The Washington times., 1924-05-01
100 DEAD, 900.
HURT, IN WAKE
Of CYCLONES
Great Storm Sweeps Over
Southern States, Causing
Damage Of Millions.
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near Durham, N. c., where three
lost their lives and several others
were expected to die.
Georgia and Alabama suffered
most next to South Carolina, thir.
teen being killed inl Georgia while
twelve Alabamans lost their lives.
One person was killed in Arkansas,
one in Louisiana and still another
in Oklahoma.
AS demoralized Geographic COM
munications were restored today ad.
ditional accounts Of the storms
ravages were received.
It was believed at southern head.
quarters of the Red Cross in At
lanta that a complete casualty list
and a correct estimate of the
storms damage will not be avail
able for several days.
Several Towns i'm Ruins
Red Cross emergency workers
have been rushed to those points
where suffering was said to be the
worst.
Several little towns in Georgia,
Alabama and South Carolina were
virtually in ruins today, while
many rural sections were completely
annihilated. Most Of the victims
were residents Of small communi-
ties.
Although an edge of the cyclone
swept through Atlanta, causing
heavy property loss, comparatively
small damage was reported from
large Southern cities. A small
community near Macon was destroy.
ed at the cost of four lives and
many injured, but the city proper
was not struck, as was the case
Of Spartanburg, s. c., and Dur.
ham, N. c.
Dead In Farming Sections.
The largest number killed at one
place was near Sumter, s. c., in
the eastern part of Sumter county
The cyclone struck a farming set
Element there, instantly killed
twelve persons, and leaving a path
OF strewn wreckage for miles.
Bodies of the twelve men, alon1
with more than q dozen injured
were removed from a huge pile OF
debris only after hours of work
by rescue crews.
Another section near Anderson
S. c., suffered the loss of min.
lives. Forty homes in Anderson
are complete wrecks today while
heavy property damage was Eel;
over the entire city.
The storm swooped down in many
unsettled sections, it was learned
today, leaving wide and long strips
Of waste as it tore its way through
!, tracts Of valuable timber.
Dozens Are Missing.
The list of injured has conserva.
lively been set at 500, as in almost
every instance twenty injured were
reported to every death.
It was generally believed the
dozen missing persons lost their
lives and their bodies were blown
some distance from their homes or
that they are buried under piles
OF untouched wreckage.
The body of Gus Patrick, post
master at Washington, Ca, was
hurled more than a quarter of a
mile from where he was picked up
by the cyclone.
Many miraculous escapes hava
been reported while freak stories
of the storm came in from all
quarters.
Cattle Strewn Over Mile.
At one point near Opelilxa. Ala,
the tornado swept down into a field
OF cattle, strewing their bodies for
almost mile. Today books and
other small household articles were
picked up at some places and identi.
fled as belonging to families living
miles away.
Mississippi was the only State in
the storms path that did not suffer
heavy damage. Although the
cyclone started at Texarkana, Ark,
swept across the southern part Of
that State and a small section of
north Louisiana, no heavy losses
were reported at any point in Mis-
sissippi.
The first damage afccr leaving
Arkansas was near Montgomery
Ala, and from then on TO Durham,
N. c., the high winds dropped down
intermittently, spelling ruin and
death in almost every section.
Storms Fury Spent.
It was believed that today tina.
at least fifty points along the 1000.
mile path were struck. Less than
twenty'four hours -were consumed
by the storm in making its tourney
from Texarkana, across Alabama,
Georgia and South Carolina. on to
Durham, N. c.
Although high winds were re.
ported from various sections Of Vir.
ginia today It was believed that the
storms fury has been spent and
that no heavy damage will be done.