The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1906-03-08
A Tornado at Meridian, Miss,
Wrought Destruction TO Prop
erty and Loss of Life.
ESTIMATED DAMAGE, SI,5Oo,OOO
Twenty Four Persons We're Killed
and Forty.Six Seriously liz
iured, Many Fatally.
Work Of Clearing Debris Being Rapidly
Pushed by Working Idle Negroes
Seven Companies Of state
Militia on Guard.

Mobile, Ala, March Information
has reached here by telephone, all tel.
egraph wires being down, that a de-
structive tornado visited Meridian,
Miss, killing many white and colored
people, and damaging property to the
extent of $1,500,000.
There were also scores seriously in
jured by being caught in the wreckage
of houses. The tornado caught the
city on the southwest and travelled to
the northeast, expending itself in two
suburbs, where many negroes were
killed and injured, whole tenement
district being wiped out.
Two large Wholesale stores, one
smaller one, the principal hotel the
electric lighting plant and all the
smaller property between the Mobile
6 Ohio railroad depot and the busi-
ness part of the city are badly dam.
AGED. Twenty-one men were caught
in a restaurant and several were kill
ed. Two stories of the Y NJ. G. A.
building were wrecked and other build
ings suffered in the upper stories.
Meridian, Miss, March 5.--The re-
vised list of the dead and injured as
the result OF the tornado which swept
through this city Friday evening
shows a total of "a dead and &c in
iured, number of whom are not ex-
peoted TO live. No additional deaths
have been reported since last night.
Tile property loss has been semi-ofii-
cially reported ct one and one.quarter
millions dollars, the estimated destruc-
tion Of residences alone being placed
at 500, practically all in the Lindsey
Iiill section of the east end and
Georgetown. OF the sufferers from the
tornado only FIVE carried tornado in
surance. amounting to $4,000.
Seven companies of state militia are
still on guard and enforcing work by
idle negroes. 100 being at work remov-
ing the debris An order was issued
Sunday night ordering the removal OF
the troops on Tuesday
Col. William e. McCant, in com
mand of the national guard, which now
spreads out in Gordon order over the
devastated district. said that never in
his years Of military experience had he
observed before the entire absence of
vandalism and ghoulish acts which us
unlly follow on the heels Of a like dis
aster. Not single instance OF this
character has been reported.
After leaving Meridian and entering
Macon, suburban town, five miles
distant. all trace OF the storm seems
to have disappeared. Little II any
damage is reported from the country.
Work OF relief was continued all
Sunday, and hundreds Of mechanics
are now about to begin work Of re-
building Monday. Authentic reports re-
ceived from Macon. Marion and
Meehan Junction. all OF which were
reported destroyed. stated that there
were no fatalities at each place. Nee
han Junction escaped entirely. No IA
talities occurred other than those In
and around Meridian. The general re-
lief committee decided to accept the
volunteer contributions from other
points, but stated positively Meridian
was not seeking outside aid.