The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-05-01
FOLlCES
TRAIL CT S1Oa
LOUISIANA. MISSISSIPPI AID a' r..
BAMA SUFFER VE7Y
HEAVILY.
LIST OF DEAD Ng9as2S go
keoross Fern Greater NUMB
Hesvy Propert y Lose Along
The Way.

NEW ORLEANS, Anril pa wind
Of cyclonic proportions swert oyer
portions Of Louisiana, Mississippi end
Alabama late today. leaving q Er. Vi
dead and injured Tonigl b. \a
Der Of KILLED is estimg I'd al cIo 90
a hundred, and the rambler of iufufl
AT over a hundred Hith many I)r' ,
Of the afflicted districts to he faas
Most of the dead are negroes. Per
haps dozen white persons were
caught in falling buildings, and either
fatally injured or so seriously Disabled
as to require medical attention.
The loss of life was chiefly in 10
quarters of coIored persons, where the
wind destroyed their cabins, burning
the occupants in the debris. In the
farming sections of the country trees
were uprooted, telegraph and tele'
phone poles torn up, and general de-
struction became an encore to a storm
which swept with almost tornado fury
through the country.
Tonight it is difficult to estimate he
loss of life or the extent of the de-
struction Of property. for .here is It
tie or no communication with t1e
points wher. the wind ard rain d-t i.s.
greatest damage.
In Louisiana it is estimated thai
score Of small towns were destro"sd
Or partially wrecked. These INCLUDE
Amite City. Arcadia and -ndependc"-a
Belle Grove. Melton, Lorman, Pin
Ridge. Quitman Landing. Fair Chl5s
Creek. Purvis and Lumberton Miss,
are reported seriously damaged By th
storm.
In Alabama, Dora was the chic.
sufferer. This town is also known as
Bergen. Four or more persons were
killed. among them the wife and
daughter of Section Master Moore
Fifty persons at the lowest estimate
were injured Those most serious.
hurt were carried to hospitals in Bir
mingham. Ala. One woman Mrs
{ McCuIly. died on the train Two 9th
err members of this family were Sc
riously injured At Bergen cars were
blown from the railroad tracks End
considerable other property des 'rovea
Reports say that the storm s'rnck
Albertville. Ala. late this Afternoon
and destroyed nearly the entire norm.
ern portion of the town. A cotton u
was blown down. the storm a
northward doing rueh destruction e
life and property. An uncoRfrmed re
port from this section gives the d a,l
list as from thirty to thirtF-fve with
+ scores Of persons injured. A special
train was sent from Birmingham 70
night. carrying physicians and SQUAD
of State militiamen to the district
Aid is also pouring in from all other
/ directions.
From Meridian. Miss, comes a Ip'
port that Mrs. John Miuniecee and
her child were Killed OUTRIGHT sa1
John Minniecee was seriously injured
! while . aumber cf other persons were
hurt, and there was considerabla
structiop~of property.
| Richland and Lamourie La, were
struck b. the storm and nearly a fl
IL their population injured
Winchester, Niss 9 small town Is
reported wiped ont, though on'r t~
persons ere known TO have hea
Killed
Nste5ez Miss rero, six ar
known to be dead in he Nor.0
Louisiana storm Hundred n
triton cabins are reported das"
in this section
Mobile rerorted mine dead IN a
iesbar~ Mss. bnt this he's not h.aa
confirmed.