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Show oo TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS STATE Nine Persons Killed, Many Injured In-jured and Much Damage Done to Property. New i irleans, Oct 23 A terrific storm that is reported to have killed at least nine persons, injured five times as many and damaged much property, swept over a narrow strip of southern Louisiana early today Wires are down southwest of this i city and news of the storm's damage did nut teach here until afternoon. All wires to southwest Louisiana 1 arc down. Nothing of what had hap-pened hap-pened In a large section of tbe state i was available. Prom Tblbodea.ix came a report that four persons had been killed there, a while woman, Mrs Born, and her bnbv and two negroes Eleven persons were said to hae been hurt there and property damage was heavy. Five persons were reported to have been killed at Luling, La , a few miles j directly west of New Orleans. nn |