Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-25
6ctims of Tornado That Swept
over Louisiana, Mississippi
And Alabama.
HUNDREDS MORE INJURED.
lost of Dead Were Negroes,
Their Shacks Proving YER
table Death Traps.
aorm Lasted Some Twelve Hours,
striking First One Town and
Then Another.

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NOV Orleans In. April 25.-'The dead
|T - ON +,,,, i,i,a -. 90
n.y. "'u" Nv Wv i'''u'eu at ie''S' 'VO'
MS were the grim iacts when came
70 light in the early hours today wher
Mi+t,e Of tho vreckago or vestardov,s
vi ,.,.,. =,
W hauo III 80 u'sio'''i' hlss'as'Ppi "li"
Na bama had been cleared away. The
tonadoes lasted altogether about IL
a. striking nrop,iscuousl, ono town
80. -. 49,,
VIC the DINER peiore daylight on Fri
dan until mid-afternoon. Many hours
or they struck. trains hearing near
Z ooo ,,,,,,.o, ,o,,,e ,,,.o,,.t,,, ,7t,a,,.i,.
,'',s
Itnd ,bon, ono town p,r,,,s a,,as
,tterly demolished. five others practi-
-, - ,,.,,
|T'S "'o"" away anu 10 niue Nl''aseS
II more or less acute stages of ruin.
|Nith these wounded came the details
III oro or Tho v,o,et ,,ird disos,o,, a.,
Ell nt,. -
w history OF tue gun STATES
|4First Of all it became known that
II, groes COMPRISED most of the dead
lam, Tho rtot,,.oso,,o .,,,,,,,.
III e r. n, ~ ua ny SaoL'Ls; hot-
ia ..,,,.t'., t,'il's' noPPs luCh!
|wwnS ~. ,., muu oSeii Soh tei ecu ny inc
NJ " s',, uea'h traps. ~
- !" .mS i,,ii VI thesg CABINS Whlch
Il as, 20 ~, 1,i . Wt ,. waning
'"g ueatus oScuireu.
t,y,,ishaa 80. ,s Sio"ued uaDills 5lso
'U ~ ;S ,iGs. oi tne pauiy Wouhoed'
ne ldentliied whlte dead early to-
~ su,l'o t,,et -, IN auultion IL was
Eiied ~ Nnc,ii ,Uui , WnI'es hau peS !,
Elino o., ',i,i,n IN, 'i,as, MHicu WouIu
|,ho nnn,ho, ~ ',e,,'loi -. ~ 70 40, ana
-, 20 - 'oeS Nllieu was ne
4 M 49,, "''u ~, 80. e,,
|sa,'i.., co%me %i,i.h suIlergu the worst
|a,,tiH aaen.a,, 10 uiNIs, were
|ly,,,nbos.o NJ ''iiuii,' Mulhuiih anu
| -fi'''' anu Aioer'NlIie' Ant
TOWNS DAMAGED.
rto e,,,.,
:, ''' ',, t~.ipwihs 10 towns were more or
| ,,cf, ,,,a ~
l,ta NJ! anu I.aiIou,le, La WIN
f,rsyton poi no'S 1 enoa, Noiuinpus, walls
fpna Pidsa S,'i,,, NiTiloi; l1oi I I,lah'
Ltnd.s C,.an,, go 49, 80, 81
iD rS ana Ps, .r,iu W ,ah III Missis-
No No. 10 .S sase"' 1 ,iaoai, l
knliection 90 . Ta, P str,.H' -, ,t,I, 1is d
4, that tho nrone,.ty. Iosao u u MI
Eoc,, vart, 10 ,s,a eo,,,s ~, WI noe
n nrone,iy dsn,ago ho, o ii ,S1
kpde with the eycen,iom oF ,noito
EnS pr,,,is MIS- ~ ,ot t, VI -nilinee' -
Erers where the damage, which will
H. done to Timer lands &c ,,Ian a.
Mons and TO railroad nronertv scat
|teled through a hell ahn,it I'D miles
lng.
The destruction of pu,,vi. Misc 90
blurred al nho,it IN n,inutee ITO. >
bclock FRIDAY afternoon anS US al
orer in n few rninutas ti,,,a OF abo,,t
|tO dwelIine. houses oni,, eo,,ot 1870
M standing Thc cni,r, honeo ~,
5lv other buiIding In town ~ ,,ith
|stand fine wind was INN, edio talt, ,,a,lSaa
Mir dead and in;nrnd md 5000
n tho oni, az i,in hos ",u ne. va
nom miles = w rro,n,,aii 80 ,ani,
h. Mis- in attemntino Il, dasc,,;,,s ~,
sinrm said maj au 10 co,,i5 700 i,,o
Has tbot The an. was f,ii of AVN, III
ms M T,, 'me al MaS iuii oL "yllg UNI
nanv nersons Who sn,gbt ssfst,, ' -, no W.
spon aid While tbe rsiiims, ,,,,,I,s 80 o''
hin proater neril "a thoso ,,,ho no
raued indoors
one child &c said ia have heen knee,-
h. I'm nraIe, he,. mel handino. o,,ar
III In an etfon,pt tn- shioId bn, h,,t
acsnite bis ca,e - t,,,,hn, which Ala ,1ot
turb him kiIIed the nm airI
8 SCARCELY one brick ~ he school-
house was left
4
SCHOOL CHILDREN ESCAPE.
4 The scbool b,d hoo, 1,.,,,,i,,.,,a o,,i,,
non,ant ha,d,a ~ ,,,,i ny
aelI near The TOWN w. fn'ns, 90, NC ras
Blowing saw the storm approaching ard
hmily ont Jo6r ana behind stnmns he be-
iore the wind struck The house was
blown away hut none of the farmers
FAMILY was injured one Of the chill
1ren killed Is said To have been lifted
high In tho air and while still above
Dc ground. In have been struck Inv n
heavy flying timber which caused its
peath
When the storm was over. a speciaI
iam bearing ~ physicnns and IL nor.
ions went TO Purvis, and meanwhile a
second relief train started for LUMBER
Bon.
one train was stopped by woman
saving n rcd cloth when the en-.
fneer ran ahead to see what she want
b. tho woman tainted and the engineer
found that the red color of the cloth
pos caused by blood a search reveal
~ her home near the railroad and
three members of her family were
POUND dead and four injured
A man who drove into Purvls last
flght reported that he saw the bodies
pi several dead. whom he took TO be
l,egroes, lying beside the road. A.