BIG TOLL OF LIFE
DISASTROUS TORNADO THREE U.S. STATES SWEPT SMALT. TOWN WIPED OUT. (Eloc. Tel. Copyright— United Press Assn.) Australian and N.Z, Cable Association* (Received November 27, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 26. A message from St. Louis states that nearly 60 are known to bo dead and inanv injured, while heavy property damage was reported, as a result of tornados which swept sections 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 50 dead, and it is fearetl that daylight and restored' wire communications will reveal a heavier toll. Missouri communities reported that five are known to be killed. Big Piney, a small inland town, according to meagre reports, was virtually wiped out-, and: four whites and three negroes were the toll of freakish winds, which swept a narrow pathway. A Louisiana message from Marks, Mississippi, reports that nine negroes were killed to-day by cyclonic winds, which swept adjacent tree plantations.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16202, 27 November 1926, Page 5
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