The Archive · 1936

New Tornadoes in

Tupelo, Miss., Apr. 6.

While the oficial death {611 of new tornadoes in Alabama and Mississipp! stood "at 82 to-day, unconfirmed estimates placed the number of dead high as $00. More than 180 persons have been injured, many of" them. serious!

One thousand National Guardsmen were expected here this morning to conduct rescue work. Meanwhile, two-thirds of the bodies which have been recovered are piled in heaps at street corners, while all buildings still standing have been converted into hospitals. 'Throughout the night and morning, ambulances jammed all ids in this' region—United Press.

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