| Show I 63 liVES lOST I 1 AS SWEEP VAllEY i If More Ioro Than Titan Five Fhe Hundred Injured Will Exceed Property Damage f ii P Spasmodic tornadoes that happed happed hap hap- ped about crazily from Louisiana to Illinois during a two day assault assault assault as- as sault on the Mississippi valley left at le least leat t 63 dead in their paths I more than injured and property proper proper- ty damage in excess of I f. The winds got a running start j in the Miss Mississippi delta Sunday and for 24 hours wove a weird pattern of destruction in scattered scatter scatter- I ed sections from Minden La to northwest Illinois The toll by states Louisiana 41 Arkansas 10 Mississippi 7 Illinois 5 Sundays Sunday's tornadoes were comparatively comparatively com corn mild and were confined to the Mississippi and Arkansas deltas Eight were killed seven killed seven in Mississippi and one in Arkan Arkan- sas Monday the winds renewed the attack and jumped about from Minden where at least 35 were killed to Morrison HI Even Chi- Chi caga felt fitful gusts of the storm The first report of Mondays Monday's tornadoes tornadoes tornadoes tor tor- tor- tor came from the Arkansas- Arkansas Missouri line where the wind killed killed kill kill- kill killed ed two persons at Salem and one oneat Li J. J at Camp Ark Rural property I damage on the border was heavy and more than 12 persons were injured About 4 p. p m. m Monday the tornado tornado tornado tor tor- tor- tor nado rode into Minden in a black shape funnel cloud It leveled the negro quarter of that important parish seat and killed at least 35 First report said 60 were killed at Minden but only 35 bodies had been recovered yesterday Property Proper Proper- ty damage was as enormous Farms were razed highways were chocked chocked chock chock- ed with debris and communication lines The storm split at Minden and tore into Arcadia 25 miles away where six more were killed Another tornado struck Mag- Mag flout Ark about the same time and killed six negroes Hail and wind roared over of Illinois Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- Illi- Illi nois and killed five |
