The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-08
Damage Greater Than
 At First Thought,
DETAILS ARE BEING LEARNED
Greatest Damage Was In Vicinity
 of cantelou's Hill.
gne Home of I. c. Ysunw was Bsaiy DamaEed, Being Unreosed, whiIe Rain was Falling In Tor
 gents.

Houses demolished and fragments scsittered along the. ground. trees snapped ofF, leaving short stumps. and vanished fences, mark the path of the severe wind storm that piougned through Montgomery county. ten miles from the city, at o'clock Friday ev- ening. So far two negroes are known to. be killed and several others are reported to be dying.
 The greatest damage is said to be en the vicinity Of Cantelous Hiils where the little tornado swung from . hill beyond Canteiouss and dipped again, striking the negro quatrer of L. c. young's place. where the cot- tages Of the farm hands were demoi- ashed. Several of the wrecked houses were occupied at the time, but none nf the inmates were killed eStss%ht, but a negro woman apz soy are ahid to be dying from tks results of hHrts. Beyond the negso quarter in an open Held. was . large ksaehine fzrm tm- element, made of steel This the storm picked up, twisted 1t as child would a wisp of paper. and wrench ing of the Iron wheels. blew them nt negro cabin. The. wheels wissed through the walls of the house and in passing, crushed the negro woman'a hip and fractured the boys skull.
 On the Harris place eight miles from the city a negro man was kin- cd by . piece of timber torn rom house, Q quarter of q mile away crush ing his skull.
 Wagea Disappears.
 AS the storm approached. negro on the Wire road was passing over Canteiou.s Hill with his wife In wagon. driving q mule, a COW was tied to the back of the wagon. Before they could get out of the way of the storm 1t struck them, but neither man or woman have any recollection Of what happened. They picked them- selves up many yards away and found the COW peacefully grazing beside the road. The mule was lying near the top Of the hili with one leg crushed. It is hslieved the mule vas picked up by the storm, carried many yards and dropped. The man and woman were severely bruised but not injured. The wagon has disappeared, not q trace of 1t has been found. The country side was searched, but the wagon seems to have been converted into gas for ail the trace of 1t that can be found.
 The path of the storm in the Cante- lou.s 1Iii1 vicinity is several miles long and seema to have come from the southwest It was seen approaching by several persons. but none had time ao give an alarm
 l.. c. Young and family who were in their houss when the storm struck st, escaped unfn3ur9d, although the roof Of the house was torn of and be- fore the people inside could get out. the house was flled with rain water to the depth Of a foot in each room. The storm was headed straight for the houee, but hit hin just beyond 1t ana veered to the left, only part of fhe whirling wind striking. The storm peoms to have spent itself in e pine wood beyond the Toung'S place, fer Eh6 trees there were torn to spiintera and from there on there is no trace of the atmospheric disturbance.
 Estimates on the damage done range from e12.00o to $20.o00. how much it