The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-26
BY BURR BLACKBURN.


 BY BURR BLACKBURN.
 Albertville, April 25.-(special. )-The beautiful little city of Albertville is a wreck. Yesterdays terrible tornado has left scene of havoc. The demon cloud scraped furrow over Sand mountain like sharp blow. It left nothing stand ing in it's wake, tearing, breaking and rendering every clod. Albertville suf- ,fered briefly, the loss of nine lives and she fatal injury of at least ten, serious injury of 125, destruction of all it's beau tiful residences, throwing 800 out of y homes, wrecking of it's whole business sec ~ tton and the loss of property conserva- lively valued at ssOOOO0. The reports coming in today bring in Formation Of further disaster They tel, Aow the cloud searched out the farm fhouses, paused on the threshold of AL bertville, swooped down on the stores and after turning little so as not to miss the beautiful homes. sped out toward the northeast, killing as it went Ten were reported dead within a radius of 15 miles either way. but farther than that nothing can be heard.
 The Dead.
 oiis. Joiih Decher ana two children, Albertville
 Arno Birdsong. aged 15, Albertville. T. J. Eadler, Albertvlle
 F'ive-year-old child of J. l.. Dorse near Albertvlle
 Mrs. Clem Barnett, Albertville.
 Brick McCord, aged 13 Albertville. Ben Ennis Martling.
 Rev. Delaney, Whten
 Mother-in-law of Newt Slaton, Whiten John Hendrix, coored, Albertville. One unknown at Henninger
 William Weaver, Highmont.
 Dave Stanfield, Highmont
 Four killed at Horton.
 The Injured.
 John Decker, several limbs broken skull fractured fatal
 Myrtle daughter of John Decker ter rible wounds about head. Three remaining sons of John Decker, heads badly bruised and in dangerous con- Gition.
 Miss Mamie Smith. sister of J. M. Smith, Gadsden, jaw fractured and other injuries, fatal.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. F. Russell both un- conscious internal injuriesg and three little boys one fatally woy ided. Mrs. Russell's steepfather Every serious. Mrs. J. L. Avery, skup thought to be fractured.
 Charles Walker, 50 years, slowly dying
  Matterson Walker. aged Is, leg broken. J. r. Hill, leg and arm broken. Christy Walker, hip dslocated. Bunyon Reeves, head bruised
 Mrs. Reeves, shoulder broken fatal Three small boys, painfully bruised. Wife of John Hendrix, colored, and two children, lower limbs fractured. Ira Crump internal injuries.
 MT. Irwood wife and three children, injured but not serious.
 Covey and Jeff Barnett badly hurt about hip.
 Miss Martha Horton and Mrs. A. V. Horton, crushed by falling chimney; dan gerous.
 Mrs. W. A. Downey, slight injuries. Mrs Dr. Turk and two children, pain fully hurt by bricks.
 J. B. Roberts and John l.. Scarber, heads cut by splinters.
 Mrs. Mary Coleman, ribs broken, aged, at point of death
 Mrs pr. A. l.. Holaday, aged ribs broken, formerly lived in Birmingham. H. R. Nicely, scalp badly cut.
 MT. Hunter and wife and son, painful injuries. !. Arthur Lokey and wife. slight injuries. Professor Dannelly, head and leg bruised
 Miss Wood, painful but not serious. Joseph Grer and wife, the formers shoulder blade broken.
 Joe Drdke, SllSut luJuIys
 Young Cooper from Collinsville, arm hurt.
 John J. Ray slightly shaken up' Jim Thompson, seriously bruised. Jerome Burk, badly hurt about head. Mrs Bobs child head fractured. Miss Johnny Lybess. arm broken. Mrs McCord nervous shock.
 MT. Jackson of Rome Ga, painful but not serious.
 Sun Rises on Scene of Ruin. Despite this horAAle tale the old sun rose here today witty ais same old smile of faith trimmed tlA 5hite cloudy suds from his face with \ arp horizon and began to look after the things of the present. He seemed not the least ruffled by the scene in Albertville, looking with ( a)mplacency at the bedraggled mass of spIinters, while here and there moved half clothed people, poking in the rub bish for lost valuabes. Cots bearing moaning sufferers moved toward the im- nrovised hospital and pine boxes were