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by Bill White
Cyclone!
The Great Cyclone of
1906
Known Killed and Injured*
Deceased
The
information provided below is a consolidation of the lists of deceased
appearing in the newspapers of the era. Although many of these
publications report that these names are taken from the “official” list
of the city, one should not simply accept the veracity of these
statements. There appear to have been no “official” death notice
documents released.
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Patrick
(P. T.) McGinnis,
a local man and freight conductor (engineer) for the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad, was killed in Elmire’s Restaurant.
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Mrs. J.
W. (Ella) Singleton
was killed at her home in the East End of Meridian. The widow of John
W. Singleton, she lived at 514 12th Avenue.
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Mackey Slaughter
(Age 1), Mrs. Singleton’s granddaughter. She was killed in Mrs.
Singleton’s home by the falling roof.
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John R.
Smith,
of Selma, Alabama, an engineer on the Southern Railway, was killed in Elmire’s Restaurant.
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William
R. Nelson,
a former Chief of the Meridian Police Department and liveryman at
Thornton’s Livery and Feed Stable, was killed in the collapse of the
Thornton Transfer building. He lived at 3901 8th Street.
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James
P. Tarry,
a Meridian Police Officer, was killed in Thornton’s Transfer Livery and
Feed Stable.
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Claude
P. Williams
was killed in the Meyer Neville Hardware Company’s store where he was a
salesman. Williams lived at 2701 11th Avenue.
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Cliff
Edwards,
a flagman for the M&O railroad was killed in Elmire’s restaurant. He
lived at 1007 23rd Avenue.
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Mr. James Stewart
of Cottondale, Sunflower County, Mississippi, was killed at Union
Station.
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Clarence Stewart
of Cottondale, Sunflower County, Mississippi, was killed at Union
Station. He was the son of James Stewart.
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Mrs. B.
Smith of
Cottondale, Sunflower County, Mississippi, was killed at Union
Station.
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Colonel
B. F. Elmire,
Proprietor of Elmire’s Restaurant, initially injured in the collapse of
the Restaurant, died a few days after the event.
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Edwards
(no first name), a baker, was killed in the collapse of Elmire’s
Restaurant.
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Mr.
William Johnson
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Mr. Ben
Potte (or
Potterson) a cook at Elmire’s Restaurant
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Mr. Tom
Sherrod,
a clerk at the New Orleans and Northeastern freight depot
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Mr. Ed
Brown
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Mr.
John Ramsey
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Mrs.
George Cook
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Infant
White,
the infant child of Mr. William White, a black worker at the Union
Depot
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Mr.
Tank Barney,
a black worker at the Meridian Fertilizer Factory
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Unidentified Barney Child,
the child of Mr. Tank Barney, also killed at the Meridian Fertilizer
Factory
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Mrs.
Dunn (first
name unknown), a black resident of the Georgetown section of the city
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Mr. J.
W. Prowell,
a rural mail carrier, was killed in Meyer-Neville Hardware.
Further, it should be noted that the following reports were not
reconciled in the newspaper accounts. They may or may not represent
additional deaths.
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Eight unknowns, both black and white, were killed in Georgetown.
Their bodies had been recovered by the morning of 3 March, 1906.
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Six
unknowns, (race unknown), were killed in the fertilizer factory
suburb.
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Eight unknowns, black, found in different sections (excluding
Georgetown) of the city.
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Of
the 21 persons in the Elmire Restaurant at the time of the storm, 17
were killed. This does not reconcile with the known names.
Known
Injured
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W. A.
Garrett,
a clerk at Cameron’s Restaurant, suffered a broken leg and other
injuries.
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Grady
Stone
(black), suffered a broken leg and other internal injuries.
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W. J.
Woodside
suffered a gash in the head and other serious injuries
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T. H.
Brown,
the Chief Clerk at the Queen and Crescent Railroad, suffered a broken leg
and broken ribs.
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Earnest Bennett
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Frank
Woodruff
of Anniston, Alabama, a clerk at Meyer-Neville Hardware, suffered a
broken foot.
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Will
Yarborough,
of Bryson, Louisiana, a clerk in a local (unidentified) restaurant,
minor injuries
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A. C.
Morrison,
unknown injuries
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W. H.
Joseph
of Tennessee, severe burns on back
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Ben
Sparkman
(black), an express driver, unknown injuries
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E. W.
Dean,
a telegraph operator for the Queen and Crescent Railroad, shoulder
crushed
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Where the race of victims was published in the research, that
information was noted for genealogy research purposes. It is
believed that those not identified by race are, presumably, white.
However, this may not always be true. Researchers should use caution when
referring to this list.
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