The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-04-30
ANENTIRE TOWN WIPED
OUT IN MISSISSIPPI
An Electrical Storm Plays Havoc
In Chicago.
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Are Down Asa Rsffrsax
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New Orleans. La. April 2s.--Meagre
reports indicate the loss OF several lives
and much property IN a storm which
swept over Nsrth Louisiana and Ms
sissippi and Southern Arkansas iato
this Afternoon.
A special from Forrest City. Arh..
says that cyclone struck that section
late today. killing two people. in5ur-
Ing more or less seriously six others
and demoiishinE q score or more hous-
&c. most Of them residences Of farm~
ers Out houses. barns. fences and for-
eBts were laid low and telegraph and
telephone wires prosttated The great
est loss 20 property was In the neixh-
borhood Of Wfieatiey.
At West Marion. Miss, Nancy YouHE
was killed and Miss Jena Young and
Curfis Young probably fatally injureos
Mrs. Aaron Polk Il IL believed. IL dying
as the resalt Of injuries.
Near Whcatiey, Mrs. It'll Thrash was
badly hurt and an unknown negro kill
ed. John Smith. another negro was
fatally injured. Reports OF damage
also come from Marianne and Rams
Horn. Ark.
Horn Lake. email town In Desoto
comfy, Mississippi. 5s reported 70 isav@
been .praotically wiped on the map. lt2
has been impossible as yet to secure
any details from thara,
A aneoiai received late toni giEt from
Horn Lake. Miss.s says that 81 least
four people were killed and nfty I'M
jured BY the tornado which struplx
that place shortly before o'clock tht4
evening. Houses for miles around
were blown down and many ~ theu4
burned II IL said that a number az
negroes were thus burned alive. &tnen&
the dead are Perry Mckee and John
McPbeel
An Illinois Central train was faGgea
a
under tree which had fallen across
the track re was able to tear Q piece
Of shirt from his body. Hight It and SO
bring the train to 4 halt before ~
rsaehed him and the ebstrnatios. = -
FIays Ezasbs in
ChIcAmc, April 2 ga -.s
| storm. Mecompanied b EEs
burst over Chicago
| death to at least I'VE
| ting the city or fr-sal oareeI outHiaU'
communication fer nearly two hours.
The centre OF the storm was on the
south side OF the city where three lar
borers were killed and several more
were Injured when the roof OF the
EGrand Crossing Tack Company's plant
was blown on.
A cottage at Seventy-ninth Street
and Ellis Avenue was blown down. and
II was reported to the police that two
child Injured. Telegraph and tela-
phone wires were cut down on all
sides OF Chicago. It was the most con1~
piete prostratioa OF wire service In
twelve wears. The Western Union rs
ported that ali Of its wires were cut
on as though by q fash of liRhtning-.
Communication with the East was cs-
tablished slowly and by ctreuropn
routes. Trafflc was impeded on SUR
face and elevated lines. and suburban
trains were delayed. Two inches Of
rain fell In and near ChicaGo. Man
persons were injured by flying boards
and knocked down by street cars ana
wagons.
Great damage was done in several
suburbs where buildings and tr6s&
were blown down. Injury TO slectrin
light plants placed suburbs in dark
ness during the tvening. The wind
reached q velocity OF forty-eight miles
an hour.
Several tradns ON the Chicago ana
Alton Railroad were stopped st Lsa~
mont. III. .twenty-five miles from Chs
cago. bv the storm. The wind ripped
the coaches and broke ssyeral Win
dows Telegraph poles fell across the
tracks
Cftiyens OF Morgan Park. anofhan
southern suburb. were forced 70 nea
to the cellars OF their homes. The roots
were torn OF many houses, The Lights
went out and the foods came 70 ed4
| to the terrors Of the night. A hastily
organized rescue committee OF twenty
| cftizRns went from house to house ana
succeeded in saving the lives OF sewers
| al persons. The walls OF the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Eta@
! ton were crushed together.
A one story frame house was piowm
down and Henry James. negro. and
| hts child. were buried In the ruins
Two killed In PittsburK.
PittsburE, PA, April 29.-Two lives
4 1,-ava tnn4 ans rnuch DANA &c was done