The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-28

houses We're demOllSneQ.
Casualties were distributed among
Jefferson county towns as follows:
Bradford, II dead, 81 injured; Car
bon HILL dead, rs injured, 20 seri-
ously and 10 probably fatally; Sayre,
8 dead. Is injured; Majestic. % in
jured. 5 probably fatally; Sylacauga,
dead, 20 injured; Village Springs,
entire town demolished but only one
| death.
Special trains were run out of
Birmingham to the stricken communl-
ties. One hundred houses were de-
molished in Carbon Hill, where the
storm struck at nine o'clock. Morn
/! ing brought detachment of the
Fourth infantry from Jaspar and
guards were stationed to prevent
looting.
At Bradford, where the negro sec
ton of the town was literally wiped
out, not white man was injured.
Property damage will run into hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars.
Thirty-five Killed Sunday.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 29-Incom.
plete reports from surrounding towns
show thirty-fve persons were killed
and 156 injured in a tornado which
swept portions of Arkansas Sunday,
while Tennessee's toll is twenty-nine
dead and $50 injured. Wires are down |
and it may be days before the COM |
plete figures are obtained. The prop
erty loss in these two states, 1t is
estimated, will reach $5,000,000.
These Arkansas towns report loss /
of life:
Manila. ten dead. thirty injured;
Clear Lake, two dead, six injured;
Malvern, three dead, thirty injured;
reports twenty dead in
county and 100 injured.
Tennessee reporting death: Gates
Landing, four dead, thirty hurt. Shar-
on three dead, fifty injured; Dyers-
burg, twelve dead, forty hurt; Una.
seven Dead sixty hurt; Baker, two i
lead, four hurt; Sanier one dead, if /
y hurt. /.
Guided by Angel Of Death.
SPRINGFIELD, H., May 2S.-The
ornado which wrecked Nation,
Charleston and several smaller vii
ages Saturday afternoon, seemed
guided by an angel Of death. It's de-
jtructive force was directed against
he more populous sections, while
he open country escaped almost I'M
cathed, as the twister rose and
Tipped.
The funnel-shaped, black clouds
rogress was leisurely at all times,
.ccording to eye witnesses today. l
1t loafed across the country and
waved this way and that, like an
lephant's trunk in search of food. [
In it's sweep of $50 miles, the tor
ado cut wide swaths through Pearl, 8
i Pike county; Modesto, in Macoup-
n county; Owaneco, in Christian !
ounty; Westervelt, in Shelby coun- r
Y; Gays, in Moultrie county; Mat S
BON, Loxa and Charleston, in Coles
ounty, and Westfield and Casey, in 3
lark county.
1t followed straight course, from $
hich it did not deviate six miles.
Digging in Ruins.
NATION, ILL.,, May 28.-Rescuers :,
,day are still digging into the ruins -
t the northeast part of the city in :.
n attempt to locate between ten and q
fteen missing persons, whose rela- :,
yes fear they were killed in the -
rnado which struck this city late u
afternoon.
The three thousand persons made 81
,meless by the wind blast are be- 70
g taken care of in tents in the ST
lrks and in the homes of more for ca
nate.
The food problem is a pressing one. ST
ne city was badly in need of pro- er
sions until early today, when four 10
rloads of foodstuffs arrived from 81
cities and relieved the
tuation, temporarily, at least.
More food will be necessary, how
er, in the very near future. The ce
FUNDED are being cared for in every 5
ailable spot, though most of them
We been transferred from the temp
airy quarters to homes of their A
latiyes