The Nevada County picayune., 1921-04-21

1 The MaSCed0ma CnuTcn anu grave yard felt the sweep of destruction. the old church crumbling to pieces, and the tombstones were picked up and hurled hither and thither. Elmer Stuarts home was demolished and his family of three were sucked out of the house and blown several hundred feet but escaped with only slight injury 10 the baby.
 Uncle" John Taylor and family came in for their sorrow. when the mighty wind almost totally destroyed the home which had sheltered him for II years We saw the old gentleman in his wreck Strewn yard this afternoon. gag ng with misty eye on the wind wrecked homestead One must visit this storm swept area, like we dld last night and today in order to grasp the horror of the situation. How on earth so man yescaped in the houses that were literally whipped to pieces by the wind. we are unable to understand. II appears as divine Providence must have at the last moment reached out its help ing hand to those in distress. At the home of Julian Harris. we came upon the faithful dog standing guardian over the wreck and ruin of the prem ises. The old family clock was seen in the debris and It's hands had stop ped at ] 20 D. m.
 Al Jewel Bruce's. the wind laid waste to everything. and three unknown ne groeS are reported dead in their cablnS
 The known dead are:
 Mir and Mrs Thede Shackelford and their two children.
 Julian Harris.
 Mrs Rodden.
 Unknown man at Pisgah, all white
 Colored dead Cora Holt. and three others names could not be learned.
 Some of the injured
 Mrs. Tom Bolt and daughter.
 Mrs. Tom Shackelford.
 Mis- Eva Bonds.
 Wes Farrell,
 Mrs Tom Nolan.
 Edward Edwards.
 Mrs Fannie Bond
 Dr Morrow
 Grover Smith.
 l.. H Thomas.
 John Biggers. All white persons
 Colored injured: Lou May Holy
 Mrs. Nelson Jackson
 Clara Cappell.
 All these were severely hurt but pro bable that all will survive.
 Immediately after the storm passed effort was made to communicate with Prescott from Blevins but trees had fal- lon across the wires for several hun dred wards between Arcadia and Blev- ins When the news finally reached here. every available ear in this city was put into service, carrying hundreds to the scene of destruction. The doctors of Prescott responded quickly. and worked fast and hard among the in jured.
 Both city ambulanceS hurried to the scene and brought the dead and injured to Prescott hospitals,
 The Prescott Chamber of Commerce, at a call meeting early this morning made a requiSition on the government for 200 cots and 20 0blanketS and 100 tents for temporary use by the ones left homeless The same will reach here tonight au6r under the supervision of the National Guard. will be distrihut ed to the uccdy ones tomorrow
 Old settlers declare that yesterdays storm was the worst that visited South west Arkansas. Stout hearted mon and amen, thankful for their lives, vet looking with wistful eyes on the 4omc> destroyed. present a picture of distress. the like of which was never seen before in this country. Clothin- rlinging to treetops household goods scattered for miles automobiles with heir wheels twisted off and axles bent. Farm wagons and buggfes warped into n pile of useless junk Chickens with their tail feathers picked off, and goats and hogs with broken legs and Shoul- lers. Pianos organs and graphophones battered to a pulp-reeordS bent be yond recognition and hay scatter ed across wind swept fields. This doesn't describe the trail of the storm.
 At Henry Griffins we saw the little family all together this morning, and with rear dimmed eyes they stood on fhe ruins of their home while Mrs. (. B. Andrews took their picture with a kodak It was MT GriffnS request that this picture be taken, so happy