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shaft of lows Monument to Dead
Soldiers Blown from Its Base
Devastation General in
Southern states,
TOLL OF DEATH IN SOUTHERN
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct 15.-With the
known death list already reaching a total
Of III tsrE-seven lives and thirteen others
reporSed' dead, with scores seriously in
tured and many others painfully bruised
and with the property damage running to
$,OOO0OO, the havoc and destruction Of the
storm which swept middle and west Ten
nessee, Alabama, Georgia and portions of
Arkansas and South Carolina late yester-
day afternoon and last night grows hourly
as reports are received from remote points
and as wire communication is gradually
resumed.
The storm was probably the worst and
most widespread that has visited this sec
tion of the south In years. Halves of
counties were laid in waste and ruin.
Towns were destroyed, plantations were
greatly damaged and from all sections Of
the storm-swept area come reports of loss
of life, ruin and desolation.
Fire AgErRvates situation.
Although only one death occurred at Dem
mark Tenn, the situation there was greatly
aggravated by fire, which consumed the
few dwellings and store-houses left stand
ing by the storm. The 500 people left home
less have appealed to neghboring towns
and cities for. help
Reports Of five deaths and heavy damage
came from McNairy county where is To-
Gated the famous battlefield OF shiloh, and
which was directly in the path of the storm
Homes and stores were leveled to the ground
and great trees in the historic National
cemetery were uprooted.
Many handsome statues in the National
park were torn from their pedestals and
the property damage is estimated at $780, 600.
At Russellville, Ala, II is reported forty
were seriously injured. property damage
of at least $4,000 is estimated at Carters-
Vile, Ca while that at Atlanta will run
between $4,000 and 10000. One life was
lost at the former place and in Atlanta
hardly house escaped damage.
The dead at Hamburg:
MRS WORTH MCDONALD.
OTIS AND LUTHER LITTLEFIELD.
MARSHAL AND RUBY JORDAN.
PERRY BANKS AND FOUR MEM
GERS OF HIS FAMILY.
CHARLES MORE, WIFE AND BABY.
Following is list Of known dead at
Denmark Tenn;
ALBERT BARNES AND CHILD.
Mulberry, Tenn.
THOMAS HELM.
Damage in Georgia.
ATLANTA Ca. oct. 15-Unroofed houses
andN isVeled trees and shrubbery are the
wake of the terrific wind and hail storm
which swept over Atlanta and surrounding
country early last night. So far as shown,
no lives were lost The property loss is
variously estimated at from $4,000 to
500 OO0
At the height of the storm, street car
traffic was stopped throughout the city
and live wires broken by the hail, were
stretched across many streets, rendering
travel dangerous Thirty-five head OF cattle
ana several hores were reported killed al
East Lake, a suburb.
At Riverside, sixteen miles south OF At.
lantic, Mrs Olga Grey was probably
fatally injured and her two children and
Mrs. Joseph Stubbs seriously hurt by fall
ing timbers when the storm struck there
about 10 o'clock last night. Fifteen Others
also received slight injuries. The path o.
the storm was about one-fourth Of a mile
wide.
Reports from Rome indicate that tn,
storm damage there win reach far int
the thousands, Heavy han fell. The cropi
throughout that section are said to be al
most totally destroyed.