The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-18
Terrific Cyclone Sweeps Country
From Lakes to Gulf and From Ap-
palachians to Rockies-Tornadoes
Cause Destruction in the South.
Death Toll of the Storm.

St Louisa storm which spread
over the entire Middle West, the
Rocky Mountain region, the South and
the Southwest caused loss of life and
great property damage.
Late reports indicate that nearly a
hundred persons were killed, scores
seriously injured, and millions of dol
lars worth of property destroyed, in
the terrific electrical tornado which
swept Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama,
Louisiana, Mississippi Arkansas and
Texas.
Ninety deaths have been reported,
and the total loss of life probably will
be increased when communication is
restored in remote sections devas-
tated by the cyclone. The damage to
property cannot be estimated, but will
have to be computed in millions.
Twenty-Five persons are reported to
have perished in Georgia and the prop
erty loss in that State is roughly es-
timated at $1,00O,OOO. Calhoun, Gordon
county, Ca, and it's vicinity bore the
brunt of the storm in that State, and
eleven persons are reported to have
been killed there. The other fatalities
in Georgia were nine at Tucker, four
at Eaglesville, three at Clarkson, and
two at Columbus.
Every message from the towns and
cities of the storm-ridden zone brought
its quota of disaster. Men, women and
children were overwhelmed in their
homes, in the streets or in the fields
where they had taken shelter. Cloud
bursts drove plunging torrents through
the hurricane belt. A wind of terrific
velocity uprooted trees, blew down
telegraph and telephone poles, tum-
bled big and little buildings, and even
blew railroad cars from the tracks.
The latest reports from Tennessee
have increased the death toll in that
State to twenty-six persons. Six per-
ished in Middleton, four at South Ber-
lin, three at Huron, two each at Cul-
leoka and Lexington, and one each at
Leesburg, Rally Hill and Bryant Sta
ton. The loss of life in Alabama is
estimated at thirteen. Five negroes
were killed near New Decatur, three
persons perished at Calera, and two
each at Hoyles Bluff, Gayesville and
Duke.
A conservative estimate places the
number of dead in the lower Middle
West, Southwest and South at so, with
not fewer than 200 injured and prop
erty loss of $3,000,0O0 or more.
Four persons were killed and IL in
jured as the result of blizzard in
Nebraska, which caused two wrecks.
A St. Paul engineer saved train
load of passengers in Minnesota. He
feared a washout, and ran slowly az
he approached a bridge. His engine
plunged through the bridge. His fire
man was killed and he was fatally
hurt.
At Gothamburg, Nebraska, passen
ger train crashed into the rear of &
Pullman sleeper, throwing it and the
coach ahead into the ditch. Four per
sons were killed and 10 others are
seriously injured. Three were fatally
hurt
After two days of the hardest gale
ever known in the Ozark Mountain
district, the apple belt of Missouri, th'
temperature fell to 22 above zero, ant
the wind died down. The freeze i
not believed to have done much dam
age to fruit.
One person was killed at Jackson
vile, Ill. In Peoria, Woodford, Tazt
we'll, Morgan, Cass, Menard, Jerse
and Greene counties, in Illinois, tn
wind created great havoc. churc
steeple at Spring Hill, ILL.,, blown owe
while meeting was in progress, cause
a panic,
Hundreds we're rendered homeless
In the eastern part Of Wisconsin an
hundreds of lives were endangere,
The damage is estimated at $4,000
At Fond du Lac the business an
residence sections experienced II
worst hood in ten years, the cause
being ice jams. The water worl
plant is flooded and newspaper pre-
rooms are out of commission.