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Show VICTIMS NUMBERED NINETEEN. Cyclone In Mississippi More Destructive Destruc-tive of Property Than Life. Meridian, Miss. Nlnoteen people are known to have been killed as a result of tho tornado which swept over a section of this city shortly after G o'clock Thursday ovcnlng. Twenty-four Twenty-four persons wero Injured, and property prop-erty with an estimated valuo of $1,-000,000 $1,-000,000 was destroyed. Twolvo blocks In tho very center of tho business sec tlon wero swept nway, nnd not on houso of nny consequence nlong Front street wns left standing. In tho terror nnd confusion following tho storm reports ot an appalling loss of llfo wero currcnL |