The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-05-02

Memphis. May 1.-While some sec
tions in the pathway of the storm are
still TO be heard from. information so
far received from Arkansas. Western
Tennessee and Northern Mississippi.
bring the total number of killed by the
tornado Of Thursday night to 100. the
injured, some Of whom are believed to
be fatally hurt, TO twice that number.
and while an accurate estimate OF tho
monetary loss is not yet possible, each
1 despatch describes the storm as the
most destructive that has ever swept
| over this section OF the country. II
was also the most remarkable as TO
the extent Of the territory affected.
The greatest number OF dead and
injured is reported from Horn Lake.
Miss Here eighteen bodies have al
ready been recovered from the ruins
Of the farm dwellings. OF this num-
Der. seven are those of white people.
The Injured are placed at fifty. many
of whom arc seriously hurt The prop
erty loss Is roughly estimated at $780,
900 in that vicinity. Caddo Gap. Ark,
reports a similar number dead and
many wounded.
At Fayetteville. Tenn. the death
list is placed at fifteen and the in
jured at fifty
Other towns from which reports
have been received here are;
In Arkansas.
Mariana, four dead, twenty Injured
Near Hot Springs. four injured,
Palestine. fifteen Injured
Bee Branch, two dead. three Injured.
Hcber. two dead eleven Injured.
WilbuTn. one dead.
Wheatly, one dead, three injured.
Charlottesville. one injured.
Marion. FIRE dead. eight Injured.
Seebuton, one dead. one injured.
In Tennessee.
SomerVillc. fiyo dead. four injured
Bolivar, one dead, thirteen Injured
Dechard four dead. twelve injured.
Montezuma, twelve injured.
Humboldt. four dead
Medina, three dead, eight injured,
WhitevIlle, two injured
Bells, six dead, twcntythree injured.
Julio. three dead twelve injured.
Lula, four dead.
Dellach. two dead
Hanley. two dead, ten injured
Clarksyillc one dead, six injured
Louisville, May MAY day. follow
ing the wind storm which caused per
haps one hundred deaths throughout
the Southern states. will be spent by
the telegraph companies In repairing
their wires. With the overland line of
communication from Louisville to New
Orleans once established authentic
lists of tho Victims of the storm Inay
be secured,
II has been years since Winds have
gathered so many victims, Tennessee
Sloping westward from the Virginia
mountains 10 the dunes along the Mis-
sisslppl. provided an angle for the
wind to pivot upon, and the list of six
ty dead In that state seems to have
been corroborated. Arkansas. Ala
bama, Mississippi and Georgia also
suffered. Word from Guthrie, Ken
lucky, early today. Is that six persons
we're killed there. the only fatalities in
Kentucky so far as is now known
Louisiana and Texas seem to have
been unscathed, but poor communica
ton makes even this doubtful.
AS far east as Mount Sterling. KY
, barns and houses were unroofed, and
tobacco heads washed away. Turn
pixies made rivers of water. and fires
started In overturned dwellings.
J Al Frankfort, the same conditions
prevail only less severely
| All the counties from the Mlssis
, sIppi river TO the Big Sandy have sim
; liar reports.
Nashville. May 1.-Early reports
this morning concerning yesterdays
storm add TO the gravity OF the situa
tion at Pulaski. Gle county; Centre
Vile. Hickman county. Fayetteville
Lincoln county; Franklin, William
! son county, and other sections Of cen
trail Tennessee
Giles couDty's death list, it is said
, may reach forty, while the property