Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-26
Neighboring Carolina Reports
Four Deaths in Series of
"TwiSters" Which Take
Bio Toll in Property.
WRECKAGE OF BUILDINGS
SPREAD OVER WIDE AREA
Several Members of Families Are
Killed When Storms zigzag
Over Six Counties. Causing Crop
Destruction in Peach Growing
Section.

Ey the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ca. April 26.-
Fatalities from the tornado-swept
districts of South Georgia and
South Carolina had mounted to-
day to II, with hundreds of other
persons reported injured by last
nights disaster.
South Georgia bore the hrunt of
the destruction and all but four
of those reported killed were from
that section. The other four were
from South Carolina. Three men,
bers of one family named Patter-
son were killed in Pelzer and an
unidentified death was reported
from Anderson.
Cochran Struck First.
The twisters, bounding in a zig
gag course, struck first at Coch-
ran, Ca, so miles south of Macon.
There five persons were killed and
more than 100 injured. Later tOr-
nadoes were reported several
hours apart at Meter, in Candler
County, and Statesboro, in Bnlloch
County, near Savannah. The
death list in both places was
heavy.
Paths of over 200 yards in width were
cut by the toraadoes. which leveled
houses and spread wrecksge through
cut the countryside,
Dead and Injured.
Arevised list Of TIE dead and injured
Cochran, S dead. more than 100
: nexter. 2 dead over so injured.
Meter. 2s dead, over 100 injured.
Eertz. / dead. ~ injured.
statesboro. so dead, more than 100
Eorristown. z dead; several injured.
Emanuel County, 2 dead.
Peizer. s. c., 3 dead.
Anderson. S. C.sI dead.
Prustration Of telegraph and tele-
phone wires made accurate check DIM
cult and IN some instances adjoining
communities duplicated the reports OF
damage
Town StfII Counts Dead.
The first disturbance approached
Cochran. Ga, about 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and the towns inhabitants
had anxious moments as the blackened
funnel was seen moving directly toward
them. The twister turned. however,
and sped through the outskirts. twist
ine houses In its path. The north
suburban section was heavily hit. Met
ter. Ga. was still counting the dead at
noon. A member Of the staff Of the
Meter Advertiser estimated the death
list at IS.
Statesboro. Ga, reported that there
Uere 80 bodies In the hospital and that
searching parties we're stili bringing IN
dead and injured from the rural dis
tricts.
Doctors and nurses we're hurried TO
the stricken sections from nearby towns.
AGENCIES of the State moved TO assist
county and town authorities In rescu-
ing the dead and succoring the In
iured9
Colored Settlement Hard Hit.
The approxins tely half hundred
persons injured at Cochran were being
cared for today In private homes and
IN the Taylor Building, which was con-
verted into a temporary hospital d.
rected by trained nurses. II was be-
ueved several Of these were fatally hurt
Residents who watched the twister
come out OF the northwest there late
Yesterday said 1t resembled RED. whiri-
ing funnel in its advance mp the main
street. They Saw IL swerve some five
blocks from the center OF town toward
the south where it descended in full
force on a colored settlement known As
Happy Hill This little community
where most of the flye deaths occur
red. virtually was wiped out.
The tornado followed path approx
mately 100 yards wide i'm that vicinity
Following is a list of the known deac
in Georgia:
Cochran-Alvin Mcdaniel. Is: infant
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