The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-04-30
FIVE HUNDRED DEAD
Onc tundrd Fatally Hurt and
Oae Thousand Injured
BY Tornacees
A GREAT LOSS OF P.0PeRn

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hundred or more persons fatally
injured. and mans times thls number
painfully hurt. togegh ~Igh prop
erty loss raaning up in the millions.
is the record 81 far of ssTIen of
tornadoes that originated ia the Nest
Thursday night. sweeping across
Texas. Oklahoma. Arkansas. Louis
lana. Mississippi Tennessee. Ala
bama. and Georgia Friday and Fri
day night. II left a path of death.
desolation and want in Its wake. a.
riously interrupted communication
between cities in the South and
brought about chaotic conditions in
many smaller towns.
Mississippi bore the brunt of the
storm. Reports from that State in
dicate that the loss OF life will lse by
far the greatest OF any section
through which the storm passed
Estimates of those who lost their
lives as result of tornadoes in
Mississippi place the death list near
500. with a thousand or more injured.
In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and
Georgia death lists are also large.
with loss of life in Arkansas and
Tennessee.
Saturday night says:
AS result OF the storm which
last night swept into Georgia after
having done extensive damage in
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 2a
persons are dead and at least one
hundred were injured. while many
others received bruises and scratches
from flying debris in a dozen towns
in this State.
The storm which first appeared in
this State at Columbus. on the Ala
bama line, seems to have moved in
the towns of Chipley. Harris. La
Griffin, McDonough. Locust
Grove, Cedartown and Cave Springs.
while a portion of its fury was felt
in the eastern suburbs of Atlanta
shortly after midnight
Homes Swept Away.
At Cave Springs, near Rome. where
the largest loss of life occurred. nine
persons were killed and nine injured,
while a score of negroes are reported
to have been more or less bruised.
In this vicinity the wind swept a
path half a mile wide and five miles
long from the outskirts of Cave
Springs in a southwesterly direction
to Hamatie. There is not house
left standing in the storm-swept area
Hearn's Academy, at Cave Springs.
was badly damaged. At Cameo two
negro section hands were killed. and
one white man is reported dead at
Stinson.
At Columbus Mrs. villa Norris and
her daughter were Instantly killed
by the destruction of a pavilion at
North Highlands in which they were
staying The property loss in this
section will be heavy.
Griffin reports that three white
women were killed and eight white
persons injured and a property loss
of $4,000 sustained. The path of
the storm at this point was directly
over the cotton mill and cottages of
the mill operatives. twenty-five of
these cottages were entirely demol
ished and the escape of their occu
pants Is considered miraculous.
Ten Negroes Killed.
The boiler and engine room and
the roof of the card room of the
mills were blown away, as
was the commissary room. The Oak
Hill Baptist Church and Levotie
Chapel Hill Baptist Chapel were de-
stroyed, while score of other build
ings sustained great damage. Physi-
clans of the city rushed to the scene
of disaster and gave prompt relief TO
the injured, who were removed to
the hospitals as quickly as possible.
Hundreds were bruised and cut by
flying missiles. A public meeting
was held late to-day to raise funds
for the injured.
At Chipley Mrs. Frank Hopkins
and Mrs. Forester and ten heroes
were killed, while the husbands of
the two women were seriously in
jured. Practically every business
house in Chipley was more Or less
damaged: the hotel, in which there
were eleven guests, was blown down,
but none of its occupants were injur-
ed. All the warehouses were damaged
and not a negro house is left stand
ing. The residence of II. A. Mid
dlebrook was lifted from It's founda
tions, carried $50 yards and depos-
tied in it's new position without be-
ing damaged.
The depot and freight ears were
blown away at Harris, small sta
ton three miles from Chipley. One
report says that six white persons
and two negroes were killed at that
place.
Engineer Samuel Neisler. of Able
Vile, s. c., and negro brakeman
were killed, and Fireman G. G..
Brown seriously injured when
freight train on the Seaboard Air
Line ran into washout at Tucker,
& miles from Atlanta carly to-day