THE TORNADOES’ TOLL
DEATH LIST GROWING PROPERTY LOSSES HEAVY (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 22. A message from Birmingham, Alabama, states that the freakish march of the tornadoes killed at least 214 persons in five southern states on Monday and early on Tuesday. The death list grew during the night as the communities which had been cut off by wind and rain restored communication. Dawn brought reports of additional fatalities from rescue parties which were searching the wreckage. There were 169 dead in Alabama, 30 in Georgia, 12 in Tennessee, two in Kentucky, and one in South Carolina. The property loss is heavy. Hundreds of people were injured.
MANY AREAS AFFECTED. NEW YORK, March 22. (Received March 23, at 9 p.m.) Reports from five southern States indicate that 275 people are dead and perhaps 2500 injured. More than two score of widely scattered communities were affected. Alabama bore the brunt of the storm and 220 people were killed there, while 2200 were injured.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21602, 24 March 1932, Page 9
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