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Show SOUTHERN TOWNS ALMOST WIPED FROM THE EARTH At Least One Hundred Lives Lost In Terrible Storm That Swept South From the Great Lakes. Atlanta, Ga. An epidemic of tornadoes tor-nadoes swept through the south Thursday night and Friday, leaving hundreds of mangled bodies and the dismantled wrecks of property worth many millions. At least 100 persons are believed to be dead, and It is probably the list of fatalities wtll be far greater. An exact list of the dead and art accurate estimate of the monetary loss may not oe completed for many days, but from all along the path of the storm come tales of fearful loss of lite and whole towns and villages are completely wiped out. The storm wave seems to have had its origin in the north and swept from the lake region south in irregular fashion. At Franklin. and in Hillsboro, Tenn., there was much loss of life. The latter town is said to be prac-tocally prac-tocally destroyed, while at Centerville and adjoining villages the damage is reported very heavy. Near Pulaski, the death list reached twelve, and many were injured. The tornado followed the Cumberland Cumber-land valley, wrecking small towns and destroying farm houses. At Bbe-nezer, Bbe-nezer, eighteen houses were blown down. At Charleston the storm swerved up the Hiawassee rfrver of the Tennessee valley, destroying much property. At Fayetteville three were killed. At Cuba many houses were blown down and at Gilestown not even a shed was left standing. Memphis reports heavy loss from towns within a radius of 100 miles ia three states. At Horn Lake, Miss., six lives were, lost, and the damage was very heavyJ From, neighboring towns come reports! of men, women and children killed' and homes wrecked. The tornado swept over into Arkansas Arkan-sas and killed eight persons near Mammoth Springs, besides wrecking a score of buildings. Other points in Arkansas report heavy loss. Striking Alabama and heading southwesterly, the hurricane continued contin-ued its course of destruction. Hunts-ville Hunts-ville reports heavy loss of property, with probably several persons killed. At Danville, Ala., the storm struck with terrific force. At Hartsell at least one is dead and many hurt. ' It is said eight or ten people are dead at Jackson. Young's Crossing has five dead. At Franklin one woman is dead and two fatally hurt at Henderson. The storm played many fantastic tricks. It hurled James Jackson, an aged man of Montgomery county, Tennessee,' Ten-nessee,' twenty yards from his ruined house, snapped his neck and he was found dead. It ripped twenty church steeples from their belfries, stood themi up in the earth and then hurled them into tree tops. It tore tin the hattlefield of Franklin, Frank-lin, Tenn.. like the cannon balls aid in the civil war. At Decherd. Tenn.. a man and child were buried under the roof of their-home, their-home, torn off by the gale. |