The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-07-14
Railway Building DESTROYED by the
storm at Longyiew Yesterday
A Murderer is Gagged
at Gilmcr.
TWO Young IloOdlums Stone a Train
Near Whitesboro -Ohe of
Them Arrested.
Marshal Russell on the Stand In His
Own Behalf Yesterday
4 Probable Clash.
Additional Details from Texarkana -
Thompson Refused Bail.
Decisions by the Comptroller
Austin Locals.
Other Interesting State News.
Decisions by the Comptroller
Austin Locals.
Other Interesting State News,
Texarkana.

Texarkana.
Special to the Herald.
TENARKANA, July l3.-At o'clock last
night terrible gale of gust rain, followed
by vivid lightning aud heavy thunder,
struck the city aud demolished a three
story brick on the corner of Broad and State
streets, the brick work..of which had lust
been finished. The building fell upon n
sngle-story frame building erected bv ].
W. Markham as a saloon and gambling
rooms, crushing il flat. Despite the effort
OF hundreds OF men and heavy rain
the, debris. took fire and burned
with two adjoining buildings. The num-
/ Der oi men in the saloon of Markham
| is varlously estimated from IS to IS. Tn
to this time 10 bodies have been recovered,
among them Colonel Mercer, John Nav.
field, w. J. Mayteld, Robert Henderson,
Milton Strong, W. Russell, John Pollard
H. u. Spencer, Tommy King, Billy Lunces
man, James Lawrence. Badly wounded
Dan Staples, of Richmond Arkan.
sas; Prof A, Ross, of Windsor;
Tom Hall, locomotive engineer. and
Guy, Charles Varnell and Iige Hang.
han, (colored). Two of the negroes are still
living; all the whites, except James Law
renee, are dead. Citizens are still at work
in the ruins and many more bodies will be
recovered before morning. The stores all
closed in respect to the unburned dead No
news vet from the adjoining country and
neighDorhood towns.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
To the Associated Press
LITTLE Rock, July 13.-A Texarkana
special says that lightning struck Cries
new three-story brick building last night.
The walls fell on the Paragon saloon, crush.
ing it to atoms. About thirty lives were
lost. Fire broke ont under the ruins.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
LITTLE Rock, July, l3.--A special from
Iexrakana has the following details of tn.
storm yesterday: The storm began about
$50 in the evening with heavy wind, rail-
and lightning. About q p. m. Cries new
building long three story brick, amos
r completed, was struck by lightning and iel
, in q mass on top of frame building know
, as the Paragon saloon, burying everything
beneath the ruins. Ii was raining in tor
rents at the time and there were heavy
showers until about ~ p. m. The lamps il
, the Paragon set fire u The ruins from un
, derneath. Every man ana water buckle
, IN town was brought into us,
and water was thrown on the Ire, but i
iinaiiy, broke out beyond control an,
; burned two frame buildings next TO th,
Paragon II is impossible to give tn,
exact number burned in the ruins. Twt
, or three different parties who came out o
, the Paragon only q few minutes before tn
accident say there were at least thirty per
sons in the building. The remains of May
held, one OF the proprietors, and anothe
, man and boy have been taken out of tn
ruins.
Sr. Louis, July l3.-A special from Tex
arkaha, Arkansas, says; Eight corpse
have been recovered rom the buldin
wrecked by the cyclone. Colone
Mayiield, Fred Smith, }. Way and Others
names not learned, are wounde,
seriously, and will probably die. Grea
crowds OF excited persons are gathere,
around. There are only seven or egh
more bodies in the ruins.