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Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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Tornado ravaged South Carolina and Georgia districts on Sunday, killing 38 and injuring over 50. Struck Manchester, S.C.; Gainesville and Hayto, Ga.; Greystone, S.C.; caused widespread property destruction including a hospital.
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Atlanta, Ga. April 17.- (AP)
Rescue work diving into the wreckage hit by a tornado that passed over a region in Manchester, an unseen South Carolina early Sunday, fixed the death toll at 38, with more than 50 persons injured.
Twenty-eight in Georgia county.
In South Carolina.
Officials said that it roared over but other sections into town roofs and lightning earned like an express train, and was accompanied by heavy rain and electrical displays.
The first one in the county at Gainesville, Ga., where in one day the tornado killed 18 persons, injured more than 200. The storm then rushed on, striking into South Carolina seven places with resultant death and destruction of property.
Residents of Hayto, Ga., where 12 were killed, said the storm ripped through other blocks through the business section. Leveling eight buildings in one fireman's residence three doctors hampered by meager lights in treating the injured. Mrs. Ann Dove brought to hospital shortly before the tornado struck. Gave birth to a baby during the storm.
Principal damage at Greystone, S. C. aside from houses leveled, was to a two story brick hospital. This building was damaged so heavily damaged that all patients except a few on the first floor had to be evacuated. No patients at the time were injured.
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South Carolina And Georgia
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Early Sunday
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death toll at 38, with more than 50 persons injured. 18 killed in gainesville, georgia; 12 killed in hayto, georgia; hospital in greystone, s.c. damaged but no patients injured.
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Tornado passed over region in Manchester, South Carolina early Sunday, roaring like an express train, accompanied by heavy rain and electrical displays. Hit Gainesville, Georgia, killing 18 and injuring more than 200. Rushed into South Carolina, striking seven places with death and property destruction. In Hayto, Ga., storm ripped through business section, leveling buildings including one fireman's residence. Mrs. Ann Dove gave birth to a baby during the storm. In Greystone, S.C., two-story brick hospital damaged, patients evacuated except a few on first floor.