The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-03-19

| Searching parties were organized. n
/ at 1880 o'clock a myriad of fickering,
| faring, ftful lights danced about over
tho scene of unspeakablc desolation and
ruin which unfolded itself to the eye
| for brief moments as the Brilliant n
vivid flashes of lightning pierced the
! sombre heavens.
The rain was pouring in torrents,
| flashing the face and hands with sting.
ing force.
Daylight Exposed the Horror.
Not until long after daylight had
| come to add horror TO the desolate pic
| ture of woe and ruin, showing in start
| ling relief the terrible havoc wrought
| by the tornado, was the body of Charles
Frenz. the fifth victim of the business
| district, found. Frenz was purchasing
a pair of shoes in the Foote & Gazola
| store when it was struck. His body
was found about 10 o'clock, lying crum-
| pied into a heap about midway OF the
ruins. ~
There were thirty funerals in Brink
lev Thursday. Collins are arriving on
every train, and undertakcrs and their
helpers kept busy preparing for the
burials.
Two Hundred Convicts.
A special train loaded with one hum
| dred c~onvicts arrived from Little Rock,
making two hundred prisoners now here.
They will be put to work cleaning up
| the debris, and the work of rebuilding
the town will begin at once, as soon as
materials arrive.
The Cotton Belt railroad has 800 Of
| its carpenters and brickmasons from dlf-
ferent points on the system rushing here
| to assist in the work of rebuilding the
town.
The Rock Island sent out a call for q
similar number of workmen from along
its lines, and they will be rushed here.
Stoves Are Needed.
Aside from food and bedding, the peo-
pie most urgently need a car load OF
| stoves on which to cook, %tarpaulins to
cover up the front of their stores and
/, to hide the leaks in the roofs of the
houses yet standing, and tin roofing.
Martial law prevails with all its rigor.
The soldiers will not let any one through
| the lines who does not possess a pass
signed by the provost marshal.
Food Now Available.
! The soldiers have established q large
| cook tent in the middle of the town, and
| all those who have no means of sub
sisting arc being fed at the expense of
! the State and the relief committee.
Mayor Jackson Calls for Aid.
Mayor T. H. Jackson has issued the
following appeal:
''To the Public-1n response to many
| inquiries concerning the terrible ealam-
ity which has b~efallen our city, / would
like to say that the list of dead, so far
recovered from the w~reckage, numbers
35, and wounded over 200. There is
not a house in the city, either business
or residence, that has not been damaged
| by the cyclone. The entire business por-
| ton is lost, and only three buildings ate
left standing.
SIN response to many offers of assist
ance, l would suggest for immediate
temporary relief, that furniture, some
bedding, blankets, tarpaulins, shingles
and other roofing material be sent us.
The latter is in urgent demand because
there is not a dry roof in the city to
protect the wounded and homeless.
"In the way of permanent relief, l
would say the greatest benefit could be
done our unfortunate people by shipments
of building materials, such as lumber,
| shingles, rooings, brick, sand, etc. Many
| of our people will be able in this way
I to assist themselves, and start living,
with the prospect of regaining lost for
tunes or, at least, preparing places to
shelter themselves. Both the Rock
| Island and Cotton Belt railroads have
agreed to bring to our relief all con-
| signments of this, or any other nature,
free of charge. 1t will possibly require
| several hundred carloads of building
material to repair our city, as there is
not a mill or factory that is not COM
| pletely destroyed.
"T. II. JACKSON, Mayor"
DONAGHEY'S MESSAGE.