The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-03-07

Augusta, VA, MdrCn Dix peTSOHS
were killed and scores injured in a
tornado which just before daybreak
today swept the mill town of Warren
Vile. S. c.. and the village CT Stifie- ,
ton. S. c.
The dead are:
FRED HOOVER. age l2.
DOLLY MITCHELL, age 5. Il
MRS. l.. MUNDAY. age 40. -
MRS. BOYD. age 35.
son WOOD. age IA.
DOROTHY WOOD. age s.
Many of the injured are expected to
die. Estimates of the numbers in
iured in both Warrenville and Stifie-
ton are conservatively placed at 40.
Aid has been rushed from Aiken, S.
C.. and the Aiken Chapter of the Red
Cross. in charge of Miss Agnes Camp
bell. X. G.. Terrence. and Miss Anna
Phelps, of Washington. D. c., is rush.
ing relief means. Searchers are look
ing through tn edebri8 of the houses
for dead and injured. many Of whom
are believed to be trapped under the
fallen structures. 81
twenty-five houses were razed at
Warrenville and six were raZed and
blown away at Stheton.
Columbia. S. c.. March THE tor
nado swept down upon the Mill viii
lage. ocated in what is known as
Horse Creek Valley at o'clock with
terrific force, destroying everything
in its path. Houses were crumpled as
though made of pasteboard, their vic
Tins being trapped within; trees were
uprooted and fields were strewn with
roofing, household furniture and
wreckage.
Four of the dead were children un-
der ten years old. Mrs. Belle Boyd,
%. was instantly killed. Most of the
damage was wrought in Warrenville.
In one row dozen houses, only one
was undamaged. From this village the
tornado swept on to Stifleton, a quar-
ter of mile distant. where four housl
es were destroyed -
Relief parties were at the scene be-
fore daylight. Physicians from Aiken
and Augusta, Ga, rushed to the scene.
A morgue and temporary house were
set up.
Warrenton. Ga March 7.-Warren-
ton today is drying out after the heav-
lest rainfall in years. No loss of life
has been reported.
All streams are swollen and railroad
officials said the water is at the high
est level in twenty years. Only one
train has passed through Warrenton
since early Monday night.
Bridges are reported under water in
all section of the country.
Milledgeville, Ga. March 7.-Prae-
tically every dirt road bridge in Bald
win county has been washed away,
several miles of track washed up and
other severe damage wrought by the
heaviest rainfall that has visited this
section in years.
All freight and passenger service
over railroads entering Milledgeville
has been suspended since o'clock
last night.
Columbia, S. c., March "A special
to the Columbia Record says five per-
sons are dead and fifteen to twenty
injured at Warrenville. Houses in the
path Of the tornado were shattered.
morgue has been opened at Aiken.
Several of the injured are expected to
die.
Augusta, Ga, March 7.-Langley
and Warrenville. two towns 10 and
II miles, respectively. from Augusta
in South Carolina, are reported to
have been wiped out by storm that
swept through this section early to-
day.
Augusta, Ga, March six persons
are known to have been killed and
scores injured in the wind and rain
storm which early today flooded the
country and caused heavy property
damage in this section of Georgia and
South Carolina.
Four mill villages-Langley, Stifie-
ton, Graniteville and Warrenville,-in
the Horse Creek valley of South Caro-
lima, were struck by tornado Just be.
fore daybreak today and houses were
swept away, trees up-rooted and tele-
graph poles felled. leaving the section
in darkness and without wire com.
municatoin with the outside world.
The victims were caught underneath
their fallen homes. In some sections
the storm swept away everything In
its path, scattering parts of buildings
and furniture over the fields.
The brunt of the storm appeared to
have hit Warrenville and Stihetoh
where six persons are known to be
dead. Every house in a row of twelve
except one in Warrenvile was razed.
Four houses we're destroyed in Stifie-
ton Four of the dead were children
under ten years old. AZ
In Macon the rainfall was described
as the heaviest in twenty-three years
and the weather bureau was prepar.
ing to issue storm warnings along tho
Ocumulgee and Oconee rivers. Around
Milledgeville, dirt roads and bridges
were reported washed out and "a
train service entering MilledGeYi|I1
has been suspended by waahoul1