Show SOUTHERN SOUfflE RH TUTO TOWNS MST ALMOST IROM THE EARTH at least one hundred lives lost loet in terr ble storm that swept south from the great lakes atlanta ga an ep ot of tor dadoes swept through the son south t thursday night and friday leavia leaving hundreds of mangled bodies and the dismantled ot of property worth many millions at least persona persons are believed to be dead and it is probably the list of 0 fatalities will be tar far greater an exact list ot of the dead and an accurate estimate of the monetary loss may not oe de completed for many days but from all along the path of the storm come tales of fearful loss of life and whole towns and vill villages are completely wiped out the storm wave seems to have had its origin in the north and swept from the lake region south in irregular fashion at frani franl lin and in hillsboro tenn there was much loss ot of I 1 fe the latter town is said to be locally destroyed while at centerville Cent erville and adjoining villages the damage Is reported ver very y heavy near pulaski the death list reached twelve and many were injured the tornado followed the cumber land valley wrecking small towns and destroying farm houses at dabe nezer eighteen bouses houses were blown down at charleston the storm swerved up the hiawassee river of the tennessee valley destroying much property at fayetteville three were killed at cuba many houses were blown down and at Giles town not even a shed was left standing memphis reports heavy loss from towns within a radius of miles in three states at horn lake miss six lives were lost and the damage was very heavy from neighboring towns come reports of men women and children killed and homes wrecked the tornado swept over into arkan sas and killed eight persons near mammoth springs besides wrecking a score of buildings other points in arkansas report heavy loss striking alabama and heading southwesterly the hurricane contin aed its course of destruction hunts ville reports heay heany loss of property with probably several persons killed at danville ala the storm struck with terrific force at hartsell at least one Is dead and many hurt it Is said eight or ten people are dead at jsckson young youngs s crossing has five dead at franki frankl n one me woman Is dead and two fatally hurt at henderson the storm played many fantastic tricks it hurled james jackson an aged man of montgomery county ten bessee twenty yards from his ruined house snapped his neck and he was found dead it ripped twenty church steeples from their belfries stood them up in the earth and then hurled them into tree tops it tore up un the battlefield of frank lin tenn like the cannon balls at aid d in the civil war at decherd tenn a man and child were burled buried under the root roof of their home torn off by the gale |