Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-23
Mobile Citizens Canvass for
Supplies for Residents of
Lower Peach Tree, Ala.
DEATH LIST IN SECTION
IS NOW TWENTY-EIGHT
Appeals Sent to President Wilson
and Gov. O'Neal-Army Doc
tors Speeding There.

| MOBILE. Ala, March 22-Mobile citi.
zens tonight are canvassing for none,
and supplies for the relief OF storm
victims at Lower Peach Tree, Ala.
which was practically wiped out by q
cyclone Friday.
Reports from the stricken district to.
night brought the death list in that
section UP to twenty eight. Many are
| reported seriously hurt.
| Besides sending appeals to Presiden,
Wilson and Gov. O'Neal. Mobile citizens
are raising fund Of $1,000 for the i'm
mediate relief of the sufferers who
have lost their homes. A steamboa,
| left here today with some supplies
and it is expected many Of the victims
| will be brought here.
Clothing Blown or Bodies.
Reports tonight tell OF great damage
in Greenville, Forest Home. Burnt
Corn. Coy, Vreedenburg and Beatrice
| but no loss Of life Reports from
Townsville that five had been killed
could not be confirmed. One report
from Lower Peach Tree says the wind
blew the clothes off some of the bodies
found and that chickens were stripped
Of their feathers.
Supplies for survivors of the cyclone
were being hurried into the Stricken dis
trfct today, and with them were sent
constituents OF collins. Every store in
Lower Peach Tree was blown down by the
gale and provisions of every description
were destroyed. Food was sent from Mo-
bile today, and the steamer City Of Mo-
bile carried supplies from Selma.
A few stories Of survivors reached Mo-
bile from Lower Peach Tree today.
See Home Blown Away.
rocking in the gale he carried his wife
dow and to a small clubhouse. where sew
chung to the lumber and watched while
the gale carried their home into the
Ala bama river.
According to the latest information
from Lower Peach Tree, in addition to
the twenty eight persons dead more than
fifty were injured in the cyclone. The
death not reported last night was .nat
John Baker.
Reports received here late this after
noon say two persons were killed In the
town of Reinzi, Miss. by FRIDAY tor,
nado. These are the only additional
deaths reported since yesterday.
Red Cross to Give AID.
Under rush orders from Secretary Car
risof,, a. medical officer and three MEM
bers Of the Army Hospital Corps are pro-
ceeding from Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, to
Lower Peach Tree, Ala, the town vir-
tually wiped or the map by Thursdays
and fridays tornado. The action was
ia ken after an appeal for help was re-
ceived by President Wilson.
The American Red Cross today notined
the Governor of Alabama that IT would
give all possible aid to the sunerers In
the stricken district. The Red Cross
agent at Birmingham was asked TO make
a report on the extent OF the damage
done by the tornado.
Michigan Death Total Is Five.
DETROIT, Mich. March 22.-Beiafed
reports coming in tonight from storm
stricken points throughout the state In
dicated that the Michigan death list di-
rectly due to yesterdays tornado will
reach at least five.
The latest reports told of two boys De-
ing caught by the wind while skating on
the Straits Of Mackfnac and swept into
open water and drowned.
TELEGRAPH and telephone companies re-
ported tonight that they were able TO
reach by indirect routes practically all
Of the principal cities In lower Michigan
for the first time since yesterday morn
ing