TORNADOES SWEEP ACROSS THREE BIG AMERICAN STATES.
50 DEAD REPORTED IN TRACKS OF GALES. By Telegraph.—Pr«•» Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and X.Z. Cable Association. (Received November 27, 9.25 a.m.) NEW YORK, November 26 A message from St Louis (Missouri i states that nearly fifty are known to be dead and many injured, whilst heaw property damage is reported athe result of tornadoes, which swept sections of Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri last night. Hampered by darkness caused by crippled light plants, rescuers were working throughout the *”gbt. Manv communities are affected. Arkansas has accounted for over* 30 dead, and it is feared daylight and restored wire communications will reveal a heavier toll. Missouri communities reported that five are known to have been killed at Big Pincy, a small inland town. According to meagre reports the town was virtually wiped out. Four whites and three negroes were the toll of the freakish winds, which swept a narrow pathway through Louisiana.
A message from Marks. Mississippi, reports that nine negroes were killed to-day by cyclonic winds which swept adjacent three plantations.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18015, 27 November 1926, Page 1
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