The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-10-20
VICTIMS OF STORM
May GO TO FIFTY WHEN ALL
REPORTS ARE RECEIVED.
The Hurricane Was the Worst Tint
Has Visited TIA. Section In

Many Yeaes-
A dispatch from Memphis. Tenn.
says With the known death list s.!
ready reaching a total Of 81 hrual
lives and with I3 others reported
dead. With scores seriously injured
and many others painfully bruised
ano With the property damage ru2.
Ming 20 a million or more dollars
the toll OF the havoc and dest' DC.
ton OF the storm which swept mid
die and west Tennessee. Alabama
Georgia and portions Of Arkansas
and South Carolina last Thursday
afternoon and Thursday nigh, grows
hourly as reports are received from
remote districts anu az wire con-
municauon Is gradually restored 70
a normal condition
The storm OF Thursday night was
the worst that has visited this sec
,!on OF the South IN years. being
intense IN is destroying fury and
widespread IN Its area Whole sec
tons Of counties were laid IN waste.
towns destroyed and plantations
greatly damaged
The dead:
Denmark. Tenn.-Albevt Barnes.
Mulberry. Tean.-Thonas Helm.
staatonvilIs. Tean-Thirteea peo-
pie reported killed (uneontrmed).
P.s.sburg Landing. Tena.-Mss.
West Mcdaniel. Otis Licteaeid. Lu-
tier Little. Marshal Jordan. Ruby
Jordan. ]. F. Lemons.
Near s,an:ooviIle, Tenn.-Caarley
Moore. wife and infant: Terry Vii
bank. Mrs. Wibank and their two
children: Mrs S!ssom.
Near Cartersyille. Ge--Aiss Prtt-
chard.
Scottsboro. Ala--Miss Houston
Skelton. M!las IL Sude.. child Of
Jim Gale.
wyeth Cove. Ala--Etsht people
killed.
Near Scottsboro. Ala--M-s. R Il.
Shelton.
Stanton. Tenn--An5y johnson.
negro.
Nixon. Tena.-F!ye people killed.
Near Aarnaduke. Ack--A-thur
Apparently the storm broke N ali
It's fury owe. middle and west Ten
nessee and proceeded in q south
eas,e.ly direction across the State
into Alabama anc Georgia. assurs-
Ing the proportions OF hurricane.
1t came practically without warn
ing and in soiae places tia wind
attained velocity OF 80 niles an
hour. While only one death oc-
CURED q; Denmark. Tenn. the hoT
rors OF the storm were greatly
oy the are which follow
cd the wreckins OF that town The
fierce flames rapidly consumed what
few dwellings and store houses tha;
were lef: stsading and now scene
o. utter desola,!oa IS presented.
Two hundred people were rendered
homeless and have appealed 20
towns and cities 20.
aid.
Reports OF Ave deaths and heavy
damage come from ScNa:ry county.
Homes and stores we're leveled TO
the ground and great trees upsoo;-
ed.
Many handsome and imposing
State monuments II the Shiloh Nat
ional park were torn from their
pedestais and the superintencen,'s
lodge and o,h:r buildings we're de-
s,royed. The property damage in
this section Is estimated at sie1.-
900.
Wire communication With Stan
,ony!lle, where l3 lives are reported
lost. has no, yet been -e-establ!shed.
A, Russellvtlle. Ala. - people
were seriously. several fatally. in
jured.
a property damage OF ct least
$4,000 Is estimated at Gainesville.
Ca. while tha. at Atlanta vii! rna
between $4,000 and 100000. On.
life was lost at the former place.
Rome Ga. Gadsder, Ala. Hunts
Vile. Ala. Decatur. Aia-. and other
snal,er towns IN the path OF the
storm report heavy property dam
age.