The sun., 1908-04-26
STORM KILLED 10 m Georgia
BRINGING THE DEAD IN SOUTH
CLOSE UP TO 800.
OPeat Destruction over . Vide Area In TIVE
DAYS Of TOrnadOes-RailrOads and
Lumbermen surfer the Nest severely
n Some Towns Almost RIDed Out


Lumbermen suner the Nest severely
Some Towns AlmSst Niped Out
ATLANTA, April 25.-The storm which
nged yesterday in other Southern States
reached Georgia early 4hlT morning and
killed forty persons. At least 800 were In
lured. The property loss is nearly
100000.
Columbus, Chipley, Harris City, Grifip,
Rome, Cave Springs and Greenville Were
directly In the track Of the storm and suf-
iered most, but many other plaoes were
more or less damaged --.' .-. q.
Nine persons are reported killed near
Cedartown, and the number Of injured will
run into the scores. Near Cave Springs an
sntire settlement was practically de-
molished and not bouse Is left habltable
between that place and Harnate, dis
tance Of five miles. .'.'
The path Of the storm was half mile
vide. At Griffin three persons we're killed
and seven hurt seriously, while hundreds
we're bruised by flying missiles. The dam
age was grea test in the western part OF the
town near the Rustoh Mills All OF the
dad and injured we're operatives OF the
Ruston Cotton Mills and the plants we're
badly damaged The mill operatives are
eft penniless.
Twelve deaths are reported In the Vicinity
Of Columbus and dozen or. more are said
10 have been injured. Columbus was the
hrst place in Georgia the storm hit.
Half Of Chipley was entirely destroyed
Eight are known to be dead and there are
more than fifty injured, some OF whom
will die.
At Cave Spring the storm was especially
severe, nine persons being killed there.
OF the twenty or more injured at Cave
Spring five will die.
DR.. Henry II. Battey Of Rome had just
performed an operation on young woman
Of Cave Spring at the home Of 7, Edge,
and he and Lafayette Sutherlin left In
buggy before the storm, but so far nothing
had been heard from either up TO O'Clock
this morning. 1t is feared both we're killed.
NEW ORLEANS, April 2S,-The heavy wind
storm accompanied by many tornadoes
which passed through Texas, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Alabama yesterday hlled,
between 200 and $50 persons injured 800
and caused a property loss Of several mil
Hon dollars.
The storm destroyed so many telephone
and telegraph wires that no adequate idea
. Of the destruction can be obtained until
tomorrow. In the line Of the tornadoes
almost every building was destroyed.
Amite City, on the Illinois Central about
100 miles from New Orleans, and the seat
Of Justice Of Tangipahoa parish, La, was
+ the worst victim, Seventeen bodies have
already been recovered from the ruins.
The number Of dead In and around Amite
| Is estimated at fifty; the wounded at 100.
The entire business section Of the town was
destroyed.
4 A special train was sent to Hammond
for doctors and some Of the wounded were
brought by special train to the Charity
Hospital at New Orleans. Among the dead
is Father Felix Reunpf, pastor Of the Catho-
\ lie Church. Among the larger buildings
DESTROYED are the post office, opera house
4 and the Presbyterian Methodist, Baptist
\ and Episcopal churches. The Catholic
4 Church was badly damaged. The militia
was ordered out 10 protect property In the
ruined district and citizens are prohibited
from going out after dark" &c.,.
II -FOUR nunQTtu uOttots 7NcIo uCruOytu
/ In Plirvis, the seat OF Lamar county, Mis-
sissipp, on the New Orleans and North
eastern Railroad Only ten buildings, in
Guiding the new court house, were left
standing Fourteen whites and twenty
Eve negroes were killed in the town and
sixteen whites and twenty negroes we're
killed in the nei ighboring county. One hun
dred and fifty were injured, among them
the Rev. NJ VI. Black, the Rev. Abner
Uneker and the Rev, Benjamin Carroll,
all Of whom are seriously hHrt. ,
Among the buildings destroyed we're the
hiah school Baptist and Methodist churches
and two hotels. All. the lumber mills ia
the neighborhood and a great deal OF
valuable timber were blown down. Relief
trains were sent to PuIvis from LumbertOn
and Hattiesburg
In McCallum, Miss, twelve persons we're
killed and the saw mill, which is the prin-
cipal industry Of the town, was destroyed
Two more bodies were found in Concordia
parish, bringing the total humber OF lives
lost there up 70 seyenty-one. Most Of
these we're negroes living onpla1tations In
cabins that were blown down.
Among the victims Of the etorm at other
Carriers, La, 8 killed, "a injured; Pine
Ridge, Miss, Q killed injured; Angie, La D.,
killed, 10 injured; Richmond, La, killed.
20 injured; Adams county, Miss, rs killed
20 injured; Church HILL MISS, 20 Killed, 0O
injured; Hattiesburg Miss, killed. Win
cate, Miss, killed Pott GibASn,, Miss, 1
killed Lorman, Miss / killed, injured;
Winchester, Miss, 2 killed; Nolan. Miss,
2 killed injured; Ba1tertille, Miss, Q
killed Wahalak. Miss, 8 killed, injured;
Bergen, Ala, killed; Warrior. Ala, 8
killed Albertsville, Ala. killed; Thomas,
Ala, killed; Lucerne. Las killed, Q in
juredt st. Genevieve. La, 9 injured; Caddo,
la, 2killed; Lamourie Bridge, La, killed,
injured.
Many Of the in jured are wounded In
ternally and will die.
The heaviest losses were 10 the railroads,
some Of which had their cars blown away
as well as their tracks and TO the lumber
men, who had not only their lumber felled
but their ,Hilla. blown down and badly In
jured There Is alss great injury to the
telegraph and telephone wires and very
heavy loss 10 tho crops. .. ,-.r--..
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4 Hughes Delegate ia Georgia.