New-York tribune., 1909-05-02
TORNADOES KILL 200
crORU FIN1LLY PASSES
OTT TO SE1.
Tt;rtg-four More Lires Taken in
Georgia-400 Hurt Property
Loss of Millions.

-4, Atlantic ocean tonight. The havoc
'u' ++ ~, its path included probably two hun
- ti1led. twice as many injured, and property
- several millions Of dollars destroyed and
f,sss and communication well nigh demor-
ulized.
7o-dsv. in passing off 10 sea, the storm ap-
-e,,1,- had lost none Of its vicious energy
Re his afternoon wires flashed the news OF
-es.,-fo1,- more deaths in Georgia-lives taken
-. Storm. Of the coming Of which some Of the
,4tras had been reading for two days in the
-svsnspers Last night when the news II the
.v,snt of destruction in Tennessee. with be
.-.sn sixtv and a hundred deaths. was speeding
- trains from the presses toward Albany and
csssrroun. Ga and even when old hands al
.-s5,c,ing the course Of tornadoes were drawing
sseh cf relief and saying il was all over. the
rinds were racing with the trains toward those
towns Before daylight the tornadoes struck
ba,b nlaces. killing twelve in the vicinity Of
Cedartown and SIX few miles south Of Albany.
TIE Georgia death list by towns as received
here tonight is: Buchanan. IS; Albany, s:
reirs. /: Cedartovn j; Bowden. !. Gaines
vile, /
Al Savannah the tornado had lost much OF its
.prv Il tore through the old town. however
unroofed many houses and destroyed much
rroperty not only in the city, but in adjacent
country.
TIE storm lasted not more than half min
ne but was so severe that it sounded louder
than al. oncoming train. one Of the peculiari-
ties Of the blow was that it completely unhar-
messed horse standing hitched to a wagon in
the street but d:d not injure the animal
From Norfolk came news Of high winds and
sane damage 70 property, while the towns in
North Carolina and many in Florida contrib
.+R,s4 .,Fs
Il rtnains only 10 cast up the cost in human
ms and property. That this list will be incom-
pste FOR several days is probable. for wires are
down and railwar communication IS seriously
interrupted in the interior Of several states OF
the path Of the tornado
Memphis May,1.-Wfile some sections in the
pathway Of the storm are Yet 20 be heard from,
dispatches received from Arkansas Western
Tennessee and Northern Mississippi bring the
total number Of killed in this section by the
tornado on Thursday 10 one hundred, and the
injured TO twice that number
The greatest number Of dead and injured is
reported from Horn Lake Miss. Here eighteen
bodies have already been found. The injured
are placed al fifty Caddox Gap. Ark. reports
similar number Of dead and many injured AT
Fayetteville. TEnn- the death list is placed al
fifteen and the injured al fifty. other towns
from which reports have been received here are:
In Administrations, I; Bee Branch, 2;
Heber. ?; WiIburn, !; Wheatley, !; Marion. 5;
Zebulon !
The weather In Tennessee tonight is clear
and cool and the telegraph wires. as they are
revived, bring reports Of loss Of life and prop
erty destruction greater than first advices- To-
day number Of coffins were shipped TO the
stricken districts
At Pulaski and IN some sections OF Giles
County the destruction Of property IS heavy,
and it is said the death list viii number twenty
nTe with at least thirty others injured In the
nome Of IT. HardisOn. Just south OF Hlllsboro.
IN one room were the bodies u the two Marlin
boys. who were blown with the house into the
creek In another room lay Carroll Marlin,
aged twelve. dying Near him on different beds
we're their father. whose snoulderblade and
eoharbone We're broken. and their mother. whose
MP was crushed.
Damage IS reported from a score Of other
PAGES and Gibson Madison and the surround
ING territory furnish list Of eight or more dead
Lincoln County's fatalities are heavy. and the
STORM seems 10 have practically covered the
sllire state The casualty list is still incom-
pete and il is believed the dead in all sections
VII exceed one hundred.
chicago, May 1.-The storm which began on
thursday took the form Of mild blizzard in
'he upper lake region to-day, including Chicago,
~Aere moderate wind was accompanied by
tnOw
Al Superior, Wis, there was snow enough
'ot sieighing- Winnipeg reported many range
'a'le dead from exposure. From the South
vest came stories Of ruined orchards
Wire conditions according to the telegraph
ana telephone companies, were much improved.
Moving day" as May l has come to be
AnoVn IN this city, where 10 per cent Of the
p0puiatlon change their fiat number each year,
9S niied with gloom The big storm left a
u@i Of snow clouds and icy breezes. The NOV
,'s vans struggled through snowstorms which
.-oAe over the city at two minute intervals all
Winter clothes were donned and janitors
sought 10 turn on the steam. Thousands of
smiles were delayed in their piIgrimages.
NE n a while the sun peeped out, as II TO tell
- oIsheartened ones that It was only joke.
region
= @Shirgton. May IA fair Monday every
5Ie east OF the Rocky Mountains, but yet an
- storm brewing out in the West and head
tiis way. Is the promise held out by the
. uaer bureau tonight Away out in Arizona
60 Is a storm centre that is moving rapidly
t tset@srd anu official figuring tonight schedules
-. lae Atlantic Coast Wednesday or Thurs
out ITS real extent is problematical
49, DAY snow huITies fleck the country In
o. particularly about the Great Lakes and in
h-a,2 and even in the South. Roanoke. Va
ne Ae It's records for the coldest May Day FOX
~ years. Snow fell tonight in the Virginia
esn-..0elns and II predicted that fruit and
is+sslaoies would be killed unless a change in
'ersture came before Monday.
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