Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-05
The Society and Tuamotu Islands
Swept by Cyclone--T Thousands
Killed--LOss in the Millions.
Nineteen Lives Lost and Million in
Damage by Friday Nights
Big Storm at Meridian, Miss.
At MERIDIAN, MISS.

Meridian, Miss, March 4.-The re.
vised list of dead and injured as the
result of the tornado which swept
through this city Friday evening shows
total of "a deaths and 46 injured, a
number of whom are not expected to
live. No additional deaths have been
reported since last night. The proper
~ loss has been semi-officially report
ed AZ one and quarter millions, the
estimated destruction of residences
alone being placed at 500 practically all
in the Lindsey section of the East End
and Georgetown.
work OF relief was continued all day
and hundreds of mechanics are now
here to begin the work or rebuilding
tom0rrow. Other workmen and mate
rial will arrive tonight and in the
morning.
Authentic reports received from Ma
con, Marion and Mehan Junction, all
OF which were reported destroyed, state
that there were no fatalities at either
place. Mehan Junction escaped entire
ly. No fatalities occurred other than
those in and around Meridian,
Meridian, Miss, March 4.-Ninetcen
lives were lost and $1,000, 900 damage
done to property by Friday nights tor
nado. Besides, so persons were serious
ly injured and several hundred rem
dered fomless.
The entire south side Of Front street
and the east and west sides of I'D ave-
nue. from Front to Railroad streets suf-
fered severely, many buildings being
demolished. This section comprised the
business district, and besides the dam
age done here. the negro district was
devastated.
All day the militiamen have been
keeping back the crowds Of sightseers
who have lowered about the ruins, so
as to permit of Il most thorough search
for bodies.
Eleven of the victims were whites
and eight negroes. Among the whites
killed were: Patrick McGinnie, a con-
ductor on the Mobile & Ohio; Cliff Ed
wards. a flagman; j. p. Iarpee, pO-
liceman: Mrs. Ella Singleton. John p.
Smith, an engineer, and Claude Will
lams, hookkeeper.
Among the 80 buildings in the BUSH
ness district destroyed the most valu-
able We're: Meyer-Neville Hardware
Co, seven stories, on Front street. loss
Grand Avenue Hotel brick, four
stories. Front street and Grand avenue.
loss $4,000; Thomas Lyle, Wholesale
grocery company. loss $4,000, stock
$40, 000 Elmire restaurant loss $4,000:
Thornton's Transfer Co.. $10,00O;. Gull
pepper Hotel, opposite Grand Avenue
Hotel. loss $4,000; Meridian cotton oil
mill, city electric power station. Queen
e.. oh,
building, loss $4,000: freight depot of
the New Orleans & Northeastern Rail-
road. partially destroyed: Meridian
Chair Co., Rush & Co. A.. J. Woodside
4 Co, Pearce compress and Gulf COM
press. damaged by fire and wind.
The tornado approached from the
southeast with fury. Men and women
We're caught in the streets and many
were injured by flying debris. Twenty
houses in the negro district immediate
ly caught fire and quickly burned. The
cotton mill district was also wrecked.
25 houses being blown down. The main
residence portion OF the city escaped
harm.
VIII Ethridge. a young man. was
carried 100 yards through the air by the
wind and then sat down on his feet un-
hurt. srt--
Gov.Vardaman. 100 members of the
Legislature and a score of physicians
arrived from Jackson on special train
last night and the governor has taken
charge of the relief work.
Meridian had always considered itself
Continued on Paes Twal
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