Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-03-27
WIDE PATH CUT BY WIND
STORM; SCORES KILLED
Many Persons Are Injured as a Result
Of the Devastation

More than 100 persons ale reported
killed and hundreds were injured, some
mortally, by storm of tornado intensity
which ragged over central, western, south
ern and parts of eastern states last Friday.
Property damage will RIM well into the
millions
Definite advices have been received
accounting for at least 20 persons dead
with reports from points temporarily
cut off from wire communication by the
storm, adding hourly to the list.
Reports from Alabama, show the loss
of life was heaviest in that state. The
number of dead there being already de-
initely placed at so, with ADDITIONAL
fatalities reported but not confirmed.
Two towns, Thomasville and Lower
Peachtree, were practically wiped out.
Two are dead in Indiana, two in Ten
nessee, two in Ohio, two IL New York.
one in Michigan aud one in Louisiana
Accompanying the death lists are esti-
mates OF the injured totaling more than
200.
Coming up out of the south early Fri
day morning just as spring was ushered
in the storm swept with startling sudden
ness diagonally across the country from
Northern Texas to Western Pennsy lvania
and New York, bisecting the Mississippi
valley and moving northeastward across
Ohio into the Great Lake region.
MONTGOMERY Ala, March q. "A
special from brownsville, Ala, says that
10 white and nine soiored persons lost
their lives in the storm which swept that
section Yesterday.
MOBILE, Ala, March 2l.-A special
to the Register from Fulton. Alabama,
says that 29 persons are known to have
been killed at Lower Peach Tree Ala
bama, by cyclone this morning. Many
more were hurt. Fifty persons were in
| jured at Fulton.
LOUISVILLE, Mar. 21-Probably so
people are dead from the violence OF the
storm which last night reged in the Miss
issippi and Ohio valley states, sweeping
northward to the Great Lakes. The
property loss is impossible to estimate
until remote points, now shut off from
communication, are heard from and re-
ports from such places it is feared will
increase the death list.
Chicago. March 81 -Pisastorous wind
storm swept over vast sections of the
country last night and today causing the
death of scores of persons, wrecking
many buildings, prostrating telegraph
and telephone wires and injuring hun
dreds of people. The east, west and
south suffered alike, but the greatest
toll OF the wind probably occurred in the
states OF Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee,
Alabama, Missippi, Louisiana and
Kentucky,
The velocity of the wind reached 70
miles an hour at many places. Houses
were crumbled or blown away COM
pletely crushing many persons.
In number Of instances entire towns
were wiped out. At Poplar Bluff, Mo-,
one person was killed and more than
so injured. One was killed at Hoxie,
Ark, and IS injured The town was
i leveled.
HERoINEs OF STORM
Nashville, March 21.-Heroines of
the storm at Murfreesboro Misses Mable
Hit and Minnie Yearwood, who though
still in their teens, stayed at their posts
as operators at the telephone exchange
wien the storm was at its height. Walls
were falling nearby and pieces of falling
timber breaking the glass in the build
ing they occupied. They remained
signalling the fire companies and citi-
zens to let them know of the destruc-
ton, but when the danger had passed
they broke down and cried.
HUGE DAMAGE DONE
Jefferson, Tex, March 2l.-Fifty to
| 100000 damage was done but no lives
lost in tornado here last night which
lasted two minutes Its path was $50
yards wide and four miles long.
LINEMAN KILLED
Uniontown, Pa, March 21.- Thomas
Davies, of Connellsvllle, lineman was
killed late today while working ON a
high tension wire attached to the top
OF pole in Footdale. He was hanging
4 from wire with one hand while work.
ing and the high wind blew his feet
against another wire, death resulting
almost instantly.