The bee., 1908-04-30
TORNADO'S TRE|LOFD[AT
KILLED IN SOUTHERN STORM Es
TIMATED AT TWO HUNDRED
AND TWENTY FIVE.
MANY MORE ARE INJURED
The Loss 81 LIE Was chIsHy In the
ousrters Of the colorsd people,
Whose Cabins Wsns
Destroyed.


70 midnight indicate that 225 person.
were killed and about 800 injured n
storms ~ great violence, which passed
over sections Of Louisiana, Mississippi
and Alabama Friday.
Several towns were almost totally
swept away and the property damag,
will run into large figures.
Most OF those killed were negroes
whose cabins were swept away like
30 much paper.
Matches, Miss. reports that OF a
persons killed In that section only
two were whites.
Anlte Almost Entirely Destroyed.
Late reports from Amite, q small
town in Southeastern Louisiana, say
that the town was almost entirely de-
stroyed and the estimates place the
number killed At between Is and 80,
while at least rs were injured
At MeLain, Miss. eight are reported
CO. have hsen killed.
At Vidalia, La, one white woman
and sin negroes are dead.
At ouitmAn Landing IL negroes
were killed.
At Purvis Landing. Miss, three
whites and nine negroes were victims
Of the storm and reports Of from one
to nve deaths come from many towns
scattered over the storm-swept area.
New Orleans. and Mobile were cut
on from wire connection with the out
side world for several hours Friday
night and the telegraph companies re-
port wires down in all sections.
Friday night the storm was sweep
ing through Georgia, but between tor
rental rains, accompanied by high
winds and by brilliant electrical dis
plays, no serious damage or serious
loss of life has been reported in the
state.
Twenty-Five Towns Stricken.
In all nearly twenty towns were
struck by the 'twisters," of which
there seems to have been at least I'VE.
The tornado that first appeared in
Concordia Parish, La. appears to have
been the most serious, both in respect
10 number Of victims and extent Of
territory covered.
Although 1t covered q rural district
and struck no large town, the known
results Of its work are "a dead and
at least ZOE injured, with the prospect
that the list will be considerably
swellsd by more complete reports.
MoTV than Atty eof the dead are ne
Groe., whose log cAbinS proved par
tieulaEly fatal to the occupants. be-
inE easily torn to pieces, while the
weight OF the timbOrs crushed the IN
mates 70 death.
/, After Leaving concordia Parish, the
storm crossed ever into Mississippi
and travsFsed portions Of Adams, JET.
fsrsen and Claiborne counties, It's path
bsihg about 1.0Oe feet wide.
els T~e plHsrSnt Ternaaess.
What appears to have been two AFT
ferent tornadoes also struck In West
srn Alabama, one claiming ak victims
At Bergen and Thomas sawmill. small
places, and another striking Albert
VILE, where so persens are reported
to have been killed. This, however.
can not be confirmed, as all wires are
down.
Relief for the sufferers is being dis
patched from all available points. Bir
mingham and Mobile and nearby
towns have sent physicians and nurses
to the Alabama districts touched by
the tornadoes.
MsHiden. Miss, has sent help to the
storm-swept district in Central Mis-.
sissippi. hatcher is looking after Con
cOrdia Parish, La, and Jefferson.
Adams and Claiborne counties, while
New Orleans has dispatched assist
Ance to Amite City and the other par
Ishes In Southeastern Louisiana.
Relief has also been sent to Albert
Vile, Ala. Should the AlbertVille tor
nado prove as disastrous as reported,
The total dead in the three states will
run well up to zoo and the injured to
over 500.