The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-07
CYCLONE CLAIMS
 BUT ONE VICTIM
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the storm struck the home of John Wade, which was badly damaged and his fur niture and the contents of his house blown away and his barn and outhouses destroyed. His neighbor, James Cobb, also suffered considerable damage to his farm, as did another neighbor Jack Hooper.
 Reaching a point near Atlas mines, south of Oakman, the storm literally tore to flinders the home and contents thereof of Rufus Madison, and all was com plete destruction. At this place the large dwelling of George Hooper, superntend- ent of the Tuscaloosa Mining comapny, was torn from it's pillars and partially wrecked Continuing the storm struck the farms of Mrs. Savage, John Blackwell, Wilson Wade and Mrs. Blanton, playing havoc with the fences on these farms and also-the outhouses.
 Miraculous Escapes.
 Reaching the home of Reuben Blanton it again showed its great power to de- stroy. Mrs. Blanton, with her infant child was sitting by the fire when the storm with it's fury struck the house completely demolishing it down to the floor, leaving her still sittlng in front of the fire unharn1ed. Mr. Blanton $ mule was killed by falling timbers, which together with the destruction of his out houses. fences, etc., makes his loss quite heavy.
 The storm next struck the new four. room dwelling of Rufus Burlington which was nearing completion. At the time there were four men working or the roof and all narrowly escaped with their lives, but each, with one exception received severe wounds by falling tim bers. Andrew Morgan's home was the next and 1t suffered a like fate with MT Courington's, being completely destroyed In the destruction MT. Morgan received by the falling of the chimney, broker and dlslocated shoulder and arm.
 The farms near the place of Mrs. Do, Tubbs and William Sartain were als, badly damaged
 The next point of a serious nature wa. when the storm reached the tipple of ths Gayoso Coal company, wrecking it, to gether with the air shaft, and continu ing in it's course, 1t fell with might, power on the camp destroying 25 houses besides wrecking many others. Strang to say. with all this destruction and tn, great number of people living in tn camp, there were no fatalities, other thai one broken arm of a Mir. Logan Not withstanding this, many are the storie of miraculous escapes.
 Women Left Praying.
 In one log house where lived the famil, of Will owens, colored, there were thre women and two children, who realizini their danger, knet in one corner of tn house around trunk, one of the womer Aunt Malindy, leading prayer for thei i protection. The house and everything f. ! it, down to the floor, with the exceptio of the trunk and the women and chIl dren, was blown away, leaving them un ! harmed.
 Passing on in northeastern course the storm did considerable damage to tn farms of R. F. Summer, also badly dam aging the barn and farm of Reese Cour { ington. Reaching the home of Rober Courington, Jr., 1. did its most destruc tive work, tearing from the ground hi orchard, barns and fences, and damagin his home. also killing one of his mil l cows The destruction here was some | thing fearful, and his home, which wa enlx recently completed. .laS. today, .totall