Show MISSISSIPPI TOWN IS WRECKED BY TORNADO A Number of People Are Dead and Scores Are Injured as Result of Storm at Meridian Meridian MlssA tornado accompanied accom-panied by a heavy rainstorm struck this city nt 610 on Friday and as a rcBult n number of people nro dead and scores nro Injured The storm center was In tho southern south-ern portion of tho city and pnrticu Inrly heavy along Front street ono of tho principal business streets of the town Nearly every house on Front street was demolished Tho Armour Packing companys plant Is tho only building left standing and the roof of that Is gone Fire broke out In the ruins and desplto tho heavy rain tho flnmea bunted fiercely A number of bodies nro reported to bo In tho ruins The city Is In total darkness tho electric light plant haying hay-ing been badly damaged The tornado did sovcro damage at other points adjacent to Meridian and nil trains entering Meridian arc delayed a I A conservative estimate places the number of buildings blown down at between thirty and forty Time heaviest heav-iest losers nro tho Meyer k Novlllo Hardware company Tom Ljlo Co Joseph Moore dry goods and groceries gro-ceries tho Now Orleans A Northwestern Northwest-ern railroad freight depot and other buildings tho names of which are not obtainable nt this hour Thq Mobile Ohio depot Is safe as well as tho Southern hotel but tho Grand Avonuo hotel was considerably damaged Tho guests In tho latter building escaped From the business center tho tornado jumped to tho east end whero a number num-ber of residences were blown down and others badly damaged |