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FWO WHITE PEOPLE AND THIRTY FOUR NEGROES LOSE THEIR LIVES THEREBY. DAMAGE PUT AT $1,000,000 Tornado Centers In Crittenden County, Arkansas, and Touched FWO Coun ties In North Mississippi—More Than 100 Injured Memphis.—Thirty-six persons, two white men and 34 negroes, were killed and more than 1090 injured in two tornadoes which struck in Crittenden county, Arkansas, and dipped into Quitman, Coahoma, Carroll, Leflore and Yazoo counties in Northern Missi ssippi. The damage is estimated at hun dreds of thousands of dollars. Clarksdale, Ark. reports six dead and nearly 35 injured in that town and nearby farming settlements; Coa homa County, 12 dead and a number injured; Carroll and Leflore counties, five dead and several injured and Yazoo County five dead and seven injured. One storm struck first in the vicinity of Clarksdale, Ark., demolishing small farm buildings and damaging a number of the more substantial structures through a stretch of territory two miles in width and 15 miles long. It jumped across the river and next dipped down in Tipton County, Tennessee. The other storm apparently entered Quitman County, Miss. where build ings on the Turner and Mark planta tions were razed, and bumping into the nearby counties of Coahoma, Le fore and Carroll, destroyed a number of buildings on the Young plantation near Rising Sun also were wrecked. In Yazoo County the storm struck seven miles southwest of Vaughan Station, leveling virtually all the negro cabing on several plantations, killing five and injuring seven farm laborers. Virtually all of those reported in Crittenden County, Ark., were crushed to death in the collapse of the brick store “building of Banks Danner at Clarkesdale, in which a number of farm laborers had taken refuge from a heavy rain storm which preceded the blow. Several were injured at Booker, a small village near Clarksdale. In addition to the Banks Danner store, two cotton whorehouses and a gun were wrecked at Carksdale and the more frail farm buildings within a radius of several miles razed Reports reaching Memphis indicate that six dead and property damage totaling $300,000 is the toll exacted by the twister which swept Crittenden County, Ark. Scores are injured, 13 of whom are in Memphis hospitals. Four of the dead were killed at Clarkesdale when the tornado crashed in a commissary owned by Banks Danner, large plantation owners. One white man, Payne Harrison, was a victim, meeting death in the collapse of the commissary. Three negro men met death in the commissary. Frank Greenlee, aged black, was killed while purching a pair of shoes from Mr. Harrison. The latter was on a ladder securing the shoes when the crash came. Mr Har rison and the negro were buried under a ton or so of brick. Muscle Shoals Project Halted. Washington.—Negotiations between Secretary Weeks of the war depart ment and representatives of Henry Ford on the latter's offer to lease and purchase the government's nitrate and waterpower project at Muscle Shoals, Ala., have been halted, to be resumed after the Christmas holidays. Gets 15 Months For Theft. Paril —Pierre Ribotte was sentenc ed to 15 months’ imprisonment for stealing $5,000 worth of jewelry and notes from a woman gypsy. The wo man said she had been collecting the valuables for more than 40 years. Asks That Lepers Be Removed, ' London—Revelation at a recent med ical meeting that there are more than 40 lepers in England caused a public sensation. The government has re ceived many letters demanding the re moval of all victims. Smuggled 13 Watches—Caught. London.—Leon Gruge, a British citi zen, smuggled 13 watches into Eng land from Austria, but was captured just as he was disposing of the last timepiece. He was fined $1,300. President Gives $100 To Father. Marion, O.—Dr. George T. Harding, father of President Warren G. Harding, received a check for $100 from the white house, as his son's usual Christ mas gift. Villa Reported as “Broke,” Mexico City.—Reports have reached here that Francisco Villa’s operations as an agriculturist have been so disas trous that he is practically “broke. It is rumored that a loan from the gov ernment is being asked for him. Discovery of Diamonds Reported. Rifa—Discovery and confiscation of a treasure of diamonds and other gems secreted by adherents of the late czar are reported in private advices from Moscow. The hoard is valued at about $5,006,000.
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The Aberdeen Weekly
Aberdeen, Mississippi, US
Fri, Dec 30, 1921
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