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March 20, 1906, page 1
The Fort Worth Telegram, Fort Worth, TX - Sbumitted by Debora Reese
ANOTHER TERRIBLE TORNADO SEEPS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI
By Associated Press.
MOBILE, Ala., March 20 - A special from Hattiesburg, Miss., says a cyclone passed over south Mississippi last night.
Details are meager. Whether any one was killed or not cannot be learned, but it is said the tornado in many respects resembled the one which passed over Meridian a few days ago.
George Kennedy, who returned to the city from new Augusta, brought the first news of the tornado to Hattiesburg. Before leaving New Augusta Mr. Kennedy talked with several men who witnessed the tornado, others hearing it from a distance of four or five miles.
From all accounts, the tornado originated on the gulf and on Ship Island, twenty miles south of this city. The tornado, with a funnel formation, sped across the country for a distance of fifteen miles, demolishing everything in front of it. The tornado covered a space of a quarter of a mile wide, and was very severe, traveling at the rate of seventy-five miles an hour. It tore down fences, uprooted and destroyed all the timber in its path.
Mr. Kennedy left New Augusta in the early morning, and up to the
hour of his departure few, if any, details of the tornado had been received. He is of the opinion, however,
that great damage has been done. Whether the storm is accompanied by heavy loss of life, he could not say,
but it is certain that the storm swept the country for a width of a quarter mile of more, and that, at the point
from which reports have been received, the country is entirely cleaned of timber and everything else in front of
the storm.
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By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 20 - A special to the Tribune from New Orleans says:
A dispatch received here says that a tornado struck Brooklyn, Miss., near Meridian Monday night, and wrecked it. Enormous damage was done and loss of life was reported, but no exact fiigures (sic) have been received. The wind attained a velocity of ninety miles an hour and everything in the path of the tornado was ramed (sic) to the ground.
After destroying Brooklyn, the tornado went sweeping across the country leaving a trail of desolation in its wake.
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