Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1909-05-06
MANY PEOPLE ARE
REPORTED KILLED
AWFUL WORK OF CYCLONES AND
ToRNADOEs IN SOUTH AND
MIDDLE WEST.
PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLIONS
All Along the Path of the Storm Come
Tales of Loss of Life and Whole
Towns and Villages
Wiped Out.

Atlanta, Ga.-An eplQemlc OF cy-
clones and tornadoes, the like of
| which have not been known for years,
| swept through the south Thursday
night and yesterday, leaving in their
wake hItp Sreds of dead and mangled
bodies and the dismantled wrecks of
property worth many millions
While the storm, which reached the
south from the upper Mississippi val
ley shortly after midnight yesterday,
| left it's scar on Mississippi, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri and
more remote states, Tennessee per-
haps suffered the most severely. 1t
is substantiated that go persons we're
killed, distributed among the follow
ing towns Youngs Crossing, 5; Fay
etteville, Is; Noblesville, / Hardeman
county, L Medina, 4; Clarksville, /;
Centerville, /; Franklin, /; Hillsboro,
4; Somersyille, 8; Laconia, 2; Bells,
9; Quito, g.; Giles county, IL.
Mississippis most disastrous point
was Horn Lake, where Is met death.
Arkansas reports total of II dead
and 80 injured. Alabama has four
dead near HartZell. Kentucky es-
capped with much property damage
but no deaths. Missouri has seven
killed at Somerville and IL at Golden.
Georgia lost two lives when a boat
capsiZed.
An exact list of the dead and an
accurate estimate of the monetary loss
may not be compiled for days, but
from all along the path of the storm
come tales of fearful loss of life and
descriptions of whole towns and viii
lagos completely wiped out.
The storm wave seemed to have
had its origin in the north and swept
from the lake region south In irreg-
ular fashion, now moderating it's
force as though spent, now growing
more turbulent and angry.
State of Tennessee Heavy Loser.
The state of Tennessee was an
especially haevy sufferer. At 10
o'clock last night night careful esti-
mates Indicate that at least 140 per-
sons were killed in the volunteer state
alone while the loss in dollars will
not fall short of million. At Frank
lin and in Hillsboro there was loss of
life. The latter town is said to be
practically destroyed, while at Cen
terville and adjoining villages the
damage is reported very heavy both i'll
lives and property. Near Pulaski, in
Giles county, the death list reached
12 and many were hurt.
In the vicinity of Chattanooga the
storm was felt at it's worst AS in 9th
er parts of the state, the telephone and
telegraph wires were blown down and
the movement of trains was greatly
hampered. The hurricane followed
the Cumberland valley, wrecking small
towns and destroying farm houses.
At Ebenezer Is houses were blown
down. AT Knoxville the greatest dam
age was from interference with COM
munication.
At Charlestown the storm swerved
up the Hiawassee river from the Ten
nessee valley, destroying much prop
erty. At Fayetteville three are known
to have perished. At Cuba many
houses were blown down and at Giles
town not even a shed was left stand
ing. No fatalities were reported from
either place, but information is mea-
ger. Memphis reports heavy loss
from towns within a radius of one
hundred miles in three states.
Deaths in Mississippi and Arkansas.
At Horn Lake, Miss Is lives were
lost and the property damage was
heavy From neighboring towns come
tales of men, women and children
killed and homes wrecked.
The tornado swept over into Arkan-
sas and killed eight persons near
Mammoth Springs, besides wrecking
score of buildings. Other points in
Arkansas report heavy loss.
Striking Alabama and headed in a
southeasterly direction, the hurricane
continued upon its course of destruc-
tion last night. At Danville, in Nor
gan county, Alabama, the storm struck
with terrific force.
Fifteen Dead; $50 Houses Wrecked.
Huntsville, Ala.-Fifteen are dead,
score injured and $50 houses
demolished as result of, the
storm which struck Fayetteville,
Tenn, and vicinity Thursday night,
according to a reliable man who has
just reached Huntsville from that sec
tion., The dead at Harms number five
and many more are injured. The
Harms flour mill was destroyed, as
we'll as a number of other buildings
in that vicinity.
Immense damage was done in Mad
ison county by hail and lightning.
Telegraphic and telephone communi-
cation with Fayetteville has been sew
cred since early Thursday night.
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