Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-06
GUN-T0T|NG A FELONY SOUTH STORM SWEPT
Wind Blows a Tornado, Rain
Falls in Torrents.
MANY LIVES ARE LOST

ATLANTA, Ga. February 6.-The storm
which passed over Mississippi. Alabsma
and Georgia yesterday. in numerous sec
tons reaching the proportions of tor
nado, was probably the most disastrous
to life and property Of any in recent years
in this section.
Reports received up to today tell Of the
deaths Of more than a dozen persons. the
fatal injuring of almost as many more.
and serious injury to many others in the
| from the devastated district today will
| greatly increase the number Of fatalities
Telegraph and telephone service Is badly
| crippled. this condition extending into
South Carolina. 1t will be several days
before communication, with some OF the
towns and villages which suffered mos,
from the effects Of the high winds will be
| restored.
| The storm center travelled east from
north Texas and appears to have wrought
the greatest havoc in northern Alabama
although high winds prevailed throughout
the length and breadth Of that state
icdCiiH8 a SG1oCitS Va Aoi -SAA htiiCo pSi
hour as far south as Mobile, where a
torrential rain was accompanied by hail
| Until today 1t was impossible to com.
municate with hundreds of towns in the
tornado-swept district.
Home and Family Destroyed.
| HANCEVILLE, Ala. February 6.-The
third destructive cyclone to pass over this
| community in the past score Of years
came yesterday afternoon and left a trail
of death.
| The home Of George Stewart. seven
miles east OF here, was totally destroyed.
His two-day-o old child was blown half a
mile and killed. His two-year-old child
was blown into a crate and probably ia
| tally burned.
| Mrs Stewart was caught under some
rafters In the house and so badly injured
| that she will die. MRS. Tom Bowner and
child, who were in the house, were fatally
! hurt.
Among the homes destroyed are the fol-
lowing:
c. J. whitaker's house. four injured.
Tom Hughes, house blown down.
Mort Grimes. house. blown down and
Mrs. Grimes injured.
Dick Hall. who lived with the Crimes
badly injured.
Many horses were killed and barns and
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. February g. -
Mayor George H. Brier of Cullman. Ala,
last night telegraphed that seven persons
| were killed near Culiman yesterday by a
tornado. Wire Communication was cut OIL
before details could be obtained.
At kayosa, a mining camp west of Biz
mingham. Ave houses were blown down.
Only one man was injured.
The property loss north Of Birmingham
appears to have been extensive. Numerous
trees were blown down on Red mountain,
within a mile of the corpoI e limits OF
Telephone communication to the north
is impossible.
Violent Wind, Heavy Rain.
MONROE. La. February "a tornado
at Boscoe. sixteen miles south Of Monroe.
wrecked the public school building. blew
down a house and did heavy damage in
other ways.
At Monroe the rain was torrential and
the wind violent.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. February GA num-
Der Of residences and barns were unroofed
seven miles north Of Beebe. Ark.
Three schoolhouses, a store and fences
were destroyed In the vicinity of Postelle,
near Helena, Ark.
At Ward Ark. the residences of ]. l..
Lee and NJ. p. Apple. together with the
Presbyterian Church. were destroyed.
Mrs. J. W. Little was injured at the lat
ter place in the collapse Of building.
FORT SMITH. Ark. February 6.-East-
ern Oklahoma was swept by severe
storm late yesterday, causing consider
able property losses
At Weleetka Okla. five passenger cars
standing on a sidetrack OF the Fort smith
and Western railroad were overturned by
a tornado. No deaths have been reported