The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-07-19
PLAINS HIT HARD
BY RAIN ST0R M
WIND AND HAIL DO GREAT
DAMAGE IN TOWN AND SUR
ROUND SECTION.

PLAINS, Ga-A terrific wind, rain
and hail Storm taking on much OF the
nature of a twisting tornado, which
struck the town about 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, doing much damage to
property and filling the streets with
tangle of trees poles and wires, as
we'll as other debris.
The storm struck somewhere be-
tween the home of Jack Slappey, just
to the northeast of town, and sweep
ing through the town proper, continu-
ed through Old Botsford, across
Kinchafoonee creek and into the vi
cinitv of the intersection OF Sumter,
Terrell and Webster counties swerv-
ing there and sweeping to the farm
of lack Goss, a mile to the eastward.
The storm was accompanied by heavy
hail for a stretch about half a mile
which stripped crops of all kinds.
Light Plant Unroofed.
The Plains electric light and pump
ing station, steam plant recently
erected by a bond issue, was unroofed
and the walls demolished, putting the
plant out of commission for time.
The Montgomery cotton warehouse
was unroofed and partially blown in.
houses
and havoc generally produced. A re-
markable feature was that in Plains,
despite the heavy damage, not per-
son was injured
Thirteen chmneys were blown
down and nearly every home in Plains
damaged by the water which fell for
forty-five minutes.
The city power house, nearly new,
H. f,,n Nf he
storm, the building unroofed and the
machinery being almost submerged
by the water The plant was put out OF
next day, the city being in darkness.
Lamps and candles were brought into
service in the stores and homes.
Warehouse Damaged.
The roof of the Montgomery ware
house was completely torn off, with
one end of the building blown in, and
considerable damage done by the rain
to the cotton stored in the warehouse.
The home of Jack Dorsey, situated
about two miles from Plains, was
badly damaged and his two children
painfully but not seriously hurt Two
mules standing in the barn were struck
by flying timbers and their legs broken
so they had to be killed Wednesday
morning.
The handsome large stained art
glass window in the front of the Bap-
fist church in Plains was lifted from
its casing and blown about so feet, it
being unchanged except for a small
corner Clipped from the glass.
Trees were twisted from their roots
and hurled to the ground some of
them lying across the road after the
storm had passed and preventing the
passage of vehicles. Telegraph, tele-
phones and electric light poles were
broken off or split in a number of
cases, with half lying on one side and
the other falling opposite.
Mattresses Soaked.
Almost every residence in the town
sustained such damage by water as
to render the occupants unable to use
their beds during the night, nearly ev-
ery one in town remaining up all
night. Wednesday morning nearly ev-
cry mattress in the town was carried
outside into the sunshine to dry.
A chicken coop was Town from the
yard of one neighbor into that of an
other with no damage to the two
chickens therein.
A wash tub which was bottom up
in one yard, was blown fifty feet dis
tant and seen shortly after, right side
up, nearly full of water.
All about the vicinity of Plains the
ton, corn and other crops were strip
stalks standing leafless.