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Show TERRIFIC STORM SWEEPS OVER THE SUNNY SOUTH Tornado Visits Mississippi, Loultl- ena and Alabama, Several Towns t Being Wrecked and Fifteen Lives lives wero lost Friday by a tornado which swept across portions of threo Gulf states und which was traceable for a distance of 300 miles. Tho tor-nado tor-nado moved from west to c.iBt, tra-versing tra-versing tho southern extremity ot LoutBlnnn nnd Mississippi and Btrlktng Into Alabama for n short distance. Portions ot four towns woro dovast-atcd dovast-atcd and damngc approximating halt a million dollars was done. Tho tornado bogan nt Alexandria, La., soon after 1 o'clock In tho morn-Ing, morn-Ing, Instantly killing four person!! t fibre, fatally Injuring thrco nnd ser-lously ser-lously Injuring thlrtcon moro. Soon nftor daylight It reached tho Mississippi river, killing four persona At Jackson, La., whllo at Bayou Sara, La., at IcaBt half a dozen wero killed. Thero was ono fatal Injury at Jack-son. Jack-son. The tornado noxt appeared at Carson, Miss., whero groat property damage was done. About noon, near Sclmn, Ala., tho Inhabitants saw lH whistling clouds arlso in tho air and tho storm disappeared. About twenty homcB In Alexandria wero completely demolished, fifty wero damaged, and altogether about 100 buildings wero seriously wrecked, including several business houses. Soveral houses wero blown down at Plnovlllo, and Injuries reported. The hall did much damago to crops. Tho tnsnno asylum nt Jackson, La., wns almost totally wrecked, with a loss of about $200,000. In addition to three fomalo Inmates killed, many sustained Injuries. Two negroes wero killed on a nenrby plantation, whllo reports from tho surrounding coun-try coun-try indlcato that there was probably moro loss of llfo among negroes, whoso flimsy cabins quickly collapsed boforo tho wind. At Bayou Sara bov-oral bov-oral paBBongers on tho steamer Betsy Ann had a thrilling escape. Tho Betsy Ann was reduced almost to a total wreck. Whllo tho broaklng timbers, both from tho steamer and from tho ehore, flew through tho air tho crow got all tho passongors safely ashore. Hardly a momber of tho crow escaped without bruises. At Carson, Miss., the Mississippi Central railroad depot was 'blown down, also a church, school houso and two business buildings and soveral cabins. From Carson tho storm crossed tho stato lino Into Alabama, whoro It began to lose much ot Its destructive powers. 1 Specials from various parts of Ala-bama Ala-bama toll of death and devastation from tornado whloh swopt through II tho southern and western portions of BV tho state. Tho most sorlous damage Is reported nt Bradloytown. Tho homo ot Hugh Farrier, a prominent planter, wns blown down, Instantly HJ killing Mr. Farrlor and his- 0-year-old son, and fatally Injuring Mrs. Farrier. |