Tornado Disaster Near Gardner Settles Fatal Toll
Widespread tornado wrecked the Gardner settlement and central Georgia freight line near Savannah. Train workers and locals rushed aid from Tennille and Wrighteville, with doctors treating injured and locating victims including a young boy and a crushed infant as rescue efforts continued. The scene showed scattered bodies and devastated homes, with crews detaching locomotives to reach the stricken area.
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Gardner
Georgia
Savannah
Macoh
W. C. King
Wadley
Idharge
Tennille
Pleven
Rock Springs
Devastating Tornado Leaves Black Victims and Debris
Eyewitness account describes a tornado ripping through Gardner area. Black residents were killed and found along roadways, trees snapped, and animals harmed. A dramatic scene includes a goat amid human remains and reports of boxcars blown by winds. Dozens still missing as responders search the wreckage.
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Gardner
Devastating storm wrecks Oconee area leaving many dead
A major cyclone struck near Oconee causing widespread destruction. Dozens are killed or missing, including a seventeen year old who died inside a commissary. Seven women and fifteen men lay in an improvised morgue near the railroad. The Fairbanks Lumber mill survived but nearby homes and railroad workers' houses were destroyed. The Oconee school building was reduced to a wreck with only the floor intact, while eighty children narrowly escaped injury. Wires were blown down, relief trains and doctors raced to the scene, and convicts assisted in clearing paths amid scattered livestock and debris.
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Fairbanks Lumber Company
Railroad Company
Fection
Oconee
Tenmilla
Rang Ennis
Borhood
Neste Bey
M. Harrison
Bunco Syndicate Tied to 1915 Scandals, Indictments Rise
Ongoing bunco probe links 'Bunco Syndicate' to leaders and 1915 cases. George W. Lloyd and others face indictments for larceny as solicitor Boykin pursues terminated cases. Woodward, once a gang leader, faces multiple indictments and a murder charge for 1919 at the Ansley hotel. Witnesses and victims flood in as grand jury sessions continue amid new indictments and extradition notes.
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Sust
George W. Lloyd
Boykin
Woodward
Grand Jury
Ed Milly
Ansley Hotel
Wco
John A. Boykin
Banco
Man
Lee
Central Avenue
Poss" McCoake
Lloyd
Huntsville
Alay
Atlanta
Bunco
Red Cross Sends Supplies After Cyclone Disaster
In charge of a special car loaded with tents blankets and medical supplies Davis of the Atlanta chapter left the city for the Gardner and Oconee cyclone scene. Supplies were to rush from Sandersville by rail with cars held for loading. Red Cross doctors and nurses are already at Gardner and Tennille officials report relief shipments are en route within hours after the storm passed.
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Legars
Davis
Atlanta
The
American Red
Grose
Central of Georgia Road
Sandersville
Red Cross
Gardner
B. H. Lord
Tennille
Hedding
Tenille
Forecast Promises Warm Friday With Clear Skies
Weather prognosticator C. F. von Herrmann predicts a drop in temperature on Friday with no rain and a clear sun. A subsequent warm wave is expected. soil has received 6.08 inches of rain this week, restoring the usual balance after last month’s abnormal drought. He sees no near freezing temperatures and notes springlike warmth may threaten fruit buds through frost risk.
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C. F. ‘von Herrmann
von Herrmann
Srosta
Appesare
Georgia railway purchase announced in Mobile
Louis B. Metzger of Mobile announced the purchase of the Ludowici and Collins railroad in Georgia. The line connects the Atlantic Coast Line with the Seaboard Air Line, spanning forty six miles.
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Mobile
Ala
Louis BR. Metzger
Ludowiciana Collins Railroad
Georgia
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line
Captain 2 Boy-Ed- Wins American Girls Bride
Miss Virginia MacKay-Smith daughter of the late Bishop MacKay-Smith of Pennsylvania and Captain Karl Boy-Ed former German naval attaché wed today in Berlin. Cablegram from the bride’s mother confirmed the marriage. The union ends years of reported engagements and antiwar intrigue between two continents.
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Lancaster
Virginia
MacKay-Smith
Pennsylvania
Karl Boy-Ed
Washington
Berlin
Lancaster Intelligencer
Misa
Ashington
Germany
Miss MacKay-Smith
Captain Boy-Ed
Captain von Papen
Wilson
Mexico
Philadelphia
Department of Justice
MacKay- Smith
Boy-Ed
Burwell Letter Debate Factor in U S Senate
In Washington on February 10 Senator Harris read into the record a Sparta Georgia letter by William H Burrell noting wide price differences among cotton grades and recent market quotes. He also cited Athens Georgia lawyer Thomas J Shackelford on low grade cotton stocks and Director Rogers Census Bureau on uniform interstate grading to curb price depression.
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James A. Hollouon
Washington
Senate
Wiliam J. Harris
William H. Burrell
Sparta
Harris
Thomas J. Shackelford
Athens
American Cotton Association
Shackelford
Junor
Rogers
Census Bureau
Packard to rehire 1000 workers after dividend notice
Detroit February 10 dividend announcement to preferred stockholders coincides with Packard Motor Car Co stating it will re-employ an additional one thousand men with immediate effect. The plant has been running with about 3,000 workers for weeks. Also a display ad for Home Art Supply Co. at 1724 Whitehall Street.
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Detroit
Mich
Packard Motor Car Company
Home’ Art Supply Co
Whitehall Street
Adjants Robbed Bank at Suwanee In 1800 Stolen Cash Recovered
Carroll Williams confessed January 27 in the Suwanee bank holdup case. He named Haywood and James as the two men who bound the cashier and fled in a waiting car. Police found 1800 dollars of the stolen money in the getaway vehicle near Suwanee.
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Willams
Cumming
Carroll Williams
Haywood
James
Banaks
Suwanee
Atlant an Named Vice President National Retail Dry Goods
New York February 10 The National Retail Dry Goods association, in convention here, elected officers for the ensuing year. Richard Weber of Detroit was named president. Vice presidents are W. Reyburn of New York, Felix Kornenberg of Boston, F. J. Paxon of Atlanta, L. C. Nach of Omaha, and Marshes Hale of San Francisco. Low Hahn of New York was chosen managing director and treasurer.
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New York
Richard Weber
Detroit
W. Reyburn
Felix Kornenberg
Boston
F. J. Paxon
Atlanta
L. C. Naeh
Omaha
Marshes Hale
San Francisco
Low Hahn
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Companywsouth Pryor
Hanneman’s Bakery
Parker
Central
Rialto Theater
Pryor
Edgewood Ave
Decatur St
R. A. Broyles & Co
Atmore
Sheppard Brothers
Brucewood
Earl & Wilson
E & Shirts
SOTA
Neal
J. H. Conway
Healey
Neal Institute
Woodward Ave
Barfield
Barfield’s
Florida
Alabama ST
Bunco Syndicate
Firat Paige
Georgia Railway
Burwell
U.S. Senate
Recior Cafe
Peachtree St
Horlick
Ivy
Atlantan
Adn W
LLC
Groctas
Akfast
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