Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-12
TWENTY DIE
WHEN CYCLONE HITS
TOWN OF 0C0NEE
Only One of Those Killed
Was White - Hurricane
Leaves Trail of DeStruc-
ton Five Miles Wide
BY WALTER x. WYNN
(Staff Photographer of The Journal)

BY WALTER x. WYNN
(staff Photographer of The Journal)
GARDNER. Ga, Feb. 1.-THE tor
nado which cut a swath 800 yards
wide and 1900 yards long through
this little settlement early Thursday
afternoon took a toll of % lives and
injured osme two-score more, some
of whom are expected to die. Only
one white person. Benny. Frank Orr,
II years old, was killed.
Six white persons are among the
injured. Mrs. James Harrison, who
was caught under the wdeckage of
her home, it is feared is fatally hurt
Other white people injured are L. l..
and c. c. Tompkins, George Lord,
Elizabeth jolly and little girl nam
ed Hodges.
The bodies of the negro dead are
being prepared for burial at Sanders
willie Twenty-three of the injured
are being cared for at the Rawlings
sanitarium there.
Property Damage $a5, 900
Mr.. Neil Meier, of Atlanta, presi-
Der company, estimates the property
| damage at $4,000. The storm de
stroyed % tenant houses, but the
damage to the lumber plant itself is
comparatively slight. The ruined
property will be replaced Immediate
ly, Mr.. Meier says. Two mules and
one horse were killed, many chicken
were stripped of their feathers, sev
eral hogs, cows, dogs and cats we're
killed, and about 800 bushels of &C ras
were blown out Of two barns.
With the exception of blowins
down the schoolhouse little damage
was done at Oconee, which is about
two miles from here.
Fed by Red Cross.
A Red Cross relief party from.At
lanta, consisting of Victor S. Wood
ward, Legare Davis, Miss Virginid
NJ Gibbes and Miss Stabler, besides
aiding the injured and homeless in
numerous other ways, set up a tenn
porary kitchen in the offices of the
lumber company and gave the hun
|
coffee. Only one of the office build
ings was blown away
Among the physicians who gave
valuable assistance to the injured
were: Drs. Fred Rawlings, Il. -
Newsome, j., r. Brunette, D. L. Nc
Master, d. d. Joyner, w. c. Trout
man, all of Sandersville. Miss Jones.
| l,o L nj;
tarium in Sandersville. was one OF
the most tireless of the workers.
OF the many freaks reported, one
| of the most curious was the case OF
a man who is unable to find ans
trace of his garage, but whose auto
mobile was left apparently un-
touched.
Dead and Injured Negroey.
The list of colored persons killed
follows:
John Simmons, 35; Florine Rob
inson, 20; Arthur Gilmore, 2S; Duval
Logan, II; Fannie Harris. 27; Berry
Adams, 81; Beatrice Davis, 8; Bessie
Morris, SO; Eula Davis, Al; Anna
Belle Adams, IS; Green Robinson.
SO; Flora Bivins. 30 Sam Trawick,
4S; Doll Trawick, 81; Hattie Ira
simmons wife. 2S; Rose Simmons.
Robinson, IS; Raft Bethea 81; ed
Bivins, &c; Nat Carswell Al: Ella
Belts, IS; Bob Groom, So Ola Wall.
81.
Among the injured are Bonnie Ic-
gan. Ella Belts child, Clemens Belts.
Lemon Belts, Buddie Harris. wig
gins Sanford, Hattie Simmons, Ma
ME Martin, Ed Bivins. Jr.. Caleb
Sanford. Dave Belts, Buster Sim
mons, Dave King, Hattie King, Sa-
I, A
die May Dixon, Corinne Harris, DO
seph Morris, Jasper Morris, Day
Morris, Essie B. Young, Johnny
Smith and Josie Adams
SAVANNAH RIVER
CONTINUES TO RISE
AUGUSTA. Ga, Feb. 11.--Low
lands along the Savannah river were
| flooded today as the river continued
to rise. Residents along the river
bank here have been warned to seek
higher ground.
STORM FIRES HOUSE;
| MOTHER AND CHILD DIE
| AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb. ia mother
and her child were killed and several
| houses destroyed by the tornado that
| struck near the small town of Edie,
| Ga, on the Augusta Southern rail-
road, eighteen miles from here, yes
terday afternoon. The high WIND.
| believed to have been part of the
tornado which struck Oconee earlier
in. the afternoon, swept the farms
of Verdery Brandon and Brook Eu-
banks, destroying all but the large"
house. One of the wrecked houses on
the Brandon farm caught fire and
the wife and baby of Jack Bunch.
negro, were cremated.
WEST POINT NOT HURT BY
FLOODED CHATTAHOOCHEE
WEST POINT, Ga, Feb. 1.-THE
Chattahoochee river, after rising
10 1-2 feet here yesterday, had fallen
foot and a half today and con-
tinues receding. No damage was done
by the high waters. The pontoon
bridge still is intact, although it is
not now in use. The new bridge
was near enough completion that
planks could be thrown across the
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