Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-03
The List of Killed.
he known dead are:

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Patrick McGlnnis. local freight conductor,
Mobile and Ohio. killed IN Elimires restau-
rant.
Mrs s. r. Singleton and little grand
daughter killed In home by falling roof.
John Smith of Selma, engineer on South
ern. killed in Elmires restaurant.
William r. Nelson. eX-chief of police,
killed in Thornton's transfer stable.
Police Officer Tarry. killed In Thorntons
transfer stable.
Claude Williams. killed in the Meyer
Neville Hardware Companys store.
Five unknown negroes and whites killed in
Georgetown cotton mill suburb
Six unknown killed in the fertilizer fac
tory suburb.
The injured:
- Shererr. clerk. New Orleans and
Northeastern freight depot
W. J. WOodside. cash in side of head Sc
rious.
VIII Yarbough, clerk in restaurant. hurt
internally.
Frank Woodruff of Admission. Ala boor-
Keeper Meyer-Neville Hardware Company.
William a. Garrett night clerk, Cameron's $
restaurant leg broken and otherwise Sc
TiOuSly injured
Grady Stone. colored leg broken and i,,,r+
internally.
hurt internally anu O''io'
Col. Charles Elmire, injured abou; head
and back 'o]
About 6:1O nm. the clouds beoa, 70
gather They came hurriedly and bovared
close and black over the city. AT Cor the
STORM broke 1t was of estimated four
minutes duration.
A Reign of Terror.
During this time a reign of terror pre-
vailed The air was filed with missiles
Rain fell steadily for half an hour follow
ing tie tornado. aiding In the suppression
OF the innumerabie fires that were spriugine
up.
The residence portion of the city, u,os
safe from harm.
Meridian had always considered itself
toruado-proof. Mount Barton and Sand
Mountain hills were accepted as seutinels
against such disasters. The Sowashee
valley was crossed by the storm and this
was most unexpected
F. T. Woodruff, bookkecper for the
MeFe:-NeVille Hardware Company is now
piontoned under the debris of the fve-story
structure, his foot caught but his body
peculiarly protected from injury Work
men are buSily engaged in an effort 10 re
lieve him. and with saw and hammer he is
aiding as best ne can. The fire Department
has recovered the Charred bodies of several
negroes taken from the ruins OF small tene-
ments which were in the wake OF the wind
and fire.
Property Loss Million.
1t is safe to estimate the property loss
at around a million The largest single
loss will probably fall on the Meyer-Neville
Hardware Company. Its building is a
brick heap
The Meridian Fertilizer Company's loss
Is almost total II was this building that
the storm first struck. In a northerly direc-
the wind wound its way, tearing path
through negro settlement. Little is known
of the loss Of life there. The property
loss viii not he great.
The power station was visited and while
the tall chimney escaped the fury of the
wind, yet other parts of the plant are SO
demolished that IL may be ten days before
IL Is possible To re-establish It's lighting
facilities. North OF the power house the
storm overturned few box cars and
crossed the tracks OF the Alabama and
Nicksburg railroad There Is a cluster of
depots in this vicinity and two operators
In these were injured. The buildings were
damaged but no lives lost The building of
the Tom Lyle Grocery Company was
crushed to heap of splintered lumber and
flre followed it's fall. The Roebuck Lumber