Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-15
THIRTY REPORTED DEAD
AND LIST MAY BELARGER
Houses Destroyed, Crops Ruined in
Sunny South.
DENMARK, TENN, WIPED OUT
Fire Follows on Heels Of Tempest.
Wreckage Piled Up All Over
Afflicted Section-Gale Cuts
Wide Swath.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. October 15-Shilor
battlefield today again presents a scene
Of ruin and desolation. following the hurri-
west Tennessee and northern Alabama
last night.
Fifteen lives were lost at Hamburg, Nc
Marry county. where is located the na-
and score or more were seriously in
jCred.
The known death list is now nineteen.
and thirteen more lives are reported lost
at stantonville. McNairy county. This
report has not been completely verified
Telegraph and telephone service. COM
pletely interrupted last night, is still bad
ly crippled and reports have not yet been
received from all districts. 1t is believed
the total death list will run far over the
now known dead. as the storm was one
of the most intense in the history Of the
state.
Did Terrific Damage.
The property damage is exceptionally
Leavy. as dwellings, and storehouses were
wrecked and the wreckage blown about
like SO much kindling wood when the
winc reached Its height. The accom-
panying hail and rain did heavy damage
to crops a, vegetation of all kinds
In the Shiloh national cemetery giant
forest trees were uprooted.
The storm struck the Hamburg vicinity
with intense fury. leveling stores, houses
and dwellings, uprooting trees and play
ing havoc with vegetation of all kinds
Telephone and telegraph poles were blown
down, and it was not until early today
that wire communication was re-estab-
IiShed.
Iowa Monument Wrecked.
The hotel and large storehouse at
Pittsburg Landing. on the Tennessee
river. just few miles from Hamburg.
were destroyed two men losing their
lives in the wreckage.
The most serious damage done in the
national cemetery was the wrecking OF
the Iowa state monument, which was
blown from its pedestal when the wind
reached its height The superintendents
quarters were des royed.
Belated dispatches confirm various re-
ports as to loss of life, personal injury
and property damage. The casualties. %
far as known, are three killed outright
and approximately score injured. AZ
to the monetary loss accurate esti-
mate is as yet impossible. because Of the
confusion the remote sections through
which the storm passed and the interrupt
tion of wire communication.
Fire Follows the Storm.
Denmark. in Madison county. Tenn.
probably suffered most This little city
was practically wiped of the map. fire.
following the passing of the storm. con-
tinuing the work of destruction. Today
the town is largely smoldering embers.
but few buildings escaping the flames. and
these damaged by the wind to such an
extent as to necesstate a complete re-
building.
With the first gust of wind, besides
lures eighteen substantial business houses
were twisted into wreckage. Quickly fol-
lowing the passing of the storm came the
fires, and for several hours, with the aid
of primitive appliances. an effort was
made to check the flames, but to little
avail.
The last dispatches from Denmark told
of the fire gradually burning itself out
At Whiteville factory and church
building were wrecked.
Details Of Devastation.
At Buford station the Louisville and
Nashville depot and freight building were
destroyed and several other structures
badly damaged.
Near Mulberry the dwelling and farm
houses on the plantation Of Robert Mat
tow were demolished.
At Wartrace a negro settlement was
leveied.
Gibson, Stanton. Dyersburg and -Mer-
Ger are other towns In Tennessee report
ing minor damage.
The storm played havoc with pIanta-
tion property the wind tearing the frail
farm buildings to bits. Numberiess trees
were uprooted and the hail and heavy
downpour of rain leveled vegetation.
Telephone and telegraph companies suf-
fered materially, long stretches of wire
being torn from their fastenings.
Hailstorm Terrific.
ATLANTA, Ga. October 15-The worst
hailstorm, perhaps. that the south has
ever experienced. with its accompanying
heavy wind and electrical display, assum-
ing in some sections cyclonic proportions,
left serious damage to crops and property
in its wake through north Georgia, north
Alabama and Tennessee late this after
noon, and claimed several lives in the
latter state With wire communication
badly crippled in every direction and hum
dreds of towns in the path of the dis
turbance entirely isolated. 1t is impossible
with the meager reports received to esti-
mate the damage. but 1t Is believed here
that the cotton remaining in the fields In
the path of the storm Is practically a
- vx-ifh hn n n m O fn thnv~
property running into the hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Three Inch Stones Fell.
Starting about sixty miles east Of At
anta at o'clock the storm swept north
west and inside of two hours had
traversed a large section Of this state.
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