Evening star., 1926-11-26
Fire Breaks Out as IS Blocks
of Dwellings Are Leveled
in Arkansas Town, Where
Storms Fury Centered.
MISSOURI AND LOUISIANA
VILLAGES ALSO HARD HIT
Aid Rushed to Stricken Areas From
Nearby Places, But Gripping Of
Communication flinders Relief
Work-Damage Will Run to
Hundreds OF Thousands.
B. lie Associatcd Press.

B. the Associated Press.
\ late November tornado. travel
ing a zig gag path through portions
cf Louisiana. Mississippi, Arkansas
and Missouri, turned Thanksgiving
into dav OF sorrow for hundreds
OF persons.
Bclatcd reports today indicate u
were killed and probably 200 or more
injured as the tWistcr tore through
several small communities, moving
down scores of homes and disruptlng
communication. Damage was csu-
mated AZ several hundred thousand
dollars.
Th" storm. apparently an intcnsi-
i.,ltiGu Of "a dist uIbaHCc which has
boon pushing eastward from the
pacific Coast. struck with its greatest
fury in central Arkansas, and then
moved north through the center of
the state INTO Missouri. Where il
brought death and destruction to
several widely scattered communities.
Another ofiShoOt tore through LOuiSi-
ana towns Just south of the Arkansas
border Heavy rains accompanied the
tWiStcr,
Arkansas known dead are IS. Louisi.
ana to. Mississippi 9 and Missouri ..
Homes Leveled and Burned
ll"ber Springs. Ark. a town OF
Loo, where ~ We're known TO be
dead. saw j. blocks of dwellings,
destroyed Rs the tornado turned the
north and west portions of the town
into a twisted mass OF Wreckage.
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blown over. one uncumtirmed report
said that the death list might reach
20. and that from 80 10 80 We're
injured.
other fatalities in Arkansas in
cluded five in Oppelo. eight at Moscow
and one at Sheridan. Physicians and
purses were rushed into the stricken
area from surrounding towns, al
though the breakdown of COmmuniCa-
lion hindered relief measures.
BrandsVille. just over the border.
was the first Missouri town to suffer.
Five were killed there and more than
% injured. Nearly every business
building. a church and 4 community
han were destroyed, Residents. many
al whom were enjoying THANKSGIVING
Yinncr had short warning Of the storm
before u struck
clyde Miller, Il high school teacher,
was killed and about 80 persons
were injured at Big Piney. a small
inland town % miles southeast of
here, last night. Virtually every
building in Bis Piney was demolished.
Next reports of the tornado came
from Competition, q village of g. in
habitants. 100 miles 10 the North. \
messenger from the town took word to
Lebanon that TWO had been killed, seN-
,al I11j Il a 1,tlV nf hnnfpS
destroyed.
Communication CuI Off.
knobNieW. Mo. northeast OF Coml,e-
1itiou. also was in the storms path.
but with wire communication severed.
very little concerning damage was
available.
\ heavy wind and rain storm struck
the camp of the koNana Petroleum
90. near Ilaynesville. La. killing )
and iniurng Is persons. Several 9TH
erS were reported missing. The Sana-
Iorium there reported that injured con
rinued to be brought in this morning.
Seven dead. four white and three ne
grocS. WAS the toll southwest of Mer
Rouge. La. Just before midnight. The
high winds swept "a path 100 yards
wide for q distance OF several miles.
crushing farm buildings and tlatteninS
fences.
Bob Lott. farmer, ana his wife were
killed when their home was crushed.
Their IS children were all injured and
TWO of them died at a Monroe. La.
hospita! early today.
Nine persons. all negroes. were kill
al near Marks. Miss. early today.
Thirteen other negroes were injured
and some of these are expected To die.
Plantations struck hV the tornado
we're those Of {. -. Smith. the Green
River Lumber Co. ana the u. NJ. T.,
Self plantation.