Evening star., 1949-03-28
Southern Storm Areas
Allotted 100000 by
!. Red Cross;28 Dead
BY the Assoeioisd Press


Tornadoes and lesser windstorms
apparently had subsidized in the
South today after leaving a 4s-
hour trail of death, injury and
destruction in eight States.
Twenty eight persons were
killed, about 200 were injured, and
scores were made homeless. Prop
erty damage was heavy. but no
one had attempted to estimate its
total.
The storms struck mainly in
sparsely populated rural areas.
They ranged from Texas on the
southwest to Kentucky on the
northeast. In fury they varied
from Arkansas, where II persons
died and 90 were injured, to
Louisiana, where one person was
hurt.
Eight Killed in Mississippi.
Next to Arkansas. the chief
sufferer was Mississippi, where
eight were killed and 48 injured.
The toll In other states:
Oklahoma-Two dead, 20 In
tured.
Texas-One dead, 26 injured.
Tennessee-Several injured.
Kentucky-Six injured.
Missouri-Five injured.
In Washington. the Red Cross
made a preliminary ALLEGATION OF
100000 for the storm stricken
areas. From reports Of IS disaster
workers in the field, the agency
estimated that at least 300 homes
had been wrecked or damaged
Good Weather Forecast
Hope for relief from tornado
weather was held out by meteorol-
ogist A. c. Gibson of the Atlanta
Weather Bureau. Mr.. Gibson said
the storm belt generally will have
good weather through tomorrow
at least.
The series. of storms started
Thursday night in Mississippi and
Louisiana. Six were killed in Mis-
sissippi that day.
Friday high wind blew a sign
painter to his death in Ell Paso.
Textile only instance where
large city was involved In the
weekend storms.
In the most severe devastation
was Saturday. Springtown and
Eastland, Tex. and Crowder,
Okla, were first struck, and two
persons were killed at Crowder.
Hit Plantation Section.
Then In the late afternoon, a
twister blew diagonally across
Arkansas, from southwest to
northeast. 1t started at the little
lumber town Of Whelen Springs
and after dipping into dozen
or more sections along a narrow
path it damaged areas near Har-
risburg. ..
Death. injury and property
damage were greatest in fertile
cotton plantation section around
England, about 80 miles south
east of Little Rock. There IA
persons wsre killed and 50 in
jured.. The victims included a,
mother and two small children
at one place. mother and three
children at another.
Mississippi had a second visit
from thsadeath-dealing winds Sat~f
urday night: At least six commit :
mites were struck. Relden.~1ntnE-
northeast section of the State :
virtually was leveled. One person
was killed at Belden and another
at Chesterville.
More Storms Reported.
Reports were received yester-
day of additional storms Saturday
and Saturday night in Missouri.
Kentucky and Tennessee.
In the Southeast Missouri
"Bootheel" near Caruthersville
i've persons were injured. three
small farm houses demolished and
power lines were blown down.
Scene Of the Kentucky storm
vas In the western section Of the
State near Paducah, which itself
had some property damage. The
six injured included one man who
was trapped in demolished house
early Saturday night and not
found until 2 am. yesterday. An
undetermined number of houses
we're damaged or demolished.
Troy and Ripley. Tenn, in the
Northwest section of that State.
reported injuries and property
damage.
For Arkansas, Saturdays tor
nado was the second severe one
this year. In January 81 persons
were killed at Warren and two
near Ell Dorado. both in the south
1900 81 %k~