Hamlet of Hopewell in Alabama Is Entirely Wiped Out by Storm.
TWELVE PERSONS DEAD AND MANY ARE INJURED It Is Believed That Several of Those Injured Will Die - Storm Swooped on the Hamlet Without a Moment's Warning.
Birmingham, Ala., April 8. - Without a word of warning the little hamlet of Hopewell, 40 miles north of this city, and 1 mile from Hanceville, was swept away early this morning by a cyclone which cut a path of desolation a mile wide and 2 miles long across a prosperous farming section of Blount county. Twelve persons were instantly killed, three or four fatally injured and a score of others seriously hurt.
The Dead.
*MR. and MRS. MASON GRIFFIN * JAMES GRIFFIN * HENRY McCOY * FREDERICK McCOY * MISS BIRDIE McCOY * C. C. ODEN, prominent planter * MISS NORMA ODEN * HESTER ODEN * MISS THELMA ODEN * MRS. C. C. ODEN * MISS GRIFFIN * Fatally Injured.
Son and niece of Nathan Griffin * Mrs. Henry McCoy and two children* R. G. Quick * Dink Quick * Family of John McCoy, 7 persons * Mrs. Hollestine Horton * Miss Inez Horton * Richard Griffin.
It is believed several of the injured will die.
The storm came from the southwest and traversed its destructive path in a northeasterly direction, tearing everything in its way. The section through which it went is flat, on an elevated tableland in the hilly section of Blount County. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces.
The home of Mr. Henry McCoy, son of Mr. John McCoy, received the worst impact of the storm. His wife was severely injured; two of his children are still unconscious and may die, and he and his babe and two other children were dead this morning.
Dead Father Clasped Baby.
He was still clasping his baby in his arms when his body was found close to the house. Evidently he had made an effort to get out of the house, carrying the children with him. The bodies are terribly disfigured, where flying planks struck them.
TWELVE PERSONS DEAD AND MANY ARE INJURED It Is Believed That Several of Those Injured Will Die - Storm Swooped on the Hamlet Without a Moment's Warning.
Birmingham, Ala., April 8. - Without a word of warning the little hamlet of Hopewell, 40 miles north of this city, and 1 mile from Hanceville, was swept away early this morning by a cyclone which cut a path of desolation a mile wide and 2 miles long across a prosperous farming section of Blount county. Twelve persons were instantly killed, three or four fatally injured and a score of others seriously hurt.
The Dead.
*MR. and MRS. MASON GRIFFIN * JAMES GRIFFIN * HENRY McCOY * FREDERICK McCOY * MISS BIRDIE McCOY * C. C. ODEN, prominent planter * MISS NORMA ODEN * HESTER ODEN * MISS THELMA ODEN * MRS. C. C. ODEN * MISS GRIFFIN * Fatally Injured.
Son and niece of Nathan Griffin * Mrs. Henry McCoy and two children* R. G. Quick * Dink Quick * Family of John McCoy, 7 persons * Mrs. Hollestine Horton * Miss Inez Horton * Richard Griffin.
It is believed several of the injured will die.
The storm came from the southwest and traversed its destructive path in a northeasterly direction, tearing everything in its way. The section through which it went is flat, on an elevated tableland in the hilly section of Blount County. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces.
The home of Mr. Henry McCoy, son of Mr. John McCoy, received the worst impact of the storm. His wife was severely injured; two of his children are still unconscious and may die, and he and his babe and two other children were dead this morning.
Dead Father Clasped Baby.
He was still clasping his baby in his arms when his body was found close to the house. Evidently he had made an effort to get out of the house, carrying the children with him. The bodies are terribly disfigured, where flying planks struck them.
Hamlet of Hopewell in Alabama Is Entirely Wiped Out by Storm.
TWELVE PERSONS DEAD AND MANY ARE INJURED It Is Believed That Several of Those Injured Will Die - Storm Swooped on the Hamlet Without a Moment's Warning.
Birmingham, Ala., April 8. - Without a word of warning the little hamlet of Hopewell, 40 miles north of this city, and 1 mile from Hanceville, was swept away early this morning by a cyclone which cut a path of desolation a mile wide and 2 miles long across a prosperous farming section of Blount county. Twelve persons were instantly killed, three or four fatally injured and a score of others seriously hurt.
The Dead.
*MR. and MRS. MASON GRIFFIN * JAMES GRIFFIN * HENRY McCOY * FREDERICK McCOY * MISS BIRDIE McCOY * C. C. ODEN, prominent planter * MISS NORMA ODEN * HESTER ODEN * MISS THELMA ODEN * MRS. C. C. ODEN * MISS GRIFFIN * Fatally Injured.
Son and niece of Nathan Griffin * Mrs. Henry McCoy and two children* R. G. Quick * Dink Quick * Family of John McCoy, 7 persons * Mrs. Hollestine Horton * Miss Inez Horton * Richard Griffin.
It is believed several of the injured will die.
The storm came from the southwest and traversed its destructive path in a northeasterly direction, tearing everything in its way. The section through which it went is flat, on an elevated tableland in the hilly section of Blount County. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces.
The home of Mr. Henry McCoy, son of Mr. John McCoy, received the worst impact of the storm. His wife was severely injured; two of his children are still unconscious and may die, and he and his babe and two other children were dead this morning.
Dead Father Clasped Baby.
He was still clasping his baby in his arms when his body was found close to the house. Evidently he had made an effort to get out of the house, carrying the children with him. The bodies are terribly disfigured, where flying planks struck them.
TWELVE PERSONS DEAD AND MANY ARE INJURED It Is Believed That Several of Those Injured Will Die - Storm Swooped on the Hamlet Without a Moment's Warning.
Birmingham, Ala., April 8. - Without a word of warning the little hamlet of Hopewell, 40 miles north of this city, and 1 mile from Hanceville, was swept away early this morning by a cyclone which cut a path of desolation a mile wide and 2 miles long across a prosperous farming section of Blount county. Twelve persons were instantly killed, three or four fatally injured and a score of others seriously hurt.
The Dead.
*MR. and MRS. MASON GRIFFIN * JAMES GRIFFIN * HENRY McCOY * FREDERICK McCOY * MISS BIRDIE McCOY * C. C. ODEN, prominent planter * MISS NORMA ODEN * HESTER ODEN * MISS THELMA ODEN * MRS. C. C. ODEN * MISS GRIFFIN * Fatally Injured.
Son and niece of Nathan Griffin * Mrs. Henry McCoy and two children* R. G. Quick * Dink Quick * Family of John McCoy, 7 persons * Mrs. Hollestine Horton * Miss Inez Horton * Richard Griffin.
It is believed several of the injured will die.
The storm came from the southwest and traversed its destructive path in a northeasterly direction, tearing everything in its way. The section through which it went is flat, on an elevated tableland in the hilly section of Blount County. There was not the slightest intimation of its approach until the houses were being torn to pieces.
The home of Mr. Henry McCoy, son of Mr. John McCoy, received the worst impact of the storm. His wife was severely injured; two of his children are still unconscious and may die, and he and his babe and two other children were dead this morning.
Dead Father Clasped Baby.
He was still clasping his baby in his arms when his body was found close to the house. Evidently he had made an effort to get out of the house, carrying the children with him. The bodies are terribly disfigured, where flying planks struck them.
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