Evening star., 1924-05-02
STORM sDEATHcT0tt
NOW PLACED AT '106
Reconstruction and, Relief Meas
- ures Put Into Effect il. Sever.
4"- Stricken States. -.
COMMUNICATION Is RESTORED
Property Loss May Exceed $10,-
000,0 900 With Later Reports.
By the Associated Press


BY the Associated Press. : -. y
ATLANTA, Ga, May with thi
number OF dead definitely placed al
lo6, reconstruction and relief meas
ures rapidly were being put into effect
today in portions of seven southeast
ern states, which sHsre laid waste
Tuesday and Wednesday by wind
storms of unparalleled intensity.
= Not until the outcome of injuries
sustained by all the casualties is esT
tabiished will the final death toll be
known, but it was believed today that
all fatalities in the stricken area now
have been listed. Z
In many of the devastated regions
communication was not restored un-
til late teyesterday. -ES
II InJuEed Number 500.
The injured. Of whom many prob
ably will not recover, number more
than 500 from best estimates avail.
able, while those rendered homeless
in the N7disaster are counted by the
scores. Preliminary estimates of $40
100000 damage to property may be
exceeded when complete. reports ara
The number of known dead was re-
duced somewhat last night, when IL
definitely was learned that 6tx deaths
erroneously had been reported in
South Carolina. but the mortality
score was swelIed again with word
Of additional fatalities in Georgia,
North Carolina and Virginia.
Early today the known dead was
divided as follows. South Carolina,
I6; Georgia, "A; Alabama. II; North
carolina, ,; Virginia, /: Louisiana, l =
Reiief Work Speeded. ;
Relief agencies in all localities.
Cross, were operating at top sspeed
today to provide shelter and food for
those made destitute by the storms.
Temporary hospitals and food dispen-
saries are caring for hundreds, while
measures are being taken to provide
more permanent aid. In South Caro-
lima and Georgia, where the storms
| descended with the most destructive
force. tents and other, emergency
equipment have been supplied the
devastated sections by the adiutant
generals department OF the. state
government .-. ,..
a statewide program of relief was
launched in South Carolina late yes
terday by Gov. Mcleod with the
organization Of a central committee
TO administer aid to the sufferers in
cooperation with the Red Cross and
other agencies. National Guardsmen
were dispatched TO protect property
in the storm-torn centefs and aid
survivors in reconstructiHg their
homes -. ~1r
!, Many Agencies Mt Work.
In every locality relief was being
distributed, with the cooperation of
| local. municipal and county govern
! ments, --.z,s
| Additional casualties reported last
! ntght,-as communication facilities
! were re- established, included one kill
! ed and several injured in JEFF DAVIS
! County, Ga: several injured and much
/ property damage caused at Mount
/ Airy and Cornelia: a fifth death in
/ North Carolina, when a four-day-old
| infant succumbed to injuries at By
mum; the first victim, in Virginia,
| when man died OF injuries in Anne -
liza County, and the twenty=third vic
tim in RichIand County, S. c., when q
man died, of injuries in Columbia
The report Of six deaths found TO
be IN error came from Lee County.
s. c. !