Show WW new orleans the center of three cy disturbances causing the loss of six lives and 1 in property new orleans this region was on friday the center of cyclonic disturb ances at least three of which were tornadoes and caused the loss of six lives with nine persons fatally in aured about daylight heavy storms broke within one hundred miles west north and east of new orleans re ports of sugar cane and cotton crops blown down or sugar mills demolished are coming in from this section the damage including ahat done in new orleans is placed at over 1 l the worst of the tornadoes was north of new orleans where between 30 and 7 clock it devastated portions of three parishes new orleans was visited by another tornado and a third passed northward of on the gulf coast the first tornado struck west of baton rouge parish about 6 clock killing mrs theodore forel and her daughter mrs white mrs forel s body was found in a field near her demolished house two children in mrs forel s house were fatally in aured and five more were injured in the collapse of a sugar refinery on the st delphe plantation baton rouge was slightly damaged in st james parish one woman whose name has not been learned and mrs H R webber and daughter mrs john meyer and a negro are reported fatally injured fifteen buildings were blown completely down in this parish at which the tornado reached about 7 clock george hawes and son and a daughter were killed by the collapsing ot their house and an other child of the family was fatally injured A negro was also batall injured there besides injuries to a dozen other persons the third tornado struck new or eans about 8 clock although no ives were lost here property damage reached and about fifty per sons were injured one fatally fully buildings were damaged about seventy five being blown flat most of the demolished buildings were negro cabins and it was here that nearly all the injuries occurred the path of the tornado through the city was about eight miles long in places the storms path was about thirty feet wide and only ai two or three points did it reach a hundred teet |