Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1907-04-11
TORNADO Sweeps
over THE SOUTH.
FIFTEEN LIVES ARE LOST. AND
GREAT DAMAGE TO PROP
ERTY DONE.
Louisiana Towns Suffer-AIexandria
Has Fearful Experience, Many
Dwellings Being Wrecked-lnsane
Asylum at jackson Is Destroyed. S

New Orleans, April 6.-Probably Is
lives were instantly blotted out Fri
day by tornado which swept across
portions of three Gulf states, which
was distinctly traceable for a distance
OF 800 miles and which took about II
hours in crossing this zone.
The tornado moved from west to-
east, crossing the southern extremi-
ties OF Louisiana and Mississippi and
striking into Alabama for a short dis
lance. Portions of four towns were
devastated and damage probably ex-
ceedlng half million dollars was
done, for in addition to the places in
which the tornado manifested fatal
violence, the disturbance did general
damage to property, crops and te1e--
graph wires throughout it's 800 mile
course.
The tornado began at Alexandria,
La, soon after one o'clock in the
morning, instantly killing four per-
sons there, probably fatally injuring
three and seriously injuring 10 others.
Soon after daylight it neared the Mis-
sissippi river, instantly killing five
persons at Jackson, La, while at
Bayou Sara, La, at least a dozen
others are reported killed. There was
one fatal injury at Jackson. The tor
nado next appeared at Carson, Miss,
where great property damage was
done, and the last heard of it was
about noon near Selma, Ala, where
the inhabitants saw whirling clouds
rise into the air as they crossed the
river. One death, negro, was report
ed near Selma, but not confirmed.
Alexandria Devastated.
Alexandria, town of about 10000
inhabitants, had fearful 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 such sights as an
empty Iron Mountain passenger train
rolling over and over. Immediately
after the wind spent it's violence a
heavy hail storm came on.
Luckily, the main portion of Alex
andria escaped the worst of the tor
nado, which cut path through the
northern part of the town, a residence
completely wiped out, so were dam
aged and altogether about 100 build
ings were seriously wrecked, includ-
ing several business houses. The.
Iron Mountain road lost it's round,
house. A freak of the wind drove
small section of a house into one of
the empty passenger coaches, wedg-
ing these two bodies almost inextrica-
bly, together.
In the woods about the town the
tornado cut down trees and small cab
ms in narrow line about nine miles
long. Several houses were blown
down at Pineville, and injuries were
reported. The hail did much damage
to crops.
At daylight Alexandria began the
work of clearing the debris, Mayor
Turner organizing relief movement
at noon. The damage was estimated
at s20O,O0O q,
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Details are meager from Jackson,
La. The insane asylum there was al
most wholly wrecked with a loss of
about 100000. In addition to three
female inmates, many others were in
jured. Mrs. Zach LEAFS residence was
blown down and first reports said that
her daughter Mary was killed while
others say she was fatally injured.
Two negroes were killed on nearby
plantation, while reports from the sur
rounding country indicated that there
was probably more loss of life among
negroes whose flimsy cabins tumbled
on the heads of their occupants.
At Bayou Sara several passengers
on the steamer Betsy Ann, running
to Natchez, had thrilling escape.
The Betsy Ann was reduced to al
most a total wreck. While the break
ing timbers both from the steamer
and from the shore flew through the
air, the crew got all the passengers
safely ashore. First Mate Abe Croth-
ers had an arm broken, and hardly
out painful bruises. :.s ~
Carson Suffers Severely. -.
At Carson, Miss, the next point the
tornado struck, the Mississippi Gen.
trail railroad depot was blown down,
also a church, scholhouse and two
business buildings and several cabins.
Here the tornado's path was but 200
yards wide and, the wind blew from
the southeast.
8 From Carson, the storm. crossed the
state line into Alabama, where it be-
gan to lose much of it's destructive
power. -s-*,
Peculiar weather conditions pre-
vailed all day throughout south Lou
isiana and Mississippi Sudden rains
were followed by clear skies and gusts
of wind were incessant.
JAIL DELIVERY Fooled.