TORNADO IN U.S.A.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED [ _..r ' Bi -v (Australian ; anc| N-Z Qable Association), ‘ (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.). : NEW YORK, Nov. 26. A message from St. Louis states that nearly.fifty are known io be dead, many are injured, and heavy property damage is reported, to-day, as the result-Of tortiaddds Which swept a section of Louisiana/ Arkansas and Missouri last night. Hampered -by darkness, caused by the crippled light-plants, the rescuers were’ working throughout the night. Many communities are affected. Arkansas accounted for over thirty dead, and it is- feared that daylight and restored wire communications will reveal a heavier toll. Missouri communities reported five known killed. Big Piiiey, a small inland town, according to meagre reports Was virtually wiped out. Four whites and three negroes were the toll of the freakish winds which swept a narrow pathway in Louisiana. A message from Marks (Mississippi) reports that nine negroes were killed to-day by cyclonic winds, which swept the adjacent tree plantations.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 27 November 1926, Page 5
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