The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-04-22
HUNDRED
IN PATH OF TORNADO
SOUTHERN STATES SWEPT BY
STORMS
Hundreds of Homes Demolished and
Roads and Bridges Washed
Away

mcNlpllS, 1eul., Ap1A IL. Ha'
the death toll from tornadoes and
heavy rain storms which swept over
six Southern states late Friday and
Saturday will reach 100 was indicated
by reports from isolated sections to-
night while tie loss to property and
crops will run into the millions. The
known dead tonight total 81.
Many of the storm swept sections
are still shut off from wire communi-
cation and reports Of additional cas-
ualties are slowly coming in from
relief parties.
The list of dead and injured, ac-
cording to reports available early to-
night is as follows:
Texas: Avinger six, Atlanta one,
Queen City, Cass county, two, and
several missing, and probably three
near O'Farrell.
Arkansas: Pike county, one dead,
two injured, four prabably fatally;
Yelle county, one dead, ten injured
two probably fatally; MilIEs county,
ten whites and seven negbes dead;
90 seriously injured; Pope county,
three dead, number seriously In
jured; Hampstead county, 20 white
persons and 81 negroes dead, IA Sc
riously injured, several fatally. A
number Of sections hit by storm have
not been heard FROM.
Mississippi; Five dead at steen, ene
at Sontag. one st Rural Hill, and one
in railroad washput near Mosell.
Alabama: Five dead at Cave
Springs, near Tuscumbia: FIVE at
Ralph Tuscaloosa coantE three at
SalliEeht, Lamar county, and one IN
Dallas county. ias;
Torrsntial rains whichsfel ellowed the
wind in all the states hit by rorna-
does shase delayed relief work ard
hindered the compiling of accurate
lists Of casualties. csas q
Ri Arkansas where the greatest
havoc was wrought, the Red Cross is
at work in Hempstead and Miller
counties Where hundreds Of families
are homeless. Tents have been fur
n;shed sbv the national guard and
blankets are being rushed to the sui
ferers.
The extent of property loss can not
be determined for. days. In Arkansas
on many plantations in Miller and
Hampstead counties, rich farming
section, practically every bullaRg
was destroyed; newly planted crops
washed out, orchards ruined, roads
and bridges badly damaged, almost
all telephone and telegraph wires de-
stroyed and railroad tracks washed
out at many places. Farm houses
some distance from the direct path
of the storm were damaged. Estl-
mates of the property loss in these
two counties tonight exceeded 81
0O0, 900.
AT Atlanta, O'Farrell and Avinger
across the Arkansas line in Texas,
n,any farm houses and outbuildlngs
were destroyed and crops in these
sections are said to be almost COM
plete loss.
Heavy property loss in Tennessee
is reported at Newport, Lynnville and
Connerwille.. In Shelby county alone
the county commissioners tonight es-
t;mated. the loss in>roads and bridges
was $4,000.
In Mississippi, in addition to actual
loss from the high winds, much farm
land will be inundated by the rapidly
rising streams throughout the state.
A number of railroads in that state
report tracks washed out and damage
to road beds by the unprecedented
rainfall. A repol. received tonight
from Amite county says ten farm
houses were destroyed by a storm
late Saturday and ten persons IN
iured, one fatally.
In Alabama property loss in Bir-
mingham is estimated at S2oo,ooo
with ten injured. Heavy rains and
high winds in several parts OF Nor1h
Alabama, also are reported TO nave
caused heavy property and crop loss.
In Georgia, where a heavy wino
.nd rain storm struck Rome, the
property loss will exceed s2oo'ooo' II
is reported.
Birmingham, April l1.-Wnhe ho
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