Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-21
1855 PEOPLE KILLED
WHEN BIG TORNADO HITS
THREE SOUTHERN STATES
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III knew what WAS coming. Darkness
preceded the tornado by. about a half
hour. its approach was. heralded by a
terrific roar. and later by one of the
heaviest downpours of rain I have
ever Witnessed.
Passengers aboard the train also de-
scr!hed the scenes they witnessed as
the train passed through the stricken
districts. They stated that at Merid-
ian they saw ambulances bringing
injured people to the hospitals and a
scene of deselation everywhere.
The family of Louis Eastburn of
Mobile. fireman on the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, was stripped Of it's child
life by the tornado of yesterday at
Meridian. as three children. Margue-
rite. Cameron and Gertrude. were
killed instantly. News reaching rela-
tives in Mobile today confirmed the
death of the three children. the oldest
of whom was five years of age. The
mother. a Mobile woman. was unin-
jured, but saw her children, one a
babe in arms. swept from her to their
deaths. The father was in Mobile al
the time of the tornado. The East
burns moved to Meridian recently.
when the father accepted employ
ment as Mobile and Ohio fireman.
Situation at Hamilton.
HAMILTON. Ala. April 21.-Nine-
killed and nearly 100 injured by the
cyclone which struck this section yes
terday. Damage amounted to several
hundred thousand dollars. Because
of lack OF he spital facilities. Ham
ilton citizens have thrown open their
homes, and practically every resi-
dence in town shelters refugees from
the rural sections. 1t is estimated
that 100 families were made homeless
by the tornado. Two nurses from
Birmine ham and several physicians
have reached here.
Ono Death at Nashville.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, April 21.-Re-
ports Of widespread property, damage
as result of Tuesday mornings
tornado in Tennessee continue TO
come in, but the loss of life is con-
fined to one. Capt Thomas Mulloy.
who was blown against pile of rock
and his head crushed. near Burwood,
in Williamson county.
The path followed by the tornado
was across Lewis county, Maury
county, striking Hampshire. Sawdust
Valley, Jameson. and into Williamson
county, between Burwood and Thomp-
sons Station. Residences throughout
the section were blown away, wreck
ed and unroofed, and buildings and
outhouses with them. At West Harp,
Williamson county. the home of Boyd
ed, all that remained being a portion of
the wall beside which Mrs. Critz had
crouched with her three little chill
dren. They escaped injury. Maury
county delegates to the seventh dis
trict republican convention at Frank
lin. going home by auto. had to Dor
row axes en- route to open the road.
which had been blocked by uprooted
trees.
Seven Dead at HattiesburE.
HATTIESBURG, Miss, April 81
Seven dead, twenty-six houses blown
down. dormitory of Jasper High
School destroyed and one brick store
damaged vas the toll of the tornado
which passed over Bay Springs, Miss.
yesterday. The injured will number
from sixty to seventy. many seri-
ously.
At Turnersville, five miles from Bay
Springs, five white people were kill
ed and several negroes. There was
loss of life at Dillford and much
damage.
IA Dead Mt Meridian, Miss.
MERIDIAN, Miss, April 21.-Four-
teen dead, ten whites and four
negroes, and sixty-five injured. is the
known casualties list of the tornado
which hit this section yesterday.