Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-01
2DEAD, SCORES
HOMELESS In
ALBANY TWISTER
Heavy Loss From Tor
nado In North Part
Of City

yesterdays tornado, which swept the
northern portion of the town, were
under way here today.
Two negroes were killed and IA
persons were taken to the hospital.
The property damage is estimated at
between 100000 and S30O,O00.
After leaving Albany the storm
struck again in Worth county three
miles southwest of SOakfieid, wreck
ing several homes and injuring two
persons.
The negroes killed were John Wes-
ley Mccoy, carpenter, who was at
street which was demolished by the
storm, and Gerry Dallas, an cmpioye
of the Virginia Carolina Chemical
Company. Another negro carpenter,
Laidrick Shaw, working on the
wrecked bungalow, will probably die
from injuries received. Grady Hal
stead, white carpenter, at work On
the same house, was seriously injur-
ed and his injuries may prove fatal
Will Mallard and Tom Thomas, two
negro workmen, at the same place
were painfully injured.
Mrs. J. G. Morgan was severely in
jured when her husbands grocery
store at the corner of Tiff and Mad
icon streets was demolished. Her
| husband, who was in the store when
the storm struck, was not hurt. Mrs.
| Anton Huber was painfully hurt
when the storm struck the plant of
the Anton Huber Lumber Company,
in the northwestern part of the city.
Mrs. Huber had just driven up in her
auto to visit her husband in his Of
flee and was blown up against a
! lumber pile.
Fertilizer Plant Raced.
Henry Bennett, a negro Aemploye
of the Virginia Carolina Chemical
Company, at its big plant in the
northwestern part of the city, was
probably fatally injured when the
| immense buildings of the plant were
practically demolished Jerry Dallas
! body was found under the ruins.
/ About fifty men were at work at the
| plant when the storm struck, but no
! others were seriously nurt.
|. II. Inman, a young man of the
city, who had gone out early to the
ball park for practice, had a thrill
ling experience when the baseball
grandstand was blown down. He
was sitting alone in the grandstand
when the storm struck.
Before | realized what was hap
pening," he said, "the storm had car
ried me out into the street, and
when | crawled out from under a
pile of twisted timbers ! found that
/ practically all of my clothing had
been torn from my body. Ny coat
was ripped up the back, my trousers
were torn from my legs and a hole
had been torn in the top of my hat.
Gas l got to my feet l saw an I'M
mense shade tree at the next corner
fall on top of a passing auto. MY
only injury proved to be a bruised
back, where one of the heavy girders
of the grandstand had fallen on me.
Thankful that / had not been killed.,
| hurried home to put on some
Clothes"
The auto mentioned by Inman be-
longed to AL. Johnson, white man,
who was slightly injured when the
tree struck his auto, which was prac-
tically demolished.
The worst damage done by the
storm was to the plant of the Vlr-
ginia-C Carolina Chemical Company.
The entire north side of the immense
mixing plant was blown out. The
south side of the acid chamber was
blown in and a part of the roof
blown off. The damage here alone
is estimated at $4,000.
H;ob School Unroofed
A portion of the Albany High
school was unroofed and windows on
the west. side were blown in, the
rain causing much damage to equip
ment.
Dozens of houses were wholly or
partially unroofed, their chimneys
blown down, windows blown in,
porches carried away or otherwise
damaged. Scores of beautiful shade
trees on residential streets were un-
rooted, many of them falling on
houses and thereby causing much
damage. Two new bungalows on
the north side of. Second street were
completely destroyed. One was
practically completed and the other
about half finished. They were re-
duced to kindling wood.
On Washington street group of
houses felt the full force of the
storm and were badly damaged. A
number of thei roccupants were
painfully but none seriously injured.
Those viewing the destruction here
marveled that the list of dead and
seriously injured was not large.
The immense warehouse of the
Atlantic Compress Company was in
the direct path of the storm and was
badly damaged. The roof was car
ried away and the east wall went out
as though dynamite had been behind
it. Debris was scattered across the
railroad tracks to the east of the
warehouse.
The nlaning mill of the Anton HUI
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