The Washington herald., 1921-04-17
Zero Gale Follows Wake
OF Blizzard; Lakes
taye<
\ Caught in Path.
SOUTHWEST FACES
LOSS OF MILLIONS
Relief Parties Hasten to
Dig Out Arkansas and
Texas Counties.

/ hOEEr AFh-s April 4b--Dealh uel1
grew tonight in the wake OF the
tornado that twisted through Texas
and Arkansas.
I Latest reports from the devss-
tated districts were that seventy
four were killed. with the fatalities
in Hampstead County, Arksnsas.
alone totaling fifty. 7
The death list in Miller County.
Arkansas. stood at thirteen. and
eleven were reported killed In
Texas.
Two hundred were injured in
both States. according to estimates
Relief parties nocked to the stricken
territory to aid homeless residents
in finding temporary shelter and in
clearing away the wreckaEe.
Towns where the heaviest damage
occurred were Hope, MRrlbrook,
Powers. Fulton. Sheppard. Dolph.
Prescott. Balvins, and Washington.
Ark: Avengor. Tex; RSlp and Sui
ligent, Ala. and Sontag. Miss.
Injured in hospitals at TeNsr-
kama aEH Hope number 200.
Villages in RuiRN
An area d mile and a half wide
BEGINNING at Fulton, Ark and eN-
tending twenty miles northeast
was the Blcakest Of any of the
storm-razed districts.
1t was thirty square miles OF
wreckage. death and suffering.
Whole farms. plantations and viii
lages were a jumbIed mass of ruina
Indicative Of the haVoc OF The
storm was the fact that great trees
were uprooted and tossed across
the highway. other highways were
similarly blocked. Cars of cotton
in a combination passenger-fretght
train. were hurled from the track
Damage in the devastated dis
trict. like the death list, continued
10 grow. Most authoritative re-
norts placed the total between W.
25O.O and sl.5Oo.eoo.
Come. From Southwest.
The storm swept up from the
Southwest 1t lsshed the vicinity
Of Gilmer, Tex, inJurIng thre. ,r
four persons. IL hit more NiotenHy
near Avinger, wrecking homes ana
killing seven. II arose. but low
cred again, near Atlanta theh
Jumped and SmoJe into Miller Nouh-
ty. Ark. killing thirteen ano IN
iurinK at least nifty. Its maximum
was vented in Hampstead, where the
streak of ruin il left behind was
deathly black.
Damn. chilly weather tonight add
ed TO the suffering Of the victims.
The Red Cross is to lead relief
workers.
whites Among Dead.
Last night was a night Of terror
and suffering throughout hemp-
Stead County. Men women ana
children, dying and injured. were
. strewn. with the wrcckage about
and on top Of them. crying for help.
\ large percentage OF the casuSl-
! ties are negroes. Some wealthy
white planters and farmers and
members of their families are
among the dead, however.
In Alabama a tornado swept over
several counties. The towns OF
Ralph, Tuscaloosa County. and Sui
Iigent. Lamar County, were report
ed devastated.
Gale Sweeps over Lakes-
CHICAGO. April 10 Freezing
weather followed tonight in the
wake Of the blizzard and tornado
| which swept scores Of persons 10
! death and left debris in its wide
path east Of the Rocky Mountains.
The gale was surging over the
Great Lakes tonight. endangering
shipping and lashing small craft
which were unable to reach havens-
Relief expeditions dug out four
counties in northeastern Texas and
western Arkansas from the wreck
age. administering aid to hundreds
Of homeless and injured.
sixty Dead Reported
Latest reports coming over badly
crippled wires from the devastated
regions of Texas and Arkansas satd
that more than SIXTY were dead.
hundreds were injured and the
property damage will run into mil
lions.
The Red Cross has arranged to
take charge cf the relief work ana
has ordered experts into the region
hit by the tornado.
Colorado. Wisconsin. Iowa and
Nebraska were snowbound. Deep
SHOWS made railroads practically
impossible, tied up interurban and
local street car lines and demora-
lized telegraph communications.
Snow. rain and sleet were swept In
the path of the blizzard.
Houses Blown Down.
The wind velocity in IllinoiS
where the storm centered today.
approached 20 miles an hour.
Rain fell in torrents. Buildings
were blown down and trees us-
rooted.
The southern portion of the
storm swept over Mississippi, psrtf
Of Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama
and Missouri. The wind blew a
gale and rain fell In sheets In
5ured persons were reported from
many cities In the path OF the heavy
storm.
Wind Levels Crop.-
Crops ~ Southern States were
leveled by the wind. Reports reach +.
ing wheat crop experts here tonight
were that the winter wheat had not
been seriously affected by ths
storm The moisture in some dis-
CONTINUED on FAsE THIRTEEN.