The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-19
Mr. Hood had been killed, by his fran
tic wife and surviving children.
Died With His Sons.

Mr.. Hood had been killed, by his fran
tic wife and surviving children.
Died With His Sons.
The one-time neat little cottage, built
by Hoods own efforts, was broken in
and torn into kindling wood. The un-
fortunate man was found beneath the
wreckage and near him were lyiag the
unconscious forms of his two little sons,
Willie and Harry Hood. The father
was dead, but life fingered in the
drenched and stiffening little forms OF
his sons, and they were hurried to the
hospital.
Mrs. Belle Dardin, Sc years old, a
widow, was crushed beneath the falling
walls of her house. She fingered for
short time after being taken out of .ha
wreck, but death had placed its stamp
upon her and before the noon hour she
had passed away.
Later in the day Mrs. Darden's daugll-
ter was discovered buried beneath the
wreck of her once beautiful home. She
had been dead for hours, and it was with
difficulty that her stiffened limbs were
brought into some semblance of repose.
There were thirty funerals in Brink
ley Thursday. Collins are arriving on
every train, and undertakers and their
helpers kept busy preparing for the
burials.
Two Hundred Convicts.
A special train loaded with one hun
bred convicts arrived from Little Rock,
making two hundred prisoners now here.
They will be put to work cleaning up
the debris, and the work of rebuilding
the town will begin at once, as soon as
materials arrive.
The Cotton Belt railroad has 800 of
its carpenters and brickmasons from diff
ferent points on the system rushing here
to assist in the work of rebuilding the
town.
The Rock Island sent out call for a
similar number of workmen from along
its lines, and they will be rushed here.
Stoves Are Needed.
Aside from food and bedding, the peo-
pie most urgently need car load of
stoves on which to cook, tarpaulins to
cover up the front of their stores and
to hide the leaks in the roofs of the
houses yet standing, and tin roofing.
Martial law prevails with all it's rigor.
The soldiers will not let any one through
the lines who does not possess a pass
signed by the provost marshal.
Food Now Available.
The soldiers have established a large
cook tent in the middle of the town, and
all those who have no means of sub
sisting are being fed at the expense of
the State and the relief committee.
Mayor Jackson Calls for Aid.
Mayor T.. H. Jackson has issued the
following appeal:
''To the Public-In response to many
inquiries concerning the terrible calam-
ity which has befallen our city, | would
like to say that the list of dead, SO far
recovered from the wreckage, numbers
So, and wounded over 200. There is
not house in the city, either business
OF residence, that has not been damaged
by the cyclone. The entire business por-
ton is lost, and only three buildings are
left standing.
In response to many offers of assist
ance, would suggest for immediate
temporary relief, that furniture, some
bedding, blankets, tarpaulins, shingles
and other roofing material be sent us.
The latter is in urgent demand because
there is not dry roof in the city to
protect the wounded and homeless.
in the way of permanent relief, l
would say the greatest benefit could be
done our unfortunte people by shipments
of building materials, such as lumber,
shingles, roofngs, brick, sand, etc. Many
of our people will be able in this way
to assist themselves, and start living,
with the prospect of regaining lost. for
tunes or, at least, preparing places to
shelter themselves. Both the Rock
Island and Cotton Belt railroads have
agreed to bring to our relief all con-
signments of this, or any other nature,
free of charge. 1t will possibly require
several hundred carloads of building
material to repair our city, as there is
not mill or factory that is not COM
pletely destroyed.
"T. H. JACKSON, Mayor"