Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1907-04-11
RUIN Al0 DEATH:
4 osst' nefissN Nr.jsado Sweeps
Thsa b States.
*scn6.S ARE KILLED.

And Many Buildiings Are Destroyed
In the Path of the Hurricane. The
City of AIexn, ,dria Had u Fearful
Experience. sSeveral Other Cities
And Towns were Wrecked by the
Awful Storm.
A most destructive tornado visit
ed portions OF louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama on Friday, leaving ruin
and death in its path. 1t swept over
three hu1dred niles across portions
OF tho above named States. Parts of
four towns were devastated with
damage exceeding 100000. The
wind damaged property. crops and
telegraph wires throughout it's course
AIT llsssst 40 are known to have been
a1iIls& and five times that number
hunt.
1he tornado psgan at Alexandria,
La, soon after ! ne o'clock Friday
morning, killingifou persons, prob
;ably fatally injuring three and SER
iously injuring thirteen others. Soon
after daylight IL neared the Miss1s-
sippi River, kilrng hve persons at
Jackson, La, while at Bayou Sara,
La, at Ieast half dozen others were
reported killed. There was one IA
tai injury at Jackson.
The tornado next appeared at Car
SON. Miss, where the great property
damage was done, and disappeared
about noon near Selma, Ala, where
the Inhabitants saw whirling clouds
rise into the air as they crossed the
river. A negro was reported killed
near Selma. II Is not known now
how many peonle were killed, Saa
VIII not be knowr until reports from
1.-THE county oistrfrts are all in.
Alexandria, a tpwu OF ABOUT $4,000
Inhabitants, had p fearfai experience
When the tornado struck the electric
lights went out, the cracking Of fall
ing buildings could be heard above
the noise OF the wind, and vivid light
ming flashes showed sucn sights as an
empty Iron Mountain passenger train
rolling ove- and ovec. heavy hail
storm added to the general discom-
future.
The main portion cf Alexandria es-
capped the worst of the tornado, which
cut path through the northern por-
I tion OF the town, a residence quar-
ter. About a score of homes were
demolished. fifty were damaged. and
all together about hundred build
ings we're wrecked. ipcluding several
business houses.
A freak of the wind drove small
section of a house into an empty
passenger coach. weighing these two
ibodies almost inextricably together.
In the woods about In town the tor
nado cut down trees TOT about nine
miles. Several houses were blown
down at Pineville ard injuries were
reported. The hail ala much dam
age to crops.
At Jackson. La. the insane asylum
was wrecked with a qOss about $780,
900. In addition II three re male
inmates many other, were injured.
Two negroes were killed on nearby
plantation, while rdports from the
surrounding country indicate that
there was probably more loss OF life.
At Bayou Sara severai passengers
on the steamer BetsF Ann had q re-
markable escape. THE Betsy Ann
was severely wrecked. While Dreak-
ing timbers from tre steamer and
from the shore flew through the air
the crew got all the passengers sa1e-
Iy ashore.
AT Carson. Miss. the MISSISSIPPI
Central Depot was blown down, also
"a church, a school rouse, TWO busi-
ness buildings and seVeral cabins
from Carson the storm crossed the
State line into Alabama wnere IL be-
gan to lose much of lts power.
devastation i'm Alabama.
Specials from various parts or Ala
hama tell of death and devastation
from the cyclone wFlch swept owe
the southern and eastern portions o.
the State Friday.
At BradleytOn, the nome OF Hugf
Farrier. q prominent planter. wa:
blown down. instantly killing Mr.
Farrier and his six year-old son anC
fatally iniurine Mrs Farrier.
The storm tore mp the tracks o
the Atlantic Coast Line from Petre,
to Patsburg, a distance or severa
miles.
Probably loss of lie Is reported
from North Perico, where on TN
plantation of j. c. Moore, banke
of Marion, a row of houses was blowl
down.
During a storm FRIDAY AFTERNOON
lighting struck the jail at Selma
knocked down part OF the wall or TN
prison and terrifying the prisoners