Imperial Valley press., 1929-04-27
CT: =:()R(G,IA
COUNTIES
HARD HIT
TOrnadOes Wreak Havoc
In Rural Sections OF
Southern State.
WEST ALSO SUFFERS
Much Suffering Caused
BY Heavy Shows Over
Mountain States.

ATLANTA Ca. April q. U.P)-
Four central Georgia cuduti.s.
sections Of which wcr. laid vast.
in the worst tornado in the states
recent history, sought order out =
Chaos today as the death toll slow
y grew.
The latest taIulation revealed -
deaths in Georgia, p Of which were
whites. Tie injured were estimated
At between three aud -four hundred,
with property DAMAGE believed tp
stand well above a million dollars.
Two distinct tornadocS were re-
pons'hle for the great damage aud
loss Fl lige in Georgia, which
"leaked greatest havoc in Gambler
and Bullock counties.
Ev"ry house in TIA. path Of thr
second disturbance, which struck
Meter about II p. m, Thursday
night, was demolished. The twist,r
travelling Will freakish and fren-
/ied speed eoomcd into the air and
thgn looped downward, smiling the
arth with destructive force. Farms
were ruined, crops destroyed, live
took killed, aud household articles
and furnishings flung grot squoly
over wide areas.
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. April 21U.p
Through the towering suowdrfts
Of bIzsarFsWept Wyoming, weary
rcl.ef crews returned TODAY with
ialcs oi tbe sparta courage Of youth
and the hardships and material toll
ut two days' storms.
y highway crew told Of a wo.
mans rrscuc Of 10 year old OrvilIc
Green, who was found near collapse
after fighting blindly through the
slcct and snow. The boy was sight
ed by Mrs. ri. T. Cross as tuc wind
blew open the door of her home. Tie
collapsed before She carried him
into har home.
The relief crews recalled the
courag, of many children who were
trapped with their parents along
fhc highways Forty ithrcc iaIs
carrying children, were freed after
several tours imprisonment. A. ~.
NcathcrHaN was imprisoned in his
truck for 10 hours without food or
water before highway crews found
him
Partial rc-estabGshmcut of com.
municaton revealed ton of two
dead and heavy damage to stock
and telegraph and telephone lines.
j. II. Reed, Glendo, pcrishod ON
q highway near Chugwatcr, while
fighting his way TO shelter aJ the
height of The storm Wednesday,. The
body Of George Ross, sheep Ncrd"r.
was found in snow bank near his
tent outside Thcrmopoiis.
Ranch hands reported carcas7as ct
cattle pilrd high in the snow and
creeks at the Wyoming Hereford
Ranch. southeast of here, They
said melting SHOWS threatened that
section with scrions flood damage.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, April e-. W0
Lcycc guards were focusing .rccial
attention at definite weak spots in
lcvccs on the Mississippi and Mis-.
souri, rivers throughout Iowa,
Illinois, Missouri, northern Ken
tucby and Arkansas today, watch
ing carefully the effect Of the re-
ported CREST Of the present floods,
fo,acas. fer the week end ny the
t. s. weather bureau.
Lcyecs at Quincy, Ih., Hannibal
Mo, the Eerth River Drainage
District aud the 10000 acres pro.
tcctcd hy the dikcs opposite Han
uibal caused greatest concern.
At Quincy, where 5000 acres in
the South Quincy Gardens district
already are under deep water,
river workers expected a crest Of
91,6 feet tonight.
Flood waters were over the dixie
tops in the Lima Lake and Hunt
districts bat were held successfully
in check by 10000 sand bags
placed along the entire length Of
the walls.