OVER 100 KILLED AS STORM HITS TUPELO.

DEATH TOLL IS MOUNTING FROM LAST NIGHT'S TORNADOES THAT SLASHED THRU 3 DIXIE STATES.

WHIP ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND FROM ARKANSAS TO CAROLINA.

MORE THAN 1,000 HURT.

TRAIN LOADED WITH 96 INJURED IS SPED TO MEMPHIS FROM THE LEE COUNTY CITY -- GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, IS ALSO HARD HIT.

Death Toll Mounts
(By The Associated Press)
Tornadoes whipped across the South from Arkansas to South Carolina today leaving more than 300 dead, 1,000 injured and property damage estimated at millions of dollars.
Tupelo, Miss., and Gainesville, Georgia, were hardest hit, with menace of storm generated fire adding to the horrors of the twisters and rain.
Physicians and nurses were rushed to the stricken towns by the Red Cross and adjacent towns. A train loaded with 90 injured sped to Memphis.
The growing death toll listed Tupelo at "more than 100," Coffeeville, Miss., 13; Huntsville, Ala., 3; Columbia, Tenn., 6; LaCrosse, Ark., 1; Booneville, Miss., 4; Red Bay, Ala., 5; Fayettesville, Tenn., 1; Gainesville, Ga., 22.
At Tupelo, emergency hospitals were set up and operations performed by oil lamp light last night. The city water supply was exhausted by destruction of the water tank and communication facilities were out of commission. Many were reported missing at Tupelo and other towns and the death toll is mounting hourly.

Tupelo, Miss., April 6. -- More than 100 were known dead in Tupelo and from 150 to 200 in Mississippi alone, and an estimated five hundred persons were injured in last night's fierce tornado which ripped into Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Arkansas with its death-dealing force centered in residential Tupelo. Tupelo city officials said the dead may run between one hundred and one hundred and twenty-five.
Churches, hotels and schools were converted into hospitals. One-third of the city's houses are piled up in the streets. Most of the business district escaped damage.
The storm frist struck at LaCrosse, Ark., killing one then roared into northeast Mississippi. From there it rushed northeastwardly into Alabama, killing five persons at Red Bay, then veered into middle Tennessee where at least six were killed in Armour Mines, Harland Mines and Crossbridge, near Columbia.

HERE'S PARTIAL LIST OF 82 DEAD IN TUPELO STORM.
(By The Associated Press)
Tupelo, Miss., April 6. -- A partial list of the identified white people dead in the Tupelo tornado:
MR. and MRS. SAM FORD.
MRS. C. H. CLIFTON, SR.
MRS. LEWIS WATSON.
MRS. A. L. WYLIE.
HERSCHEL SENTER.
Baby COTTRELL, infant son of MR. and MRS. SARA COTTRELL.
R. W. McALLISTER.
MRS. HERMAN GODWIN.
GUY DAVIS.
MRS. L. Q. STONE.
J. L. GEDSEY.
WALTER DOTY and son, DAN DOTY.
MR. CRABER.
MR. and MRS. CHARLEY HARDIN.
MR. and MRS. GUY METCALFE and their two children, GEORGE and GERRING.
MR. and MRS. BROWN.
VIRGIE FORD.
MR. and MRS. JIM BURROUGHS and two children.
MRS. SAM WALKER.
H. G. HALL, child.
MRS. J. Y. CUMMINGS.
V. A. LINDSEY.
DAVE TUCKER.
KEYES ROGERS.
MRS. YOUNG.
MRS. WM. JACKSON and daughter.
MRS. GARDNER.
MRS. AL WILEY'S two children.
H. V. SENTER, infant.
MRS. LOTTIE BURTON.
RUBY MAY STACY.
MRS. COLLIER.
WILLIS COLLIER.
MR. and MRS. ALLEN E. BURROUGHS and four children.
MR. and MRS. GUY DAVIS.
MRS. EARL PARISH.
MRS. ANNIE BERRIHILL.
GLADYS DUNN.
MRS. NANNEY.
MRS. EARL HARRIS.
BENNIE MELTON CREDILLE.
MRS. BESSIE YOUNG and LUTHER YOUNG.
MRS. J. A. FORD.
DAVE JACKSON.
COLUMBUS HAMILTON.
KENNETH W. CAYSON.
MRS. JOHN CAYSON.
MRS. WILLIAM SHIRLEY.
MRS> HARRY ARMSTRONG.
JOHN GODSON.
ELMO CALDWELL.
KATHERINE RODGERS.
MRS. KYLING.
BERCHER FIELDS.
MRS. L. SAXON & son, of Corinth.
LORENE CLINTON.
OLLIE PRICE.

The Daily Democrat Times Greenville Mississippi 1936-04-06
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!