Jim Caskey was killed in a deadly outbreak of tornadoes that swept through the town of Minden then Bienville Parish. The day after, the death toll had reached nine, seven of them children.
The Shreveport Journal.
2 May 1933
Page 11
TWO INJURED NEAR ARCADIA BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL HERE.
CONDITION OF MARGIE CASKEY CRITICAL - SUFFERED FRACTURED SKULL.
Mrs. J. W. Caskey, 55, wife of Jim Caskey of near Arcadia, who was killed in the cyclone which struck near Arcadia, Monday afternoon, and her daughter, Miss Margie Caskey, 20, were reported in a serious condition at the Tri-State hospital Tuesday afternoon. They were transferred to that institution Tuesday from the Charity hospital where they were brought Monday night. Mrs. Caskey is badly bruised all over the body and is suffering from shock, and her daughter, who is unconscious, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries.
[Both Mrs. Caskey and daughter Margie survived their injuries.]
The Shreveport Journal.
2 May 1933
Page 11
TWO INJURED NEAR ARCADIA BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL HERE.
CONDITION OF MARGIE CASKEY CRITICAL - SUFFERED FRACTURED SKULL.
Mrs. J. W. Caskey, 55, wife of Jim Caskey of near Arcadia, who was killed in the cyclone which struck near Arcadia, Monday afternoon, and her daughter, Miss Margie Caskey, 20, were reported in a serious condition at the Tri-State hospital Tuesday afternoon. They were transferred to that institution Tuesday from the Charity hospital where they were brought Monday night. Mrs. Caskey is badly bruised all over the body and is suffering from shock, and her daughter, who is unconscious, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries.
[Both Mrs. Caskey and daughter Margie survived their injuries.]
Jim Caskey was killed in a deadly outbreak of tornadoes that swept through the town of Minden then Bienville Parish. The day after, the death toll had reached nine, seven of them children.
The Shreveport Journal.
2 May 1933
Page 11
TWO INJURED NEAR ARCADIA BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL HERE.
CONDITION OF MARGIE CASKEY CRITICAL - SUFFERED FRACTURED SKULL.
Mrs. J. W. Caskey, 55, wife of Jim Caskey of near Arcadia, who was killed in the cyclone which struck near Arcadia, Monday afternoon, and her daughter, Miss Margie Caskey, 20, were reported in a serious condition at the Tri-State hospital Tuesday afternoon. They were transferred to that institution Tuesday from the Charity hospital where they were brought Monday night. Mrs. Caskey is badly bruised all over the body and is suffering from shock, and her daughter, who is unconscious, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries.
[Both Mrs. Caskey and daughter Margie survived their injuries.]
The Shreveport Journal.
2 May 1933
Page 11
TWO INJURED NEAR ARCADIA BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL HERE.
CONDITION OF MARGIE CASKEY CRITICAL - SUFFERED FRACTURED SKULL.
Mrs. J. W. Caskey, 55, wife of Jim Caskey of near Arcadia, who was killed in the cyclone which struck near Arcadia, Monday afternoon, and her daughter, Miss Margie Caskey, 20, were reported in a serious condition at the Tri-State hospital Tuesday afternoon. They were transferred to that institution Tuesday from the Charity hospital where they were brought Monday night. Mrs. Caskey is badly bruised all over the body and is suffering from shock, and her daughter, who is unconscious, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries.
[Both Mrs. Caskey and daughter Margie survived their injuries.]
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