The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-02
DEATH TOLL
In STOR M
SET AT 1O7
Property Damage Expect
ed To Exceed First Es-
innate OF $1O,OOO,O0O
RELIEF WORKERS
NOW IN THE FIELD
State Troops Placed On
Duty AT HorrelI
Hill. s. c.
LIST OF INJURED
WILL REACH 500.
Washinrton Red C.ross Init.
Dispatched Upon Appeal
From Atlanta
RELIEF WORKERS
NOW IN THE FIELD
LIST OF INJURED
WILL REACH 500

s ATLANTA, Ga, May 1.-iBy As
sociated Press.)- The report tonight of
one more fatality ii North Carolina
and another in Virginia brought to 107
Che total death toll of tornadoes which
awept southeastern states yesterday and
tuesday injurlng hundreds Of persons,
rendering scores homeless and causing
Rrcperty damage estimated at more than
$4,000. 900.
4 As relief measures were being put
into effect under the supervision of
the American Red Gross various local
volunteer organizations and individuals
20 Incomplete survey Of the wind-torn
REGIONS, parts Of which still are iso-
hted tonight, apportioned the dead as
Nliows:
South Carolina, rs. :.
Georgia, Is. (
Alabama, II.
North Caroline, s.
Virginia, 4.
H1tfieiana. 4
Arkansas, 4.
Fully 400 persons are believed to hare
keen injured, many seriously. In
south Earolina, where the disturbance
descended with its most devastative
force, death list continued to mount al
most hourly during the day as searehers
penetrated further into the stricken
area. Manysare expected to die from
injuries. q
Arrangements to care for the injured
and homeless in a statewide program
- It..& -.
with the organization of central com.
nittee headed by Governor McLeoH and
state officials which viii cooperate with
the Red Cross and other agencies.
Guardsnien Called
With property damage placed in
that state alone at well over million
dollars, South Carolina national guards
men tonight are patroIling the locali-
ties which were hardest hit. In this
area is Horrell Hill where a school
house was demolished, killing four chill
dren and injuring many
The first fatality in Virginia, where
the storm struck late yesterday as il
spread eastward with diminishing fury,
was recorded tonight when tIairyman
died fro minjuries he received when a
barn on his farm in Amelia county was
destroyed. Beyond some damage caused
near Maplewood, no further word of de-
struction was received from that state, ,
The fifth death from the storm in
North Carolina occurred late today
when q four-day old Infant snccumbed
to injuries it received when the sawmill
at Bynum, near Durham, in which its
parents had taken refuge, was swept
away.
AT RobersonYille, where negro
woman was killed, more than two score
persons were injured and great dam.
age caused, city soificials have made an
appeal for outside aid, while all Of the
towns facilities are being pressed into
service to care for the injured and home
less. More than score Of dwellings in
the town property and nearby were
wrecked
The adiutant generals department Of
Georgia dispatched tents and other
equipment 10 Chipley on receipt of tr-
sent requests from there telling Of the
destruction Of many homes. Nine per-
sons were killed there and many injured.
Today brought word Of the destruction
pf barns, gins and trees at Mount Airy.
Ga, and the injury Of two persons and
severe property damage at Cofnelia hut
no additional fatalities were reported,
Scores confined to hospitals In thiS
state were reported wen on the road to
recovery.
The number of dead ia Alabama,
Louisiana and Arkansas remained IN
changed tonight from yesterday.
~ No further word of destruction was
received today from Virginia, where the
storm struck late yesterday with d.
Vanished fury as it spread eastward