The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-06-01

Fuller reports received Tuesday
raised the total of deaths in Alabama
Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky
The same reports cut down the toll OF
death in Illinois, while the lists in Kan
sas, Indiana, and Missouri remain
practically unchanged
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ArKansas and Kontucky today iadis 4
a total death list of f0s Persons. i6e
total number of injured is estimsted
at 800.
Of the dead in the three states, Ten
nessee is known to have fatality list
OF 20, Arkansas II and Kentucky 20
The injured in Tennessee number $50,
in Arkansas 40 and in Kentucky 200.
The greatest number of dead is re-
ported from Kentucky, which appar-
emily bore the heaviest loss from the
tornado if Sunday afternoon. Hick-
mans death list remains as indicated
Monday with 81 dead and 60 injured.
Reports from the hospitals in Hickman
are to the effect that probably three or
four of the injured may die.
The other stricken communities near
Hickman will augment the known dead
as reported from that city and will
place the total dead in Kentucky at 10.
On the Dodds plantation south of
Hickman, 16 were killed, most of these
being negro laborers. Scattering re-
ports from other West Kentucky towns
indicate a number of dead in a score
of towns and hamlets.
Clinton, KY, is reported wiped off
the map and it is estimated that the
total dead in that town will reach 20,
the injured more than 80.
In Tennessee indications today point
ed to the fact that the death list at
Sharon has been increased from two
to six. Dyersburg still reports seven
killed and 40 injured. Reports from
other towns in Middle and West Ten
nessee place the total dead in this
state at 20, and the total wounded at
| 150.
In Arkansas the death list has been
augmented by two deaths over Mon
days report, the total now being II
dead and approximately 40 injured
Most of these are from Clear Lake,
Cottonwood Point and Manila. Two are
reported dead at Tomato, but verifca-
tion cannot be obtained.
Property damage is growing with
incoming wire reports and combined
with the destruction of crops, will to-
| tai in excess of two million dollars. The
destruction of property and growing
crops is one of the greatest in the his
tory of the devastated sections.
Incomplete lists of the dead in Ten
nessee include the following names:
Dyer county-Mrs. E. D. Boswell,
D. D.. Morrissey, Miss Mabel Morrisy,
Mrs. Elco Baker and month-old daugh-
ter, Mrs. l. D. Turner, Miss Lizzie Mil
Ter, Robert Litchfeld's child, Pauline
Doak.
Carroll county-M L. Couch, Mrs.
Couch, Mrs. Caroline Green, Mrs. Will
liam A. Green.
Weakley county-John Starke, Ike
Adams, Mrs. William Bragg.
Henderson county-Reuben Kelley
Perry county-Two unidentified ne
groes.
In many other counties the force of
the storm was felt in varying degrees,
ranging from hailstones the size of hen
eggs to streams bursting out of their
banks from the floods of rain. The
property loss will be enormous.
In Stewart county John Millikin is
not expected to live.
The tornado manifested a partiality
for the small towns in its path, Dyers-
murg, Linden and Lebanon being the
only county seats hit or brushed. As