The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-04-21
TORNADO KILLS
1855 IN SOUTH:
Relief IS ASKED
Tents House Hundreds of
Families Made Homeless by
Twister Which Cut Swath
Through Dozen Counties.
ASSISTANCE IS RUSHED
(By Associated Pressl


BIRMINGHAM. April 21.-Assist-
ance from the outside world is urg-
emily needed for the relief of tornado
survivors in a dozen counties of Mis-
sissippi. Alabama and Tennessee, re-
ports today from the storm-swept dis
trict said. With a death list of 155
already reported and a property loss
which will run into many millions,
the tornado has taken rank as one
of the most disastrous as we'll as
most widespread in the annals OF the
south.
Hundreds of injured require med
ical attention and the forces of physi-
clans and nurses available locally are
inadequate to cope with the situation.
Tents and other temporary structures
must be erected for numerous fam
lilies whose home were obliterated,
and shortage of food is foreseen as
result of the destruction of barns
and warehouses, coupled with the
complete obstruction of communicat-
ing roads.
Struck in Farm Belt
The storm apparently struck in the
rich farming belt lying around Bay
Spring, Jasper county, Miss, and
moved northeast across the remainder
of the state to vent its fury upon the
extreme northwestern tier of counties
in Alabama before moving into Ten
nessee.
All reports agree as to the extreme
velocity of the wind which levelled
everything in its path. In and near
Meridian 81 persons lost their lives,
while Is employees at lumber camp
| IN Neshoba county were killed in the
destruction of the camp structures.
Mississippis death roll alone will be
more than 100, late accounts indicate.
The deaths in Mississippi already
reported total 118. Of these Aberdeen
and Meridian had IA each; Rose Hill.
8; Bay Springs. z; Glen, 10; Ingomar.
6; Starkville, 6; Neshoba county. 16:
Winton county, 5; and others scat
tered. Alabama reported As dead, of
whom 20 were in Marion county, and
Is in Killing Worth cove The others
were scattered. Only three known
dead were reported in Tennessee and
one in Williamson county
LAUREL, Miss, April 21-Fifteen
persons are known to have been killed
and property valued at a million dol
lars destroyed in the tornado which
swept through Jasper county Is miles
north of Laurel yesterday.
| The two main buildings and the
boys dormitory of the Jasper county
agricultural high school at Bay
Spring, were demolished. Professor
Bryant, one of the principals and Miss
Moore, music teacher. were killed. The
building and plant of the Bay Springs
News were wrecked and a dozen more
structures occupied by leading citi-
zens were swept away. special train
was sent to Bay Spring carrying ply
sicians and nurses.
NEW ORLEANS, April 21-The Gulf
division of the American Red Cross
has sent a carload of tents, blankets
and medical supplies together with
nurses. workers and physicians to
Meridian to aid in relief work among
the storm sufferers.
JACKSON. Miss, April 21-Acting
Governor Castel was in conference
with National Guard officials relative
to relief work IN the storm swept
section today. The Governor stated
that the state would render every as
sistance to tornado sufferers
Advices from Meridian state as ad-
ditional reports come in, the death
list and property damage in the tor
nado which swept eastern Mississippi
increase and havoc created In the
storm area is the worst in the history
of the state.
MACON, Ga, April 21-At feast five
persons were killed by the tornado in
its course through Noxubee and Win
ston counties. according to word re-
ceived here, Ind considerable damage
was caused to property and crops
HUNTSVILLE, Ala, April 21-The
tornado today swept into Madison
} county from the southwest just south
of Lilly Flagg and crashed over the
| mountain into killingworth cove, leav-
ing as far as known here. Is dead and
more than a score of injured in its
! wake. Extensive property damage
was reported.
STARKVILLE, Miss, April 21-The
tornado demolished the house of Will
Moy, blowing the man and his two
grand children half a mile away. All
three were killed. At Cedar Bluff,
Z. near here, three persons were killed