Show ALABAMA TORNADO TAKES M ANY NY liVES WIND AND RAIN VISIT SOUTHERN STATE AND CARRY DEATH AND DESTRUCTION U. U S. S Troops Are Called To Guard Devastated District Intense Heat Is Given As Cause Of Tornado Troy Ala Sixteen Sixteen persons were reported i killed and more than a score injured by a tornado which struck Pike county Alabama Many homes were laid waste causing using thousands of dollars damage Relief Relie measures S were undertaken and first aid was rushed to several communities which bore the brunt of the terri ic storm Victims who fled here were sheltered by citizens of Troy and the tho local hospital was taxed to capacity in taking care of the tho injured After sweeping through this thiS' section section section sec sec- sec sec- tion the tornado rushed on its way southwestward Loss of life was reported in the Good Hope section at Luverne in the Oak Grove neighborhood at Union Springs in Comer Corner and in Spring Hill lull the last three places being in Barbour Barbour Barbour Bar- Bar bour county and at Eufaula where three negroes were reported killed and several persons injured In the Good Hope section seven miles west of Troy four members of one nily fa were killed and two others others others oth oth- ers probably fatally injured Five negroes were killed near here and six near Union Springs Persons near the path of the storm aroused aro by the terrific wind and the cries of the injured worked in a heavy downpour of rain and vivid flashes of lightning for hours rendering rendering rendering ren ren- dering aid and searching for the miss miss- ing lug The dead and injured were scattered scattered scat scat- scattered along the roads in the fields and near the demolished homes An emergency call was sent to Troy for aid and many of the injured were brought to the Masonic onic hospital According to reports reaching Troy much damage was done lone at Brantley Glenwood and Goshen but no loss of life was reported from either place The tornado followed intense heat and threatening weather and was followed followed fol fol- followed fol- fol lowed by a severe electrical storm |