The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-02-11
Death for Thirty-two in Tornado That
Pathway Through Georgia Town
Tossed Through the
Air-Freight Cars Thrown
Far From Right of Way
Many Houses Destroyed
and Five-Mile Lane Laid
Bare By the Elements


Bare By the Elements !
urnr,r. g. r,N. Iu.-~N tornado that
struck tn" Gardner settlement. one mile
from here. shortly after noon today. /
brought death {" tNy" white persons and
nearly thirty negroes, and serious IN
Jury to n,r white p"rs"n# and more
than q s,ur, # negroes.
\ stretch ur iamd extending almost
20 TnomSbor". nearly i've miles i"hS
and .,hou' - half mile WIDE IS as par :
rem a.. Il Irarl- tonight. not building
n- tree being left standing.
Am"up thu dead Is benjamin orr: -
years old VII" vas d"cApiihtrd' lt,,
other whit, persons Whul met death !
vas TN" three year old daughter ni u.
l.. Minor. manager OF IN" Sh"rpardS
CrmiSsarl at the plant ot the Cleveland
D,.uUv" Lumber company
Children Carried By Wind.
E!sMiy-,wu Children and thr"" i"trh-
crs were III Il schu"i h"1ld!Eg "n TIA"
odgc Of tue riardmcr settlement, Wh'h
me- tornado struck I'll" building wHS
twisted 10 pieces and ihv fraSrants
scattered for miles children w"r"
picked up and carried hy ;hc WIND Tor
>umc distance. hlt = WAS announced TO- :
night that only "n" Wa seriously
bruised.
Nrrru>irnutci, forty houses were
hiown down ~ the Gardner settlement.
The Shcpard brothers cummsSiary al
mo h.g lumber plant was reduced I"
kludlug wood, orr and four negroes !
meeting death there. Ten feet away
from u" coinm.S$iaIy. :hc genera! "h!cc
e The cleveland, ,'"One" Lumber COM
Iary was untouched.
Tho nrtcrn acre plant "r ihe lumber
"ompany was ur: seriously damaScd,
although million, "f feet OF lumber
wrrr scattered. tn" tornado spent IT.
force locally Jmm"didj" beyond the
plant of tn" lumber company. ~ the
Settlement Of forty houses ana four
stores. Most Of those residing there
VIZ, negroes
Carried to Their Death.
These negro houses and stNre% faced
;Nc tracks of tn" Savannah division ar
The Central If Georgia railroad. In the
rear "t thu houses WAS an open field.
c>t'irlIuE f"r nr"r.% Il mil" from the
'Dcrrr station tn tho lumber mill. 1t
Vas .utu This ncid thai mon, women
and ChIGr"u were carried 20 their
death from lAcir seats It dim" tables.
IT,, minutes tflr the tornado had
wai,i cut n" Gardner stttlrmcnt. a
,'...,ral "l tr"n-LNH freight train, run
ming ram Savannah L. Macon, arrived
on IN" seen" The conductor lmme~ I
Uiatcly ordered tT.. locomotive detached
from lhF iEd.. anu with NIIt I'"'
FASTENED to Trrn:!le, eleven miles
away. for .,id Coaches were Comnan-
GccIvd tom The WhightSNl!le and Tel
nile railroad a-.d four doctors and 10
persons We're obtained III the relief
l;trty ANA tn" train returned there. Doc
iur., found ono r;"glU boy Will :: bVa-c
dr!,ru nt" his forehead. They 10
moved the board ana gay" temporary
r"t,tf Tn,' youth wHS alive and IL IS be-
l;.vri lac viii live. The body Of three
yea Old negro infant VAS found al the
roots Of n tree. the top OF which had
been twisted OF. The child's head had
u""u crushed ~, having been carried
E,II foremost from its home against
'hr i-y, unc nrgr"'s body was cur IN
To-. n-Ero man and IN, VII" we're
i,Iind more than a hundred ycards from
;h".r h0m" lying side by side IN tie
road. both dead.
The bodice If several small negroes
were found IN trees. out OF the path Of
chc tornado SuS pended on the limbs
by their Cloih!iiG.
Th~ bodies Of grown negroes were
thrown into IN" lI"ld in a s,mi-c.rclc
and in the center Of the group was Il
goat wh" stood lik' a statue, TOO fright |
cnrd TO move for hours after the storm
had passed.
SIX oak tres. along the railroad
were snapped oil a. dl(frrcn; heights. /
pu TOP of unr II the s;Ump> - feet !
from the ground. w'.S pillow from
the bed ot u'c ut ia" wrecked homes.
Accordiu@ 10 residents Of IN" com ,
.Nuitl. IN, 'luuaS lowered just rs the
employee q, ,l" .,HIuhcr plant left their
work for dinner. The atmosphere be
cam. extremely hot and hcCHus" Of the |
darkness i'll maj! h"in'~. lamps had
lir..u !.Shind w."n tiI, t"rl.tdn broke. :
Chicken Plucked.
unr p,rson 9" M outer Zig" 'l me
sl"rm-swcpt rA'A. va" scared INJURY