The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-10-20
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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says with the known death list 81
ready reaching a total Of 81 human
lives and with Is others reportet
dead. with scores seriously injuret
and many others painfully bruised
and with the property damage run
ming to q million or more dollars
the toll Of the havoc and destiue
ton Of the storm which swept mid
die and west Tennessee, Alabama
Georgia and portions OF Arkansas
and South Carolina last Thursda,
afternoon and Thursday night grows
hourly as reports are received from
remote districts and as wire ;lcoHs
munication is gradually restored tt
q normal condition.
The storm Of Thursday nishtrxas
the worst that has visited this $50.
ton of the South in years, beinl
intense in Its destroying fury and
widespread" in its area. Whole sec.
tons Of counties we're laid In waste,
towns destroyed and plantations
greatly damaged.
The dead:
Denmark. Tenn.-Albert Barnes.
Mulberry, Teun.-Thomas Helm.
Stantonville, Tenn-Ih irteen. peo'
pie reported killed (unconhrmed).
Pittsburg Landing. Tenn.-Mrs'
West Mcdaniel. Otis L%ittlefeld, Lu.
Their Little, Marshal Jordan. Ruby
Jordan, /. r. Lemons.
Near stantonville, Tenn.-Charley
Moore. wife and infant; Terry VII.
bank, Mrs. Wilbank and their two
children; Mrs. sissom.
Near caFtersville. Ga.-hisa Prit'
chard.
~seottsboro. Ala.-Miss Houston
Shelton. Milas NJ. suder. q child OF
Jim Gale.
Wyeth Cove. Als.-Eight people
killed.
Near S~cottsboro. Ala.-Mrs. r. II.
Shelton.
Stanton. Tenn.-Andy johnson, a
negro.
Nixon, Tenn.-Fiye people killed.
Near Marmaduke. Ark.-Arthur
Liggett.
Apparently the storm broke in all
It's 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 a velocity Of 80 miles an
hour. While only one death &C.
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 a scene
of utter desolation Is presented.
Two hundred people were rendered
homeless and have appealed to
neighboring towns 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
lodge and other buildings were de-
stroyed. The property damage IN
this section is estimated at $780,
900.
Wire communication with Stan
tonville, where Is lives are reported
lost. has not yet been re-established
At Russellville. Ala. 81 people
were seriously, several fatally, In
jured.
A. property damage of at leas
$4,000 Is estimated at Cartersville
Ca, while that at Atlanta will rul
between $4,000 and 100000. On
life was lost at the former place.
Rome, Ca. Gadsden, Ala, Hunts
| Vile, Ala, Decatur, Ala, and othe'
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