The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-19
Eight Known to Have
 Lost Lives.
DEvAsTATEs THREE STATES
Passes from Gulf Northeastward
 Through Mississippi.
Does Great Damage to Crops and othel Property i'm Districts Heard From whiIe Many Towns
 Are stin Cut on.


 Memphis. Tenn. Nov. 1s.--Eight per- sons are known to have lost their lives, scores of others have been injured. and property and crops have suffered great damage, the extent of which. be- cause of the meagre reports thus far obtainabie canhot be estimated at this time, as a result of one of the most torrential-lllSe wind and rain storms ever experienced in this section.
 The storm, which originated on the Gulf last night and early today, swept northeastward through portions of Alabama, central and northern Missis- sippi and western Tennessee. and In it's northward course razed scores of substantial building. partially demol- ished hundreds of others. caused a complete demoralization of railroad trahic and cut of. telesraphic conn munication wirh many points in the affected territory.
 cotton in the fields blown down by the wind was beaten into the ground. and if not totally destroyed, is badly damaged Besides the loss of life and property, damage is known to have oc~. vurred at number of points directly In the pathway of the storm. which cannot be communicated with. and when complete reports have been re- ,eived, it is feared the loss to both life md property win be gratly increased At winona. Miss. the Catholic. Chris sian ana negro Methqaist churches, and the Hesty brickyard were demolished ana numerous buildings unroofed and badly damage. Among the largest buildings damaged at this place are the postoaice, opera house, the oil mili the compress; warehouse of the Jacksoon Mercantile Company and the residence of E. J. Dunkston. Besides these. about twenty-fve smaller buildings were almost completely destroyed. Tel egraphic communication is completely prostrated.
 of those buildings not totally de- stroyed. the compress was probably the most badly damaged. The roof of this buiiaing was torn ofr by the wind, which at times reached almost tornado like velocity. falling on the home of E. L. Dunkston, 250 yards away. The windstorm was preceded and followed by heavy rains. causing serious wash. outs along the route of the Illinois Central Railroad. and badly damaging crops.
 woman Burned to Death.
 At NatchIson, Miss, serious damage is reported to have occurred, and a woman is said to have been killed by a galIinE building. At Tchula, fall- inc, tree, striking a small frame build ing, caused it to be set atire, wo. man and child being burned to death.
 At Nonconnah Creek, few miles from this city last night a railroad trestIe fell under the weight of switch engine, the engine plunging into the swollen stream. carrying with it Engineer c. ". Peterson and Fire man A. R. Ritchie, who were drowned
 West Point, Columbus and Maben. Miss, arO reported to have suffered serious damage, but as these points are completely cut off from eommunl- cation, 1t Is impossible at this time to ascertain the extent.
 Wolff River, a small stream running a Ar.g. IA kavn nIr fVNlV and in many places beyond the banks
 In the vicinity of Rossville, Tenn, this river is completely out of it's banks, the water flooding the sur rounding territory for many mile. The entire town of RossYille is inundated, the water in the public square reach ing 8 depth of four feet. and great damage has been done to property at thIs place and eastward.
 The storm approached Athens, Ala, from the west and cut path three hundred yards wide through the south ern portion of that city A score of buildings were wrecked but no one was Killed or seriously injured.
 At Mathison, Miss. nearly every buIlding in the southern portion of the town was destroyed. These include the Baptist Church, public school building. several brick buildings and number of residences
 At this place negro woman was killed and several others were intur- ed.
 Near okolona Miss. three lives were lostThO property loss at this place cannot be ascertained tonight.
 At Maben, Miss, Ben Wofford a tele- graph operator, and his wife, sustained injuries which may cause their death. At this place the Maben Bank and sew eral brick buildings were demolished.
 At Bolivar, Tenn, nine inches of rain fell in twenty-four hours, and thousands of head of cattle were caught in the lowlands. Relief parties were out today but because of the high state of the water little could be accomplished in rescuing the drown ing catle. All of the railroads passing through Jackson, Tenn, are tied up by washouts near that city and about one thousand feet of the Mobile and ohio tracks near McNairy Tenn, has been washed away The water in this vicinity is higher than ever be- fore known.
 Grenada, Miss, where serious dam p@S was reported ta Rays occurred,