Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-01
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Dead and uang|sd huasn !,
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I1lng;eE ESPECIALLY HARD MT
Fifty Lives Snuffed Out In That etate
Aione--Residenees Lsveied BY
Winds-Mississippi Has Long Cas-
uaity .llst-Arkansas and Atabama
Also Suffer Severely.
.(Rr Associated Presa.l

'CBy Associated Press.l -
! ATLANTA. GA. April 3O.-An ep'
idemic. Of cyclones and iornadoes. the
like of which have net been known
Flor years. swept through the South
last night and all today, leaving In
their wake hundreds or dead and man
gied bodies, and the dismals led
wrecks Of properly worth many mil.
Hons.
=, An exact liss OF the -!sad and an
accpi ata estimate OF the monetary
loss may not be compiled for days.
but from all along the path Of the
storm come tales Ct fearful loss of
life and descriptions of whole towns
and villages completely wiped out,
The storm wave seems to have had
fts origin In the west and swept from
the lake regions south In irregular
fashion. now moderating its force AZ
though spent. now growing more
turbulent and angry.
Fifty Killed In Tennessee. {
Z, The state Of Tennessee was m es.
peclally heavy sufferer. AZ . O'Clock
tonight careful estimates Indicates
that ct least fifty people weeo killed
u that State alone, while the loss.
IN dollars and cents viii not fall shorf
stof q million. At franklin and In
: Hilish oro there was loss OF NE. Tbs
}attsr iosn. &. g q e e y strsssicslty
adjoining villages the damage is re-
po,fed very heavy both In Ives and
property.
Near Pulaski. in Giles comfy: the
death list reaches twelve and many
are injured.
In the vicinity Of Chattanooga the
storm was felt at its worst As Ia
othe- paris OF the State, the telephone
and Telegraph wires were blown down
and the movement of trains was
greatly hampered.
Small Houses Wrecked.
The hurricane followed the Cum
berland Valley. wrecking small towns
and destroying farmho;ises. At Ebe-
neza eighteen houses were blown
down.
At Knoxville the greatest damage
was from interference with COM
merce
A. Charleston the storm swerved
up the Hiawassee river from the Ten
nessee valley. destroying much prop
erty.
I At Fayetteville three are known to
, have persisted.
Al Cuba many houses were blown
down at Gilestown not even a shed
waa left standing. No fatalities we're
reported from either place, tut in
! formation is very meagre.
/. Memphis reports heavy loss from
towns within a radius of one hundred
miles in three Statees.
: Mississippi Also Suffers.
: At Horn Lake. Miss. half a dozen
lives were lost and the property dam
age was very heavy. From neighbor-
ing towns come taies Of men, women
and children killed and houses wreck
ed
!, The tornado swept over into Ark
ansas and killed eight Versions near
Mammoth Springs. besides wrecking
. a score Of buildings. Other points
In Arkansas report heavy loss.
/ Atlanta and most Of Georgia es-
capped with only slight property loss
during the blow. But two Young peo-
PIE. a brother and sister. William and
Pearl wifhera. lost their hives here
this afternoon by the capsizing Of a
rowboat during a sudden squall.
Destruction in Alabama.
Striking Alabama and headed in q
! southeas.crly direction, the hurricane
continued upon its course Of des:rIc-
. Ton tonight. Huntsville sends word
Of heavy loss q property with prob
ably several lives sacrificed GEAR the
Tennessee line At Danville. in Nor
gan county. Alabama, the storm struck
with terrific force.
At Har,seIl st least one ia dead and
many hurt, while the indefinite w.
formation coming in now indicates
that the lists will grow. The storm
Is still raging and seems to be trav-
cling almost directly southeast.
! soon after dark tonight the storm
winds Ian shooting across the rail,
: telegraph and Telephone lines con-
Meeting Att a with Chattanooga snd
Knoxville and wire communication
which had been kept up with great
dihsculty during the afternoon ceased
entirely.
| Wines Orcken Down.
| The Western and Atlanta railroad
Offices here reported that south OF
Chattanooga, near Emerson. Ca. sew.
eral big trees were blown across the