Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1911 — TORNADO WRECKS BUILDINGS [ARTICLE]

TORNADO WRECKS BUILDINGS

Clean Path is Swept Through Small Town in Alabama. Mobile, Ala., March 31.—Gainstown, Ala.,- a prosperous settlement, two miles inland from the river and twelvd miles from the Southern railway, was almost wiped off n the map by a tornado which swept a clean path of 20C feet through the heart of the town. More than a dozen house's and stores were Wrecked and many other buildings were damaged. Fifteen persons were injured, three seriously.