| Show HAVOC IK MISSISSIPPI Loss of OLLfe ruid Piibnsrty Damage Greater ThaJi Hrst Reported MemphlH Tcnn Nov 21 Advlcen received re-ceived tonfghtfrom the stormswept sections of MJgsl plppi Aikns aR and Tennessee Indicate that the Iocs of lift and damage to property Is far greater than at firstrerjorted The difficulties in tlicfnfdyJUitt curliig Information train LIIO uevaraiKU fprjiois tire almost InsurmojiiVitableThb jihtces affected arc remotcand JsplntQtl and at the best they are not weljeiiuipped with means I of communication and tln storm which last evening carried devasta Ion across ihe country ill the same lime swept away the wiremo that telephone and telegraph wlres llko were put on I of service Dependence has necessarily been placed In railroad mon and tray ulprs coming from alfected parts DEVASTATION TERRIBLE In Mississippi the greatest IOHS of life and damage U property occurred near Tunica Lulu and llcrmnulo A report I by carrier from a point thirteen miles from Tunica says that the tornados devastation was so great that it will take weeks to calculate and tepalr It Five negroes lost their lives on the llamlin place In Tunica the church and a number of buildings were totally demolished More than fifty negroes arc missing i and it Is feared that several of them f perished Corn is reported badly damn ugsd CABINS BLOWN AWAY At Hernando a while man was killed and a negro family Injured by lying debris Numerous sa mills several residences res-idences and hundreds of negro cabins were blown away At Love station J S Donuy a while man was crushed by flying limber and Is expected to die The lornado passed down Coldwaler river leaving trees and houses In Its path thAWFUL AWFUL ILYVOC FEARED At Baiesvilo much properly amnge was wrought and several persons uere seriously injured bin no fatalities arc I reported Several dwelling houses a number of outhouses and many miles of fencing were torn down and scattered I scat-tered The roof of the Methodist S church was twisted off and ns blown I some distance from the building News of terrible havoc southwest of Bates vllle Is expected as generally the houses in that seollon are not securely built RESIDENCE DESTROYED At Guys plantation the residence and > large mill building of John Guy wetc J t torn down and their Umbers hurled f Some distance Miss Guy who was in the house al the time miraculously escaped es-caped with slight injuries A shanty in which to negroes had taken refuge from ihe florin was shattered and both occupants were instantly killed At Tracey the residence of I B IIIg gins was toially demolished and several other buildings were wrecked Ten cabins were destroyed on the plantation of Mr Marshall and lb iec negroes were killed LA GRANDE WRECKED J At La Giahde Tcnn two persons Avurn Irlllorl r > n ytolit n nl r o r more seriously Injured The town is practically u wreck nearly every resi deuce being destroyed or damaged The tornado struck the town from the southwest but veered a little to the northward In Ha course It appears to have made a revolving motion and played many pranks In one instance IL demolished both the Methodist and Baptist churches a block apart and left l standing a residence between them About 300 residences mainly those of poor people were destroyed BUILDINGS SWEPT AWAY At Moscow ten miles west of La Orange several buildings were swept awaV by wind No fatalities are reported re-ported although many persons were In jured At Blackton on the Pine City branch Of the Arkansas Midland railroad Miss Robinson was killed while trying to escape from a wrecked building und at Mono Lee county the infant child of Prof Richard Blount was killed by fly Trig timbers The home of Prof Blount yns torn down All along the track of the storm there was more or less damn itge COTTON CROP DAMAGED Thc damage to unpicked cotton cannot can-not m be estimated but is undoubtedly cpnslderable Trafllc tin the Memphis branch of the Louls51lc Nashville railroad baa been delayed since last night owing to high water jit places between Mjlun and the Tennessee river All trains have been decayed LOSS IN MEMPHIS In Memphis there is heavy loss asa result of the storm Culverts were washed out and small bridges were sent away Lumber firms on Wolf river suffered severely from the destruction de-struction of logs and it is estimated tonight to-night that their losses will foot up be tween S300000 and S500000 |
