Evening star., 1909-05-01
Tornado Blows Down Houses
and Injuries Several People.
WIND AND RAIN OVER SOUTH
Toll of $50 Dead and Heavy Dam
age to Property.
TIDAL WAVES ALONG LAKES
Snow and Hail Distinguish Disturb
ance in North and West-Crops
Suffer Badly.

ance In North and West-CropS
Suffer Badly.
SAVANNAH. Ga. May IA cyclone
struck the southern section of Savannah
shortly after IL o'clock today.
Many houses were blown down. Sever
al people are injured. 1t is reported that
the extensive buggy manufacturing plant
of the Henderson Hull Company was
badly damaged.
The cyclone developed after morning
of hard rain and moved in a northeaster-
ly direction.
$50 Deaths Reported.
ATLANTA, Ga, May Sunshine and
cool bracing. winds today succeeded the
tornadoes which yesterday devastated
scores of small towns and farming dis
tricts in many sections of the south.
The revised count of the dead began to-
day. Early reports indicate that it may
reach $50. with the fatalities scattered
over half a dozen states, but principally
centered in Tennessee.
A few of the 'twisters swung south
ward, crossing northern Alabama and
Georgia. The latest tornado reports came
in this morning from Savannah and from
Gainesville. Ga, where there was one
death.
Reports to the telegraph companies from
the linemen who went out last night on
the right of way of their wires indicate
that the properly damage has been wide
spread 1t probably will be two weeks be-
fore wire communication will have been
restored to normal conditions.
Cotton Belts Suffer.
NORFOLK, Va, May 1.-Severe efec-
trical storms, accompanied by torrentfal
rains. swept over Virginia. North and
South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and
east Tennessee last night.
Heavy rains were notable in the cotton
belts through the Carolinas and Georgia.
Hail fell in the vicinity of Newbern. N.
c., and Union Springs, Ala.
The rains are reported most unfavorable
to the growing cotton.
At Raleigh. N. c., $50 inches Of rain
has fallen in the past twenty-four hours;
Toccoa. Ga Other heavy rains occurred
at Asheville, Greensboro, Weldon, Colds
boro and Charlotte. N. c.: Batesville, 8.
c.: Richmond and Norfolk, Va; Mont
gomery. Ala; Knoxville, Tenn, and At
lanta, Macon, Athens, Albany. Gaines
Vile, Washington and Americus. Ga
Wind blew thirty-six miles an hour of
Cape Hatteras and at Richmond. There
was thirty-mile breeze here and strong
blow at Raleigh, Asheville, Atlanta, Au-
gusta and Chattanooga.
Heavy Death Toll in Tennessee.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May 1.-Two
are known to be dead as result Of the
destructive storm that swept up the Sc
quatchie valley yesterday. They are
Samuel Harbarges and wife OF Orme.
Mrs. J. G. Blessing, residing south of
Jasper, suffered broken leg. Her house
was badly damaged.
Southeast Of Jasper seventeen houses
and the steel bridge over the SeQuatchie
river were blown down.
At Owl Hollow. few miles west. OF
Winchester. 1t Is reported that seven
persons were killed There was much
property damage in Chattanooga
Weather conditions continue disturbed.
Casualties Of Thursday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. May 1.-While some
sections In the pathway of the storm are
to Be heard from, dispatches received
from Arkansas, western Tennessee and
northern Mississippi bring the total num-
ber of killed by the tornado Of Thursday
night to 100 and the injured to twice that
number
The greatest number Of dead and in
jured Is reported from Horn Lake. Miss.
Here eighteen bodies have already been
IOuuQ. Hc InJuTGQ dIc pl6Ceu al uILy.
Caddox Gap. Ark. reports a similar num-
Der Of dead and many injured.
At Fayetteville, Tenn, the death list Is
placed at fifteen and the injured at fifty.
Other states from which partial reports
have been received here are:
ADMINISTRATIONS, four; Bee Branch,
two; Heber. two; Wilburn, one; Wheat
ley. one: Marion, five: Sebuton. one.
In Tennessee; someryille. 5: Bolivar,
Bells. :: Quito. afS 3: Iufa, beiiach. bbsidichh
Nanley. 2. and ClarksviIle, l.
Heavy Rain in Buffalo.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BUFFALO. N Y. May IA heavy
rainstorm prevailed throughout western
New York all last night. and still con-
tinues this morning.
All streams are swollen. some Of them
being at high-water mark. No damage
or casualties have been reported.
Nav I is moving day in, Buffalo.
psrsSns Iorrx tss obiife,d df to move are having
Conditions in North.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, May lat least 200 lives
have been lost. many hundreds of per-
sons injured. several towns destroyed and
damage to property and crops which will
aggregate many millions of dollars.
caused by the countrywide wind and rain
storm. a portion of which swept over
Chicago early Thursday evening
The storms still raging in the Rocky
mountain regions. Wisconsin and Minne-
sofa. according to dispatches. The loss
of life and property is expected to be in
creased greatly when full reports can be
obtained.
Telegraph and telephone wires are still
down In the worst storm-ridden sections
of the country. 1t Is impossible to OBJ
tain complete details.
The storm was as variable as the tenn
perature OF an April day. In the south
1t took the form Of many local tornadoes,
some of which swept but small sections,
while others devastated whole towns and
great areas of farming country.
Tidal Waves on Lake.
In the northern part of the country a
severe snowstorm and blizzard ragged
Much damage, with possible heavy loss
OF life. is feared on Lake Superior.
In some parts of Wisconsin as much as
ssix inches of snow fell. In Colorado and
the Rocky mountain region. Nebraska.
Kansas and Missouri there was much
snow and heavy frosts, which it is feared
will do heavy damage to crops along Lake