Evening star., 1948-01-01
Tornudoes
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of garages, a warehouse, a news
stand, a wholesale establishment
and a lumber yard.
Sixty persons in Haynesville were
injured and treated at hospitals
there.
Third of Area Flattened.
One-third of Cotton Valley was
f1attened, witnesses said.
DR.. M. S. Browning, retired Cot
ton Valley doctor, said he tornado
sounded as if a huge flight of B-2s
bombers was coming then it
hit" 80. ,z -
"ThS storm was over aBdut five
minutes after it hit" he said. II
looked out of the window and saw
debris flying through the air and
littering the streets
C. R. Crabtree Of Bossier City,
La, who, with his wife and baby,
were visiting at Cotton Valley, also
compared the noise of the tornado
to flight of airplanes."
IT saw a blue cloud coming" he
said, yelled that it was a cyclone
and for everybody to lie fiat on the
floor"
He went outside to his car, he
added, while his wife and baby re-
manned indoors.
! Clothing Ripped Off.
The tornado ripped off all his
clothing, Mr.. Crabtree said. When
he returned to the house, after see
ing his car blown about 100 yards
away, he found his wife had been
injured and taken to hospital.
w. r. Simpson of Cotton Valley
said there were three families IN
his house when the twister struck.
He said he heard roar OF wind
and saw roofs flying through the air.
Three gusts hit the house." he
said. 1.-THE first shook it, the Sec
ond broke open the front door and
the third took off the roof"
National Guardsmen at Cotton
Valley reported they had recovered
10 bodies but that rescue work was
badly hampered by a wind-driven
rain and darkness. The towns elec-
| tric power system was wrecked and
an emergency power unit was sent
from Minden, La.
Food Rushed Into Section.
AS Red Gross workers moved into
the hard-hit area, Minden author-
tiles sent trainload of food to
Cotton Valley and Barksdale Field
authorities at Shreveport were rush.
/ ing food, plasma and antitoxins into
the area.
Identified dead at Cotton Valley
included:
Howard Formby, 10; J Clifton
Yeates, As; Charles Cox, 10; Hugh
Clayton, so; Doris Perkins, 4; Linda
Gail Vowel, 3 months; Mrs.
Vince Vowel, Charles Bruce Collins,
months; Mrs. Gerald Collins, his
mother; Mrs. L. B. Robinson, Alvin
Shaw, Mrs. w. D. Perkins and Mrs.
Oder Vowel, "a.
Three other bodies from Cotton
Valley were taken to Spring Hill, La.
| At Dykesville, La, Mrs. Lula Nc
Cuen, "a, was fatally injured. She
died at Haynesville hospital.
Toby Haynes, about IS, superin-
tendent of the Village (Ark.) School,
was killed when the tornado demol-
ished the school gymnasium as he
put Is students through a basket
ball practice.
Tornado Hits Tennessee.
Another tornado hit 10 miles
northeast of Memphis, Tenn, at
midnight and four members of one
family there were reported missing.
Several others were hurt and six
buildings were destroyed.
| At Mariana. Ark, James Um-
frees said tornado destroyed "a
number of houses and barns" in
| juring several persons at Mariana.
He said the injured included his
mother, Mrs. John Umfrees. Z
Marianne is in Eastern Arkan-
sas, about 60 miles from Memphis.
Tom Anderson, Cotton Valley bus
station cafe cook, said the storm
hit there about 4 pm.
"It tore down pretty near all the
buildings except the stores and the
bus station. The storm came from
the west. There was no warning.
The sky was clear up until the
time it hit. After it hit there came
rain and bowling winds that tore up
the front side Of the bus station.
Most buildings were knocked fiat,
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