The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
t Is Probable That -Four Others
 May Die
SCHOOL BUILDING WRECKED
One Hundred Children Have Miracu- Ious Escape at Holly Pond-Much Property Loss Is Reported In
 Walker County.
By WALTER HARPER.

Hanceyille, February 5.-(Special.)-- The 2-days-old infant of MT. and Mrs. George Stewart, which was killed in the cyclone at Welti yesterday was buried at Duck River Baptist church at Walter this afternoon.
 This is the only fatality so far, though it is feared that three or four others may die from their injuries. Mrs Stewart is lying dangerously Ill and bruised at the home of neigh bor, about half a mile from the scene of her wrecked home. Her 2-year-old daughter Is fearfully burned about the face and body. It is believed that she will recover. She was blown into the fire that started in some bed clothing when the house was wrecked The heavy downpour of rain. that followed the cyclone, smothered the fire.
 Mrs. Tom Bonner, who, with her 11-months- child, was in the Stew art home at the time of the disaster, was dangerously bruised about the head and body. It Is feared that she sustained internal injuries that may prove fatal Her child Is suffering from a broken and bruised hip.
 Mrs. Bonner and child and Mrs. Stew art and child are thought to be the most seriously injured. Mir Stewart has an ugly cut about the head and face, but 1t is not serious.
 Mort Grimes has painful cut across the head and was otherwise bruised and cut by flying timbers. His wife was also painfully but not seriously injured. Dick Ham and two children, who were at the Grimes home, were all more or less painfully hurt. MT. Ham is suffering intensely from gash in the head and pos sible fracture, but it is thought he will recover.
 Grimes House Wrecked.
 The Grimes home was a large new frame building and was shaken into l<indline woo0. An incident of this crash is the fact that when the in mates of the house had recovered themselves, they were standing on section of the overhead ceiling, which was lying upside down in the field, some distance away. A large cast Iron heater was stripped into scrap iron and scattered to the four winds. In the yard of the Stewart home a large iron caldron was beaten into the same condition.
 Though it cannot be definitely es- timated the damage to property in the Welt settlement will reach several thousand dollars. Hundreds of people gathered from all sections of the coun- ty last night and today to view the result of the storm and render as- sistance to the injured.
 The Stewart home had just been completed, as had also the Grimes home At the time the storm came up MT. Grimes was himself finishing up some work on the interior.
 The track of the storm was about 200 yards wide and swept everything clean where it touched. It did not go in a direct line, but sometimes the course outlined a sharp angle and then a gradual curve. The general course was north of east. Just across Duck river the storm seemed to rise and left several miles of country untouched, striking again at Holly Pond, about six miles away where considerable damage was done to property
 School Children Escape.
 The large two-story frame school build ing at Holly Pond was totally wrecked. Every pane of glass in the windows was shattered and the roof tumbled inward and, although there were 100 children in the building at the time, slight scratch on the hand of a little girl by 9 piece of flying glass was the only injury
 The damage done east of Holly Pond cannot be learned as all wires are down and no other communication has been established. It is reported in Hance- vile, however, tonight that Summit, in the northern part of Blount county, was almost totally destroyed though no loss of life is reported.
 Hopewell church, two miles east of Hanceville was lifted from it's pillars and turned about one-quarter around and set down again. The church which faced east now faces southeast. A num- Der of the tombstones in the cemetery at Hopewell were blown down which is said to be something very unusual.
 No report has been had from the west ern part of the county, but 1t is not believed that the storm did serious dam age there.