The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-15
STORM IN MTssIssTPPE.
Three small Towns Are Practically
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Wiped Out.
 Meridian. Miss. Feb. 14-Three small Mississippi towns were practical iy demolished by tornado today. Re- ports of the number killed range rom six to ten with the smaller number probably correct.
 MossviiIe. Service and soso are the towns destroyed. They are all Tn Jones county and all are very small. being merely a handful of scattered dwellings,
 The tornado struck them about noon and in most instances is reported 10 have carried the buildings in it's path. completely off the lots on which they stood. Nearby fields were covered with wreckaee and the branches Cf several trees were filtered with small household artfcies.
 L. S, Morrison, Q residert of Moss. vile. who came here after the storm said that he was outdoors during the blow and was compelled to grasp a wire fence to keep from being blown away. He said the dead at Mossville are Alex Windham and wife, negroes. Near the town, he said. four white per- sons had been killed, man and wife and their two children whose names he did not learn.
 The seriously injured at Mossville are J. W. Robinson, manager of the MossviiIe Mercantile Company; Mir. and Mrs william Campbell and Minnie
 Near Service one child of Ike Hol- loway is reported dead and also an un- known negro. ~ from Soso.
 The tornado was accompanied by a torrent of rain which caused a sud- den rise in the creeks and washed away several bridges. Roads have become impassable in the cyclone dis trict and telegraph and telephone wires were not working tonight.
 Tyler fs Tornado Swept.
 Tyler Texas, Feb. 14.-TyTer was swept by the most disastrous tornado in it's history this morning about 4 o'clock. coming up from the south. west. the storm swept over the main residence Bection of the city leaving trail of death and devastation in its path. The number of dead at this hour number four. c. A. Francis, Dallas, News. his wife and child. about year old, and a negro named Nose Lee, 80 years of age. Francis was about 2S years of age and occupied a high place fin the esteem of his fellow townsmen. His dead body was found 100 yards from his Wrecked home. and the body sof his child was found in the street. Mrs. Francis was in the wreciSage of the. building.
 Six seriously injured had 3een re- ported at noon. They were Irwin Franklin. Mrs. Franklin. four of the Franklin children. One of the chill dren is expected to die. They were It is expected that the death list in Tyler will reach twelve and the rum ber of injured two score or more.
 Twelve buildings were wrecked and in the confusion which exists 1t is diff ficult to compile an accurate list of the casualties.
 Wires are down in all direc.ioas from Tyler, and while reports from farmers who are hastening in to ascertain the extent of the damage are to the effect that farm houses all around Tyler were blown down. It is impossible to ascertain the loss of life or to approx innate the extent of the disaster. It is known. however. that the tornado swept everything clean for a distance of five miles.
 Among the badly damaged buildings were the St. Paul Methodist Church. the Texas canning factory and the Wa ters-Pierce oil Company's warehouses.
 The trees northeast of the Francis home were full of clothing articles pieces of furniture and bed clothing. A sewing machine had been carried for
 
 On Hickory Hill a board was forced into the ground for distance of four feet. The fall of timbers and furniture in the path of the storm which occur red before daylight was so constant that many were awakened by what they thought was heavy storm but upon investigation it was found to be pieces Of timber and household con tents. The floor of one of the Francis | room was blown mile and deposited in East Erwin Street right side up. The | carpet had not been disturbed
 The tornado tore a wing room off the | house of Tom Hall and then did no | more damage until it had travelled two | miles. It then completely demolished | the home of the Franklin family. | slightly injuring the six inmates
 Blizzard In Texas.
 Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. 14-The | worst blizzard of the winter swooped down through the TefSas panhandle to- day, being worst at Amarillo and