Skinner, Bessie skinner Mrs.
Clark Mrs. J. B. Humbville, Alonzo
Fred, Doe stovall, Joe shubert, Milledge
Hill Willie Boone. Perry Connor
The Gainesville cotton mills were blown
down and nearly every employe in the
building killed including large number
of children.
The Southern depot was blown down
The Gainesville Iron Works were de-
molished and several people persisted in
the wreck
The Gainesville cotton oil mills were
blown down
The Old Piedmont oHtel now used as Il
school and apartment house was razed
and half dozen or more people were
killed in it.
The Richmond Hotel was wrecked and
several perished along with it. One hum
dred and twenty-five cottages a school
house and church were blown away in
the negro section Of the town
Five brick stores on the main street
'f Gainesville We're swept away In all
zoo buildings are demolished here. The
cyclone went on to New Holland and
t is beloved that at least seyenty-dvo
people are led there.
Neither the Arlington Hotel nor Brennan
Jolege was in the track Of the tornado
md they were therefore safe with their
occupants
The tornado first hit the town below
he Southern Railway depot. It dropped
lmost unnoticed and without any realiza-
ion Of what happened it had ripped down
rick dwellings, frame houses, churches
Au SNuoOl buiiuluSS as II IHeY were SIIuc-
ures OF paper One Of the first buildings
o fall was the GanesvlAe cotton mill,
three-story structure Tie third and
econd stories were shaved off smoothly
bout 500 were working in them at the
me but great portion Of them were in
ne lower story and scaped.
In the five brick buildings on the main
rect about eighteen people were killed.
lost of them employees in the stores
A fire started in this pile Of wreckaga
nd the fire department was unable to
ct to it because Of the distractions in the
rect.
As soon as the storm had razel the
Indings those who were not disabled at
ace went 70 work at rescuing the vic
ms All the stores in the business sec
ons that were not hit closed their
'ors and every male citizen who could
nd hand promptly Joined in the work
rescue. This work is now going on
ID the piles of dead in the path Of the
orm are being identified aud given to
latiyes as rapidly as possible
The tornado tore down all the wires
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