The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-20
HENNEGER, ALA IS
 BIG MASS OF RUINS
Many Buildings Are Totally Destroyed and Not a House In Community
 Escapes Injury.

Gadsden. November 19.-(SpeciaL)-A cyclone. cutting a path half mile wide, struck the little town of Henneger in DeKalb county Sunday morning just at daybreak and carried death and ruin ia it's path, the town being completely wrecked. Scarcely a building was left standing. The cyclone started near the home of the Rev. R. L. Wilson, about a half a mile from the town and completely demolished his barn and other outbuild- ings, killing pair of fine mules and other live stock. The Wilson home was just out of the path of the storm and was unin- jured.
 At Henneger, the stores of Kirby Bros. and l. E. Breeland, the Rural Drug and Dry Goods company, and the drug store of Dr. F.. R. Smith, together with the Methodist church, high school building were twisted into mass of ruins in few moments Every dwelling and out house in the town is damaged. and 1t is considered a miracle that no one was killed, as most of the people were in their homes asleep and tad no warning of the storms approach.
 No Reports From Country.
 No reports from the country districts have been received but it is feared that the loss will amount to thousands of doi- lars as the storm is one of the most vlo- lent that has ever visited that portion of the state. Henneger Is twelve miles from the nearest railroad station. The town ,s located on one of the highest parts of Sand mountain and is six miles fror.I the eastern brow and twelve mNes from Valley Head on the Alabama Great South ern railroad.
 Hawkins Describes Havoc.
 The Rev. Ira Hawkins, presiding elder of inc Cadsden district of this city, who vas at Henneger during the fearful cy- clone at that place Sunday morning, ar rived here from the scene at O clock tonight He says that words can hardly describe the scene of ruin and destruc- tion wrought by the terrible cloud. The stores and houses were literally reduced tn splinters and families of people were blown from their beds and hurled into the streets, and everything they possessed i. was carried and scattered TOT Iniies III the whiring mass.
 Fifteen buildings were wrecked, and the four stores had their contents scattered about promiscuously and are a total loss. The path cut by the storm was aoout one-fourth of mile wide. The cloud ap- p,oached from the southeast and swept three and half miles north and perhaps further.
 Everything Blown Down.
 "A every farm house. fence and tree was blown fiat, and dead animals and fowls were seen everywhere. The Rev Hawkins who was occupying the parsonage, states that he was awakened about o'clock Sunday morning and the entire atmos- phere seemed to be living mass of fire, when the house began to shake and twist, and finally the roof blew off. The storm lasted for only about one minute, and the scene following. he states. was inde- scribable. The people gathered under the parts of their homes that were left and waitd for daylight to come, and sought shelter then in neighboring homes. Mir. Hawkins states that the cyclone it left the little town resemhed an immense ball Of fire. and the noise sounded like a mighty roar that could be heard for sev- erai miles after il had passed.
 Citizens Give Thanks.
 He states that citizens of Littletowr hold . mass meeting and offered