The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-10-15
Much Damage to Property Re-
ported at Other Points.
PEOPLE KILLED
The Number of Injured Is APP
prOximately Twenty. &
Plantations Wrecked and Wire
Service DemOraliZed.

J Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 15.-Dis-
patches reaching Memphis today re-
port loss of life and property damage
resulting from a storm of wind, rain
and hail, which swept through North
Albany and middle and west Tonnes
see last night. 49,
The casualties so far as known are
three killed and approximately score
! injured. An accurate estimate of prop
erty damage is as yet impossible be-
cause of the Generalization of wire
| communication.
Denmark. in Madison county, Tenn,
probably suffered most. This little
| city was practically wiped from the
| map, fire following the passing of the
storm and continuing the work Of de-
struction
| Besides numerous dwellings and
| more frail structures. eighteen sub
| stantial business houses were twisted
| into masses of Wreckage. Quickly fol-
lowing the storm came the fires and
! for several hours, 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.
At Buford station the Louisville &
Nashville depot and freight house were
destroyed and several other structures
| badly damaged.
Near Mulbury the dwelling and farm
| houses on the plantation of Robert
| Mattow were demolished.
At Wartrace, a negro settlement was
| levelled. Gibson. Stanton, Dyersburg
and Mercer are other towns in Ten
nessee reporting minor damage.
The storm played havoc with plan
tation property, the wind tearing the
| frail frame buildings to pieces.
known Dead.
Denmark, Tenn.-Albert Barnes and
child
Mulbury, Tenn.-Thomas Helm.
Hamburg, Tenn.-Mrs. Worth Nc
| Donald, Otis and Luther Littieield,
| Marshall and Ruby Jordan, Perry
| Banks and four members of his fam
| ly, Charles Moore, wife and baby. Two
guests at the Pittsburg Landing hotel
whose names have not been ascer-
| tanned.
Houses Unroofed at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 15.-Unroofed
houses and levelled trees and shrub
berry are the extent of the damage left
today in the wake of the terrific wind
and hail storm which swept over At
lanta and surrounding country early
last night. So far as known no lives
were lost. The property loss is vari-
eusly estimated at from $4,000 to
100000.
At the height of the storm street car
traffic was stopped throughout the city
and live wires, broken by the hail,
were stretched across many streets,
rendering travel dangerous. Thirty
five head of cattle and several horses
were reported killed at East Lake, a
suburb.
At Riverdale, 16 miles south of At
lanta, Mrs. Olga Grey was probably
fatally injured and her two children
and Mrs. Joseph Stubs seriously hurt
by falling tirnbers. Fifteen others also
received slight injuries. The path of
the storm was about one-fourth Of a
mile wide.
Reports from Rome Ga, indicate the
storm damage there will reach far into
the thousands The crops throughout
that section are said to be almost to-
tally destroyed. p.
Hits Shiloh Battlefield
Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 15.-Death and
destruction We're left in the wake of the
storm which passed over the National
cemetery of the battlefield of Shiloh at
Hamburg, Tenn. last night, according
to advices received here from Acton,
Tenn, early today. Fifteen people were
killed and many more were seriously
injured.
The most serious damage done. the
the Iowa state monument, which was
blown from it's pedestal. The superin-
tendent's quarters were destroyed.
One Dead at Gainesville, Ga.
Gainesville, Ga, Oct. 15.-One dead
and a property loss estimated at $780,
900, is the result of the storm which
swept this section last night.
Demolished Sc Buildings.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct. 15.-Booze-
willie. a small town ten miles from
Rome, Ga. was wrecked by the storm
Three stores and 33 dwellings were de-
mOliShed