The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-29
GEORGIA IS
HARD HIT BY
FATAL STORM
MANY DEAD AT WEST
POINT AND LA GRANGE
FiveReportedKilleda andMany
Injured at Agricola,
Alabama

ATLANTA, Ga, March 2S.-At least
thrty.SiX lives we're lost. hundred or
more persons were injured and prop
erty damage possibly running into the
millions was caused by tornadoes that
swept through Georgia and Alabama
late today. ~
La Grange and West Point, Georgia,
towns near the Ala abama-Georgia Dor.
der, suffered the heaviest, the estimat.
I dead at La Grange running as high
as lhirty-six. Twenty-one bodies, six
white and fifteen negroes, were found.
West Point reported ten dead and So
we're property damage in the business
section. Five persons were killed at
Agricola, Alabama, which also report.
ed many injured. The tornado also
oas relt in Macon. where property
lamage ran high and some persons
were injured.
Wire service, both telegraph and
telephone, was partially paralyzed and
it was almost impossible TO ascertain
exact damage or TO get reports from
many sections Of the state. Many
towns were in darkness. Heavy rains
fell throughout a great portion OF
Georgia.
ATLANTA. ia. March 2S.-At least
twelve persons were killed in a tornado
that struck La Grange Ga. late To-day.
according to word received here TO-
night.
\ telephone report SAID some "sti-
mates placed the dead as nigh Us 80.
The court house and churches were be-
ing used as hospitals. .-H9E
The town was left IN dar~ae:.s "a the
ligat and power plant vas G.!til.:Srd aud
the wstcr works also wSnt cut OF com.
mission. ..s.... Gss
ihc Lrcatest io-a {, ,ir..,,3 property
uUa in the hillside .ill 49, .-i where
The tornado smashed nearly - s:yihins
in its path Estimates were ihat from
100 To 500 small rcstd. cca were de-
stroycd or damaged.
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad
reported that passenger train No. 5s,
from New Orleans. had not been located
until Il was reported no RELIEF train
could be sent here. No So. the New
Orleans New York limited, was sup
posed or bc running late and II was not
known whether Il had PASSED La Grange,
Ca. tonight. All wires were down.
OPELlkA. Ala. March '"s.--Fire per-
sons were killed and dozen or more IN
jurcd by q tornado at Agricola- Ala.
bama Il small settlement near Camp
Hill. - miles north Of here this after
noon, according TO reports reaching nero
tonight.
MONTGOMERY. Ala. March b.
Four or five persons were KILLED and
the northwestern part Of the town OF
West Point. Ga. destroyed by A tornado
late to-day, according to mcagre fnfof-
nation received here. All telephone ana
telegraph lines into the town arc down
The Presbyterian church, railroad
roundhouse and many other buildings n
West Foint. were partially wrecked. ThS
pontoon bridge thrown across the Chat
toochce river after the December FLOODS
was destroyed. ~
Many persons were injured. The re0t~
Dental section was not greatly dam.
aged. the storm having swept through.
the business centre. ~
MACON. Ga. March @S.---A storm Of
cyclonic intensity struck Macon tonight
causing heavy damage. Several persona
arc known TO have been injured and
several buildings were unroofcd or de-
stroycd. ~
WASHINGTON. ia. March "a
tornado struck this place early to-day.
damaging many buildings. but causing
no fatalities 50 far as known. Tho
court houS" and high school were
among buildings unroofed by the storm.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, March 2s.-ForscAStI
Western PennsylvanIa-Shows ana
Monday, colder At night;
much colder and probably fair.