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Show 00 GREAT STORM M0VM1RTH Toll of Lives and Property as Yet Unaccounted For Crops Suffer Great Damage. "Washington, July 7. The tropical storm which struck the Gulf Wednesday Wed-nesday with a yet uncounted toll of lives and property Is now over north Mississippi and moving northeastward with diminished energy. The weather bureau today reported that the wind velocity at Mobile, Ala., during the height of the storm was 106 miles an hour, and at Pensacola, Fla., its velocity was SO miles. There are Indications the rain may reach, the Ohio valley Saturday. Reports o the damage dono by the Btorm alone tho Gulf coast and In Mississippi and Louisiana were atill meager today but enough had boon established to malco It certain tho property Iobbub wouldv amount to bov-aral bov-aral millions Seventeen neeroeJost their lives near Beloit Ala , last night. Crops suffered greatly from the heavy rain Traffic on the more important railroads was almost completely tied up and wire communication with gulE points impossible or badly crippled. Passenger Train Wrecked. Hattiesburg, Miss, July 7 The northbound Gult and Ship Island passenger pas-senger train was wrecked at Bond, Miss., south of here today and Engineer En-gineer Robert Thompson and the fireman fire-man were killed and many passengers injured, according to reports received here. nn |