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Show tt Tornadoes Cause 245 Deaths, Injure 1207; Property Loss Enormous II 'TORNADOES RAGE i IN SEVEN STATES Thousands of Homes Wrecked j and Great Areas of Grow-I Grow-I ing Crops Ruined. ,OVER HUNDRED DEAD Injured Estimated at Several Hundred Series of Storms Continue Three Days. Tornadoes during tho last three days in seven sUites of tho middle west and the south have killed nearly 250 people, Injured moro than 1200, wrecked thousands of houses and devastated many thousands thou-sands of acres of growing crops, according to summaries today. The latest In the series of tornadoes tor-nadoes started late Sunday, apparently ap-parently in the vicinity of Willis-villo, Willis-villo, in southwestern Illinois, swept southward across the Ohio river into Kentucky, down tho Mississippi Into Arkansas and Tennessee and finally veored eastward east-ward toward Alabama, where tho storm apparently spent itself. The dead in tho four southern states was roughly estimated at 100 and the injured at several hundred. The destruction began last Friday Fri-day In Andale, Kan., where twenty-six people were killed and sixty six-ty injured. Late Saturday anoth-or anoth-or twister struck the rich corn belt of central Illinois, killing fifty-four persons and injuring perhaps per-haps 500 at Mattoon. At Charleston, ten miles east of Mattoon, thirty-seven were killed and moro than 3 50 injured. The property damage in the two cities is estimated at $3,000,000. .Another destructive storm late-' -, Saturday crossed a territory approximately ap-proximately 100 miles north of the center of Illinois, reached into northern Indiana and caused tho loss of a dozen lives, tho injury of more than 200 and heavy property damage. Because of fallen wires, communication com-munication into tho stricken districts dis-tricts has been difficult. MEMPHIS, Tenn.. May 28. With forty dead near Hickman, Ky., fifteen in Mississippi county, Arkansas; twelve at Sayre, Ala.; six near Dvers-burg, Dvers-burg, Tenn.; six at Cates Landing, near Tiptonvllle. Tenn., and two at tho village of Baker, near Antioch, Tenn., and two at Sharon, Tenn., early reports re-ports from yesterday's storm center continued today to swell the toll of lives and property loss. Within a radius of twelve miles of Hickman, where tho storm apparently wrought its greatest havoc, moro than two score of injured have been recovered recov-ered from the wreckage In tho towns of Bondurant, B.ardwoll, Clinton and Ledford. Near Cates Landing the number of Injured was reported as between be-tween twenty-five and thirty; in the central part of Dyer county, near Dy-ersburg, Dy-ersburg, about thirty were injured; Sharon reported thirty-two Injured and Sayre fifty or more. Crops Demolished by Storm. Hundreds of buildings have been demolished and large areas of growing cotton and food crops were leveled by wind and heavy fall of hall. Reports indicated that tho storm first appeared on the Arkansas side of tho Mississippi river In Mississippi county, near the town of Manila, where eight persons lost their lives. Crossing the river, Cates Landing, Dy-orsburg Dy-orsburg and tho territory about Hickman Hick-man felt Its full force late yesterday and last night tho mining town of Sayre. several hundred miles to the south, was swept. Nlnety-one Known Dead. MATTOON, 111., May 28. With fifty-five known dead, finn ininrori and a property loss estimated at S3,-000,000, S3,-000,000, Mattoon and Charleston, twin victims of tho tornado which swept central Illinois Saturday, todav began organizing relief measures for moro than 5,000 homeless persons. Under supervision of tho Red Cross, food stations have been established and plans made for tho burial of the storm's victims today. Appeals have been issued for money and clothing, particularly for women and children. National guardsmen are patrolling both towns, while the state health authorities au-thorities have taken every effort to guard against epidemics spread by polluted pol-luted water. Kentucky Swept by Storm. HICKMAN, Ky., May 2S. Tho death list of tho storm which late yesterday swept several Kentucky vJll'ages will be between twenty and thirty, according accord-ing to early reports today. Nino deaths wero reported at Ledford, Led-ford, eight at Bondurant Other re porta told of tho death of thirteen ne- ( Continued on Pago 4 ) oo TORNADOES RAGE 1 SEVEN STATES ( Continued from Page 1 ) gToos on a plantation near Hickman and of threo deaths at Dublin, In Graves county. Ledford, Bondurant Dublin and Bardwell, aro reported to havo been wiped out Clinton Is also said to havo suffered severely. The storm broke over Hickman about -1:30 o'clock and lasted for about ten minutes. The property damago is large. Willlsville Demolished. ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 2S. A torna-do torna-do came into being near Willlsville, Perry county, Illinois, late yesterday afternoon, virtually demolished that village without a single casualty, then whirled southward, doing much dam-ago dam-ago to property until it crossed tho Ohio river into Kentucky. Alabama Storm Casualties. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 28. Incomplete In-complete reports early todav from territory ter-ritory swept by last night's tornado say that at least thirty-one persons were killed and more than 100 injured by the storm. Communication to many points Is still cut off., Women Blown 300 Feet. NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 28. A Trezevant Tenn., dispatch says four people were killed and many Injured in that vicinity by Sunday's storm. The storm swept a path two to three hundred yards wide Three women were blown 300 feet and killed. |