The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-10-19
VICTIMS OF STORM
MAY GO TO FIFTY WHEN ALL
REPORTS ARE RECEIVED.
The Hurricane Was the Worst That
Has Visited That Section in
Many Years.

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Many Years.
A dispatch from Memphis, Tenn.
says with the known death list al
ready reaching a total of 81 human
lives and with 13 others reported
dead, with scores seriously injured
and many others painfully bruised.
and with the property damage rum
ming to a million or more dollars.
the toll Of the havoc and destr uc-
tion of the storm which swept mid
die and west Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and portions of Arkansas
and South Carolina last Thursday
afternoon and Thursday night grows
hourly as reports are received from
remote districts ana as wire COM
munication is gradually restored to
a normal condition.
The storm of Thursday night was
the worst that has visited this sec
tion of the South in years, being
intense in its destroying fury and
widespread in its area. Whole sec
tions of counties were laid in waste.
towns destroyed and plantations
greatly damaged.
The dead:
Denmark, Tenn.-Albert Barnes.
Mulberry, Tenn.-Thomas Helm.
Stantonville, Tenn-Thirteen peo-
pie reported killed (unconfrmed).
Pittsburg Landing. Tenn.-Mrs.
West Mcdaniel, Otis Littlefield, Lu-
ther Little. Marshal Jordan, Ruby
Jordan, /. F. Lemons.
Near Stantonville, Tenn.-Charley
Moore, wife and infant; Terry VIII
bank, Mrs. Wilbank and their two
children; Mrs. Sissom.
Near Cartersville, Ga.-Miss Prit-
chard.
Scottsboro, Ala.-Miss Houston
Shelton, Milas NJ. Suder, child Of
Jim Gale.
Wyeth Cove, Ala.-Eight people
killed.
Near scottsboro, Ala.-Mrs. R. H.
Shelton.
Stanton, Tenn.-Andy Johnson, a
negro.
Nixon, Tenn.--Five people killed.
Near Marmaduke, Ark.-Arthur
Liggett.
Apparently the storm broke in ali
its fury over middle and west Ten
nessee and proceeded In a south
easterly direction across the State
into Alabama and Georgia, assum-
ing the proportions of hurricane.
1t came practically without warn
ing and in some places the wind
attained velocity of 80 miles an
hour. While only one death oc-
Cured at Denmark, Tenn, the hor
rors of the storm were greatly
heightened by the fire which follow
ed the wrecking of that town. The
fierce flames rapidly consumed what
few dwellings and store houses that
were left standing and now scene
of utter desolation is presented.
Two hundred people were rendered
homeless and have appealed to
neighboring towas and cities for
immediate aid.
Reports of five deaths and heavy
damage come from NcNairy county.
Homes and stores were leveled to
the ground and great trees uproot-
ed.
Many handsome and imposing
State monuments in the Shiloh Nat
ional park were torn from their
pedestals and the superintendent's
lodge and other buildings were de-
stroyed. The property damage in
this section is estimated at $780,
900.
Wire communication with Stan
tonrille, where 13 lives are reported
lost, has not yet been re-established.
At Russellville, Ala, 27 people
were seriously, several fatally, in
jured.
A property damage of at least
$4,000 is estimated at Gainesville.
Ca, while that at Atlanta will run
between $4,000 and 100000. One
life was lost at the former place.
Rome, Ca, Gadsden, Ala, Hunts
villc, Ala, Decatur, Ala, and other
smaller towns in the path OF the
storm report heavy property dam
age