Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-03
100 Are Injured
as Gale Hits
Wide Area.
LAKE MICHIGAN
is ON RAMPAGE
Heavy Crop Damage
Feared i'm Ozarks
and Illinois.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Forty-four lives we're lost yes
terday and Wednesday in the
storms that struck, in varying
form, seven Southern States and
sections of the Middle West.
Vlrginia's death list of % was
the largest. Other Southern States
suffering loss of life from the
storms were Arkansas, Tennessee,
Maryland, Florida, Alabama and
Kentucky. At least 100 persons
were injured, many seriously,
throughout the South.
Storms were of less violence in
the Middle West. Two deaths oc-
Cured in Michigan, one in ILLINOIS
and two in Ohio. The latter deaths
were in Columbus, two prisoners
being killed in the collapse OF a
portion of the Jail in a WlndStorm.
In the Southern Michigan fruit belt
now celebrating blossom time, soggy
snow covered trees, vines and land
scape to a depth of four inches. The
ullSGaSOndUlG
protected most of the fruit from frost
damage.
Lake Goes on Rampage.
Lake Michigan went on another RAM
page, pounding the Chicago shorellne
and attacking the foundations OF many
buildings close to the Shoreline.
The weight of the snow damaged
fruit trees in Southern Illinois and Mis-
VIC q threat
to the strawberry crop in the OzarkS
The most violent of the high winds
struck at Rye Cove, in the mountainous
section of Western Virginia, where Il
children and / teacher were killed
in the collapse of school building
where nearly 200 children were at their
classes.
Thirty-seven others we're taken tc
hospitals with broken arms, legs and
other injuries, with Scant hope held foT
the recovery of at least seven. Five
children were missing, and because OF
the large territory served by the school
a complete check was not Immediately
possible.
Two persons were killed and five in
jured at Embreeville, Tenn, by high
winds that also caused considerable
property damage, while one was killed
and twelve injured by small twister
that destroyed several houses on the
outskirts Of Jacksonville, Fla.
Alabama Is Hit.
In Baldwin County, in Southern Ala
bama, one person was killed and seven
injured by terrific windStorm. Reports
that two others had been killed at Oak,
Ala, were unconfirmed.
A youth living near Slaughter, KY,
was killed by lightning that accom-
panied a small tornado which injured
five persons in Pulaski County.
Wednesdays tornadoeS in Arkansas
took toll of five lives and 80 injured
at Wheatley, in the eastern section OF
the State, and at Fort Smith, in the
western area.
The Rye Cove School building was
swept from its foundations by the furi-
Gus blast and blown to pieces. Anxious
parents searching for their children
added to the confusion. The community
is so isolated it was hours before out
side help could arrive.
The more seriously injured Of the
children and teachers we're taken In
automobiles. trucks and wagons to hos
pitals in Bristol, KingSport and Clinch-
port.
Fairer Weather Forecast.
Whlle WINDS ana low temperatures
were general over the South yesterday
fairer weather was forecast for most
Southern States today.
All States along the South Atlantic
seaboard reported violent gales with
high wind velocitieS that in some cases
damaged wire communication.
At Pensacola, Fla, on the Gulf OF
Mexico, the American steamer West
Madaket was reported aground in a So
mile wind.
Snow fiurries were reported at
CharlesVile, Tenn. near the Kentucky
line.