The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-16
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LOSE LIVES
IN TORNADO
Hundreds of Others Injured
by Storm that Sweeps Sec
tlons of Southeast Arkansas
Tremendous Damage.
WIDE SWATH IS CUT
(By Associated Press)


LITTLE ROCK. Ark. April Is
Fifty known dead and hundreds OF
persons injured were reported in des-
patches received from the tornado
swept sections of southeast Arkansas
today.
Reports coming into Little Rock
from the storm area augmented
rather than diminished the extent of
the damage and because of paralyzed
wire communications. officials were
of the opinion that several days might
elapse before the full extent of the
destruction is definitely known.
Apparently the heaviest loss OF
property was caused in the two Ar
kansas counties. In the rural sec
tions of upper Miller county. near
Texarkana, eleven persons are known
to have been killed and a large num-
Der injured. Near hope, in Hemp
stead county, press dispatches stated
that from fifteen to twenty persons
were killed and scores injured by the
storm which swept the entire length
of the county. The storm approached
within few miles of the town. ac-
| cording to reports here.
Brief Message
Prescott is another town in Hemp
stead county that may have been
struck by the storm. A brief mes
sage received late last night said
there were several bodies there, but
: It was not known just where the IA
. 'ities occurred.
| n Texas the dana &c was in the
| icinity of O'Farrell thickly settled
farming community west Of Atlanta.
/ The dispatches reported an unknown
number of persons killed and injured
Eleven bodies had been brought into
! Texarkana early today. it was re-
ported. Four bodies had been taken
| to Hope from the storm district in
that locality. Early newspaper esti-
mates placed the number of dead at
approximately 80.
At both Texarkana and Hope mea3-
ures were taken by municipal officials
and citizens to afford relief for the
storm sufferers. Runners in light
cars and on motorcycles were sent
out in all directions. From the in
formation obtained it was possible to
send nurses and doctors into many To-
calities Immediately
In the vicinity of Hope relief parties
were out soon after the storm had
passed, but were able to accomplish
little because of the darkness One
party reported late last night tha,
nine bodies had been found between
Sprudel and Rolph. The property loss
in the immediate vicinity of Hope
alone was placed at $4,000.
DENVER, Colo, April l6.-The
Rocky Mountain region today was
slowly recovering from the effects OF
the worst storm of the winter, which
yesterday covered the district with a
snow covering, ranging from IL to IA
/ inches, blockaded railroads and par-
alyZed wire communication in most
directions from Denver.
Train service to the south annuled
last night was expected to be resumed
today. Wire services however, was
not expected to return to normal i'm
mediately because the large number of
poles torn down by the wind and
weight of the snow. Report of dam
age to livestock were anticipated when
the outlying districts can be communi-
Gated with. Temperatures below
freezing occurred last night in most
parts of the state. Snow fiurries were
weather tomorrow.
HATTIESBURG. Miss. April IS
One woman was killed and at least
IL persons were injured in a tornado
that struck Sontag, 16 miles east of
Brookhaven today. Ten houses were
wrecked.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. April 16--Re-
ports filtering into Birmingham over
badly crippled lines of communication
indicate that the town of Ralph. Tus-
caloosa county, was almost completely
wiped out by cyclone early today
and that Sulligent. Lamar county.
suffered like fate. In these early re-
ports which lack confirmation, the
number of injured runs into the
scores.
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