Emery County Progress | 1906-03-10 | Page 3 | Mississippi Town is Wrecked by Tornado

number of people are dead and scores are injured as result of storm at meridian meridian miss A tornado accod danied by a heavy rainstorm struck this city at 6 30 on friday and as a result a number of people are dead and scores are injured the storm center was in the south ern portion of the city and barly heavy along front street one ot the principal business streets 0 the town nearly every house on front street was demolished the armour packing company s plant la the only building left standing and the root of that Is gone fire broke out in the ruins and despite the heavy rain the flames burned fiercely A number of bodies are reported to be in the ju ns the city is in total darkness the electric light plant hav ing been badly damaged the tornado did severe damage at other points adjacent to meridian and all trains entering meridian are delayed A conservative estimate places the number of buildings blown down at between thirty and forty the beav lest losers are the meyer neville hardware company tom lyie co joseph moore dry goods and gro cenes the new orleans northwest ern railroad freight depot and other buildings the names of which are not obtainable at this hour the mobile ohio depot is sate as well as the southern hotel but the grand avenue hotel was considerably damaged the guests in the latter building escaped from the business center the tornado jumped to the east end where her of residences were blown down and others badly damaged