The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1908-05-02
SOUTH SWEPT
BY TORNADOFS
'225 Known Dead and Al Least sou
Wounded.
Five Separate Twisters Tear Across
Louislsnx. Alabama and MIssis~
eippi--kilied Are mostly Negroes,
Whose FIImsy Cabins Went Down
like Gard Houses.

Atlanta, Ca, April 25.-Report'
up to 2 a. m. indicate that 225 per
sons were killed and at least 1000
we're injured In storms of great VIC
lence which passed over sections Of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
yesterday. Several towns were al
most totally swept away and the
property damage will run into large
figures.
Nearly 20 towns were struck by
the 'twisters," Of which there seem
to have been at least five.
Most of those killed were negroes,
whose cabins we're swept away like
so much paper.
persons killed In that section only
II two were whites.
Latest reports from Amlte, small
town in Southeastern Louisiana, say
the town was almost entirely de-
stroyed and the estimates place the
number killed at between 25 and so,
while at least 10 were injured.
At McLain, Miss, eight are re-
ported to have been killed; at vi
dalia, La, one white woman and six
negroes are dead; at pullman Land
Ing, eleven negroes were killed.
The latest report at hand comes
from Purvis Landing, Miss, where
25 whites and go negroes were vic
tins OF the storm, and reports of one
to five deaths came from many
towns scattered over the storm-swept
area. Details at present are meager. |
New Orleans and Mobile were cut |
on from wire communication with |
The outside world Tor several hours
.oday and telegraph companies re-
port wires down in all directions.
Tonight the storm is sweeping
through Georgia, but beyond torren- /
ial rains, accomplished by high
Winds and brilliant electrical displays
10 serious damage or loss of life
las been reported in the state.
reports also say that the storm
truck Alhertville, La, late this aft
rnoon, deing much destruction to
lie and property. An unconfirmed t
eport from this section gives the !
eath list as from 80 to IS, with !
cores OF persons injured. A train
as sent from Birmingham tonight I
irrying physicians and a squad of +
ate militiamen to the district. q
Richmond and Lamourie, La. h
ere struck by the storm and nearly
firth OF their population injured
winchester, Miss, small town
reported wiped out, though only
70 persons are known to have been ?
lied. Deon n
mobile reports nine dead at Hat d
'sDurg, Miss, but this has not been n
81
The tornado that first appeared in A
'hcordla Parish, La, appears to H
We Deen the most serious, both in P
spect 10 number of victims and ex-
" Oh territory covered. Although Oh
covered rural district and struck to
large town, the known results of
work were ga dead and at least W.
injured, with the prospect that cl;
ilst VIII be considerably swelled ne
morning. CT
More than so of the dead are ne We
'es, whose log cabins proved mar ag
ilarly fatal to the occupants ha- We
easily torn to pieces, while the hi
ignt OF timber crushed the in hi
ties to death. As
" nat appear to have been two SAY
erent tornadoes struck in Western
oama, one claiming six victims at
gan & Thomas sawmill.
Jew Orleans, April 25. 2 a. M e. =
I'M, TINS hour belated reports have nor nor
lien the total number of deaths poi
.ne tornadoes in Mississippi Lou gi Ht
ia a and Alabama to 225. Missis- T Tis,
y suffered most, but poor com tb m'
i Saae kept the full extent of VI"
d daatS f, from becoming known. the
death list was suddenly swollen ~ .He ,
nearly 100 additional victims IN IN az az
Wis and McLaurin, Miss towns NJ the
neard from up to midnight ,,,, :
ne first reports Indicated that WIZ
-iiiths of the victims vera ne Ioa'