Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1886-07-03
A TEXAS CYCLONE.
Houses Unroofed and Stores Flooded
at Waco.
Structures Demolished In Adjacent
villages and Several Persons In
Jured-Crops In the Field Laid Flat.

The storm Saturday night was much
more disastrous than was at first supposed.
The Sturgis block. on Fourth, between
Austin and Franklin streets, was completely
unroofed and great damage resulted.
Moore & Thompson, grOcers, were injured
by the food which poured in to the extent
of about $4,000. r. G. Dun i Co.'S Com
mercial Agency was flooded and their files.
books and inemorandums. as well rs furni-
ture, were all badly injured.
The village of Troy, ten miles south OF
the Missouri Pacific road, was badly
wrecked. Several houses were blown down
and one man badly hurt.
The village of Larena, little further
south, again suffered. Ate o'clock severe
wind-storm struck the town, demOlishiDg
about ten buildings, among them the dry
goods house of II. J. Hudson, the second
story being used as a Masonic Hall. II. B.
Sherman's agricultural implements and fur
uiture house was considerably damaged.
The Baptist Church was blown about fifteen
feet from its blocks. II. X. Smiths steam
corn shelter was completely wrecked; also,
ID. c. Earle's corn house, r. N. Lyons
handsome new dwelling. The storm lasted
thirty minutes, and the VIVID was accompa-
MED by heavy rain. Luckily, no lives were
lost. Scant news has been received from
the surrounding country, and it is thought
much damage has been done to the crops.
THE CROPS LAID FLAT.
Mastersville, about ten miles west from
I Lorena, and on the old dirt road to Belton,
| from Waco, suffered considerably. Several
houses we're twisted almost beyond recog.
milton, and the crops in the fields surround
| ing were all laid fiat on the ground. The
wheat, which had been harvested and
shocked, were scattered in yellow waves al
over the fields; otherwise 1t was not much
injured.
Crawford and South Bosque, two small
villages. west from Waco, and McGregor
lust little farther west, and which wa
burned out a few weeks since-al hae
buildings blown over and suffered in othe
respects. Minute reports Of these damage
can not be- had at this early date since tn
disaster
suffered severely. One popularity OF thes
storms is, they come about the same hou
in the evening and with q regularity almos
unknown heretofore in atmospheric actor
This makes the third in four days, and th
people begin to ask, when will it cease?
Since the above was written news froI
. Harrison, nine miles southeast, and on tn
east side of the Brazos, states that one h0us
was blown down and one OF the inma.es,
lady. had her arm broken and sustained II
ternal injuries from which she will die.
that neighborhood the injury to crops is ais
very great. The corn is prostrated and II
1 growing cotton severely thrashed by Il
heavy hail which fell during the storr
+ Thirty minutes was Its duration IN sll Il
; localities visited. Bell county was aga
. severely shaken up, and the news receiv'
indicates that bad shaking up has occurre
the farmers suffering severely.
n FELL IN LUAPs OF ICE.
Galveston, June %. Specials from Elgi
Manor and Paige, on the line Of the Aust
branch of the Houston and Texas Cent?
Railway, tonight shows that those plac
II and vicinity were visited yesterday event.
10 with heavy storms, idhicting great damai
IS At Elgin terrific thunder. rain and ha
IS storm swept over the vicinity, delngint
le portion Of the town. Every building in
re place had windows broken and no
lie Knocked in the roof, hail fell from the Sc
8. of a marble to chunks Of ice the size o
at mans hand, and perforating iron and
e roofs like seive. The Methodist chul
re was blown from its foundation and dem
er ished. The Baptist church was blown I
he of line and the windows on the north s
~ broken. One man was struck down
Mt hail-stones. and seriously injured. In NJ
~ or the storm did indescribable damage
Or Or the crops, hail-stones falling the seize
hens eggs. Three churches aud M