Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-05-03
MANY HOMELESS
AFTER TORNAD0ES;
HOSPITALS FILLED
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cat off by the storm was expected
momentarily by relief workers.
Damage in Virginia was reported
early today to have been confined
to comparatively slight property
damage and minor injuries to four
persons near MaplewoOd.
AGED WOMAN ONLY VICTIM
OF LAWRRNCEVILLE STORM
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga, May J..
Mrs. Margaret Powell, q sixty-nine-
year-old woman living about three
miles out of Lawrenceville, was the
only victim of the tornado which
swept part of Gwinnett county early
yesterday morning and did damage
in town estimated at 100000.
Mrs. Powell was fatally injured
when crushed in the debris of the
home Of her son-in-Iaw, David Hall,
in the Yellow River district, and
Mr.. Hall was severely injured, suf-
fering a crushed side. Mrs. Halls
arm was broken and four children
in the house were cut and bruised.
The tornado, which appeared with
cyclonic suddeness and swept over
a path about four miles long and
one-half mile wide, appears to have
begun at the Hall farm and con-
tinued into Lawrenceville, where it
swept through the mill village, de-
molishing several houses and the
Second Baptist church, frame
structure.
About fifty people were rendered
ha rosIlit Of he
but provision was made for them in
other homes and in vacant resi-
dences. The work of clearing away
the wreckage was going forward to-
day.
PURVIS HOME IN COLQUITT
WRECKED: NONE INJURED
ABEL, Ga, May 1.-The large
home of Walter Purvis, two miles
from Ellenton, in Colquitt county,
was destroyed Wednesday when
tornado struck it.
Mr.. Purvis and his family had
gathered in a hallway and the place
which they occupied was not dam
aged, while the remainder OF the
eleven-room house was left mass
of wreckage, being carried more than
fifty yards. Mr.. Purvis saw the
storm approaching and gathered his
family in the hallway. Every build
ing on the place was destroyed. to-
gether with furniture, provisions,
etc. The loss is eight or ten thou
sand dollars, with no insurance.
At another place. that of Spence
Hires, a house was blown down and
a Mr.. Yawu's leg was broken.
NEARLY THIRTY INJURED
IN REYNOLDS, GA, VICINITY
REYNOLDS, Ga, May IA farm
dwelling, seven tenant houses and
large livestock barn were destroyed
by a tornado on J. II. Neisler's
plantation, four mules being killed.
j. II. Neisler and his overseer. G.
O. Horton, and the latter's wife and
child, were in the dwelling and were
injured.
Horton suffered a head injury that
is serious. Lester Horton was un-
the ground, being hit by timbers.
Twenty negroes were hurt on this
farm.
The twister continued to the Duke
place, a mile east of the Nesler plan
tation. injuring four negroes and de-
stroying houses. The negroes arms
and legs were broken.
One mile further the storm struck
the ], s, Giffith place, destroying all
his tenant houses, passing then into
the river swamps. One negro has Il
fractured skull.
ELEVEN KILLED IN ALABAMA;
RELIEF QUICKLY RENDERED
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May l.
Alabama was recovering today from
a series of tornadoes which struck
the state in widely separated sections
yesterday. resulting in eleven deaths
and property damage estimated at
more than half a million dollars. \
number OF persons were injured, two
seriously.
Many narrow escapes were report
ed as houses blew down. Timber
was laid low in places, telegraph and
telepho service disrupted and
bridges washed out Damage of
500 600 was reported at Greenville,
Ala, where e number of business
houses were destroyed or damaged
The Methodist church at Prattville
was demolished. Aid was quickly