Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-06-08

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The hurricane hfsi made N. appearance,
aboLi o'clock On sunday evthlhg. nj Hob
inson's Mil, In The eiifeme y. ". corner NJ
Tarant County, NJ which place the fencing
around The place was blown away bat M
damage done 10 buildings Nest struck
Mr., Wndes Q miles Fast of the Mill, fsno
Ing only destroyed miles further East,
part Of Mr.. J. W, Crawforl's fencing was
blown away < miles n, Y. Of this Mr. J,
Asberrys fencing was destroyed N lies
further Daniel Gillespies eulbuildings and
fencing was completely destroyed half a
mile further the residence Of Mr., Burahart
his OuthOuses aud. fencing was all blown
away, son.in law Of Mr., Is, named Tur-
ner was so badly Injured Ms to leave no
hope Of hia recovery, though he was alive
at last accounts, A Mr. league, who
was also at Mr.. BIS. hal his arm bro
ken. Half mile further the residence Of
Mrs. Williams, widow lady, was destroy
ed, together with her fencing, So, and her
self aud son injured though not seriously,
About three hundred yards from the above,
Mrs. Wetmore's houses, fencing &c. was
completely destroyed, herself and three
children injured, some severely, but not
fatally. Jno. W, Chapman had one end OF
his house partly blown down aud his fcnc-
ing destroyed. Next the residence of
Mr.. Rowland lIawpo, formerly of this
county, was completely demolished, tcgeth-
er with all his fencing Mr. II. was bruised
considerably, and two negroes on the place
Lurt-one with his arm, and the other his
leg broken. Phil, A. Huffman, A miles
South of Fort Worth, lost all his fencing
and four head of horses killed. One mil Q
East of HIS, Mr.. J. X. Furgerson's houses
and fencing completely demolished, but no
person injured. Half mile further East,
VIM. Crows houses and fencing shared h
like fate. Mr.. c. and his family only es-
capped by going into cellar under his
house only moment before the house was
carried away. One mile further East, Mr..
]. L. Purvis' houses and fencing all destroy
ed and seven head Of horses killed in his
yard,-no person injured. One mile fur
Their Mr.. Ii. C. Johnson's out.houses and
fencing were carried away. Next Mr..
Fitzgerald's' houses and fencing were all
destroyed. One mile East of Mr.. F's the
residence, out-houses and fencing of Mr.. ].
II. Kelly were completely demolished, to-
gcther with three fine large new road va
CONS. Mr.. Kelly, his wife and q young
man named Andes, were very badly hurt,
supposed at first fatally, but they are now
oil recovering. Half mile from Kelly's
house occupied by L. Gillespie, Freedman,
was blown down, and himself so badly hurt
as to leave no hope of his recovery. Half
a mile East of this, Mr.. NJ. S. Randalrs
houses and fencing destroyed; himself bad
ly hurt and his son, youth, killed instant
ly.
From this place the tornado passed
through timbered country, very thinly
settled, and if any damage was done fur
Their than the destruction of the timber, it
has not been reported. A large number of
animals -herses, cattle, sheep, &c.-were
killed on the prairie, in the track Of the
tornado, which passed entirely through the
County, from the South West corner, to
about the middle of the Eastern boundry,
and was not more than a mile in width.
The hurricane seems to have raised after
leaving Tarrant, and did not descend to the
earth again until reaching the vicinity of
Breckenridge, in this County where it play
ed such havoc, for the distance of q num-
Der of miles.