Evening star., 1935-04-08
.IDEAD, 2OOHURT
IN DIXIE TORNADO
$780, 900 Damage Caused
by TWister in Three
Southern States.
BY the Associated Press.

GLOSTER, Miss. April "a whin-
ing tornado which blew out of the
West over parts Of Louisiana, Miss
issippi and Alabama during the week
end left in its path 26 known dead
more than 200 injured and property
damage estimated at 100000.
The funnel shaped wind did hop,
skip and jump over the area. striking
FIRST at Lake Providence, La, late
Saturday night When it crossed the
Mississippi River. moving southeast.
II struck three times with added fury
at Dolorosa, Gloster and Gillsburg,
down around Mobile, Ala. late yester-
day.
The main fury of the wind was left
in this town of 1.500 population. be-
tween McComb and Natchez. Not a
house in the town escaped some dam
age and 760 inhabitants were affected
directly by the storm.
81 Dwellings Destroyed.
Mayor Louis Kahn said 81 dwell
ings were blown to Splinters, Al so
badly damaged that they will have to
be razed, % other dwellings and 20
business houses partly damaged.
The railroad station, the hotel and
three churches were wrecked The
cotton gin, the cotton warehouse and
the town water tank were destroyed.
Even the cemetery did not escape,
tombstones being shunted from grave
to grave. The landscape was strewn
with timber metal roofing, uprooted
trees and general debris
Four white persons and four col
ored were killed here and $50 injured.
The property damage was estimated
at $250.000 by the mayor.
From Gloster the storm struck next
outside of the village of Gillsburg, rs
miles southeast of here. where six
persons we're killed, a score injured
and IA homes blown down.
Homes Wrecked In Mobile.
The tornado then rode into the skies,
but 1t svooped down yesterday in the
Mobile, Ala, area, where 1t wrecked
several homes. unroOfed others and
did several thousand dollars property
damage, but no loss of life or injury
were reported.
At Lake Providence. La. four white
persons and five colored were drowned
when the wind blew over a large
boat house anchored in the Mississippi
River. Several houses we're blown
down in Lake Providence, Sicily Island
and Ferriday, with approximately q
dozen persons reported injured.
Then the wind crossed into Missis-
sippi and hit Dolorosa. a plantation
settlement, where three colored chill
dren were killed. One colored child
was blown out of his bed into the
night His body was not found until
yesterday. The store OF Solomon
Schwartz was blown over and he was
scalped by flying timber and several
ribs were broken.
The wind caught most of the peo-
pie asleep. They were so panic
stricken they could not describe the
storm.
1T came a-whining and a-roaring,
and the next thing knew the house
Was OtoNH LIEU oOWH WIN me u0QeT
it." said Bob Jones, Negro.
"All Of a sudden" a resident of
Gloster said, ''the wind began to blow
and things started flying through the
air Windows started smashing out of
stores and the noise became terrific
Then in a little while it got quiet
The wind almost stopped blowing
When 1t quieted people began running
around in the dark trying to see who
had been killed and hurt"
Three heavy steel box cars were
blown on OF the track at q Gloster
siding.
List Of Dead.
Mrs. Chester Allen. az. wife Of a
lumberman.
Tom Wilmington. rs. farmer.
John B. Goblin. 10. sewing machine
salesman.
Mrs. John B. Goblin. 10.
Joe Brown, colored minister OF
Jackson, Miss.
Three unidentified colored persons.
Gillsburg:
Mrs. Ida Harrell, So.
Mrs. Birdie Lee Patrick, 80.
Catherine Patrick, 4.
Marie CASTOR. 10.
Mrs. Vardaman CASTOR. 20.
Mrs. Eugene CASTOR. -.
Dolorosa Plantation:
Three unidentified colored persons.
Lake Providence:
w. d. Hogue, 10. prominent Nat
chez, Miss, timberman.
John Hogue. his brother.
Eppie Sparks, rs.
Tom Oklahoma.
A Abernathy, "a.
-Four colored persons, all unideni-