Show 0 THAT SWEPT OVER SOUTH storm lasted for nearly two days and in places twister doubled on its tracks finish ng work of destruct on new orleans mississippi al ready a sufferer from more than one tornado this ear has again borne the brunt of the winds and rains esti mates of the number 0 those who lost their lives in that state during the recent two days ol 01 terrific wind storms place the death list near with several hundred injured in texas louisiana alabama and georgia the death lists are also large with serious loss of life in arkansas and tennessee in halt half a dozen communities mar bial law has been declared so terrible was use the destruction and so helpless were the stricken people left by the disaster serious disorders have oc burred in some places including A mite amite la looting and other crimes have been reported but these in stances have been on the whole rare several places have issued appeals for aid and in mississippi governor noel has been asked to provide tenta tents for the homeless the tornadoes lasted in all a period of nearly two days it was thurs day night that damage by tornadoes traveling eastward was first reported from points in texas this was tol lowed during the next twenty four hours by similar reports from arkan sas louisiana mississippi and ten bessee frilay night alabama came within the flight of the storm and saturday reports of serious damage by the winds in georgia were record ed an incomplete list ot of the dead and injured in the storm made up from telegraph reports from various points through the south places the number of killed at and injured a at t 1091 utter misery of every sort was found at purvis miss by relief par ties despite the tact that of the 2500 inhabitants which this little town boasted there were only left still there ere were not sufficient accod in the wrecked village tor for even the wounded the manner in which the tornado 11 acted at this village puzzled those who witnessed it instead of enter ing the town at one side and passing out at the other the storm whirled and seesawed see sawed about once or twice judging from the lay of the debris the wind veered so much as nearly to duble on its trail fhe result was tt drible tor for the inhabitants many of v horn hom were caught and either injured or killed after I 1 they had apparently escaped the usual freaks were played by the wind twenty seven prisoners were in the little town jail the root roof was lifted off but so terror stricken were they that not one gained his freedom none of the prisoners was seriously injured the wreckage which remained on the r site ite of a lum ber mill near town consisted largely 0 af f splinters from the size of toothpicks up to small sticks |