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Several Killed Near Isola
Jackson, March 17, 1919 - The storm which struck plantations around Isola near Belzoni killed 2 white persons and
several Negroes did heavy property damage.
The Moorehead railroad junction above Isola is reported badly damaged. The plantation of O. P. Eddleman near Isola
was struck and the wife and child of the manager was killed.
[The Daily Herald, Mississippi Coast, Monday Afternoon, March 17,
1919 - transcribed by Candi H.]