Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-03
Already Taken Out of
 the Debris.
LOSS IS $l,OOO,OoO
Tornado Swept Right Through the Center of the Town Leav- ing Death and Destuc-
 ton in Its Wake.

Memphis, Tenn, March 3.-A staff special to the Commercial-Appeal from Meridian, Miss, says:
 tornado in the wake of which fol- lowed death, fire and property loss in sum not to be estimated at this hour, descended shortly after 6 o'clock last night and plowed pathway from the southern to the eastern suburbs of the city.
 At ? o'clock this morning the city was in darkness, and the local guards by the light of camp fires were pa trolling an area of debris and wreck age that extends in slender path from the Meridian Fertilizer Go on the south to the Meridian cotton mills, in what is known as Georgetown, an east ern suburb of the city.
 The known dead are:
 Patrick McGinnis, local freight con- ductor, Mobile and Ohio railroad.
 Mrs s. k. Singleton and little grand daughter, killed in their home by the falling roof.
 John Smith of Selma, engineer on Southern railway.
 William R. Nelson, ex-chief of po- lice.
 Police Officer Tarry.
 Claude Williams.
 Five unknown negroes and whites killed in the Georgetown cotton mills suburb.
 Six unknown killed in the fertilizer factory suburb.
 The injured:
 - Shererer. clerk New Orleans and Northeastern freight depot.
 W. J. Woodside, seriously.
 Will Yarbrough, hurt internally.
 Frank Woodruff of AnnistOn. Ala, hookkeeper Meyer-Neville Hardware Co.
 w. A. Garrett, night clerk, restau- rant. seriously.
 Grady Stone, colored, hurt internal ly.
 - Dean, operator Mobile and Ohio railroad. hurt internally.
 Colonel Charles Elmire.
 About 6.10 D. III. the clouds began to gather. At 6:37 the storm came. It was of four minutes duration.
 A rain fell steadily for half an hour following the tornado, aiding in extin- gushing the innumerable fires that were springing up. The residence DOT tlon of the city escaped harm.
 Meridian has always considered it. self tornado proof. Mount Barton and the Sand Mountain hills were accepted as q safeguard against such disaster The Sowashee valley was crossed by | the storm and this was most unexpecf- | cd. The fire department has recovered l the charred bodies of several negroes l taken from the ruins of small tene- | ments which were in the wake of the | wind and fire.
 Ii is safe to estimate the property | loss at round million. The largest | single loss will probably fall on the | Meyer-Neville Hardware Co. Its build ing is~a brick heap.
 The Meridian Fertilizer Co.'S loss is almost total. It was this building that the storm first struck. The power sta tion was visited, and while the tall | chimney escaped the fury of the wind, yet other parts of the plant are so dam- aged that 1t may be ten days before it is possible to er-establish its lighting facilities. North of the power house the storm overturned a few box cars and crossed the tracks of the Alabama and Nicksburg railroad. There is n cluster of depots in this vicinity, and two operators in these were injured. The buildings were damaged, but no lives lost.
 The Tom Lyle Grocery Co was crushed Into heap. The Roebuck Lumber Co. one of the largest in east had its yards swept away. Will Ethridge. young man. was carried 100 yards through the air by the wind and set down on his feet un- hurt. At this hour details are meagre. and the city is in total darkness. Not until daylight can complete story of fa dfrastar ka tnfH |