The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-05-12

AtltHNouN EtiiErtN.
| KANSAS tIN. MAY ~. \ frariu
s.pllu, .Ot rain aud wind swept owe
this CIV to-day. continuing from u
O'Clock until nom.
The court-huusc on Second stree
Nu- demolished above the srcumt
story, aud number ut persons in
iIwrd, but none llllrd ~ Tar a
kupWu
/ The lalhrop school. buildug ol
EVlth street WAS partially Wrcckr,
aud many children were caught i
thr ruins, seven are said tu laNc been
| hilrd aud ten udh Wounded. hul
! ibc tuli extent ui thc disaster is not
! rt known
\ over All factory uu SECOND street
Was blown down aud liNr death. ar,
! reported rom these uut ut hit,cu
girls nt work ia thr hwhiug. Will,
| nearly aIl the others were wounded
The old Wdtcr-WorN- buildtug ucni
/ tlc Dourt.huu-r, was blown down aud
/ our ur two persons there are missing.
Al the Western I hiuu telegraph
I office hut one wire W.. lett working
/ out of the city. Communication ha,
NOW hcDu established with ~. l.uui.
| over that Wir" 10y WAY OF Dallas. tai
'c-luu, New Orleans md Memphis.
rlit A,'otNrur ul -ruiN
hAN~N. Gus, NaN % About lu3u
| this mumug luminous storm clouds
| began Gathering over thc ,itN. They
/ uI-t appeared iu the northeast aud
-urglug Wr-tWHrdN across the ciiN
ururd -uddruI about iu their course
aud dcrcndmg rapidly, broke
upuu the city iu terrific hui-ts
It wind uud rain that swept all
lighter objects before them The
dtrhucs- WAS almost like night aud
people ilrd to the nearest shelter and
awaited
Wrm GlAN,urn rA,E~,
the iufi oi thc tempest. The clouds
seemed I" gru/' the roofs OF the
highest buildings aud poured on them
ihur torrents in apparently -old
iuu.-c- for time ih" 90
about twenty ml,g4tl.G" m.,.l,gt. lAfyfaI&y 1Gro@XSs
vnd ,i.n, aud other similar freight
blown from building, or swept away
%, the Hood. \ number ~
Nhu,ii- WtuE OVERTURNED
aud u numerous instances drivers
abandoned their horses to their iair
aud sought refuge in stores nnd
I hou,r, some ho'l accompanied the
| storm. but the tall WAS not great, 9th
rrWi.r the lo-- OF prop~,y would b,
enormous from water streaming ~
Leaf htukcu Windows. A. II was, Wa
|IDw- in uuitru number of huildi1E
,y,rr blown iu aud goods aud iuri
urr were Nntcr.-onkcd All thi'
however, proved entirely in,lguilI
nui when the cNlrut of the dtHa-t"
wrought hy the storm became known
uEINIutor ,,nouIInrlrulNo
occupies u prominent -ilr,W ihr '"i
liner OF Eigllh aud MAY 'trrrt7. !
consisted of "a main building To Mhlt
nm rust wing hud been nddrd Wld IN
muin hui ding was auruuunlcd 10y
0 tower which had tor some time bee
3 considered up,uir II lh- bee
. tWicr. .ruud murd. once within lc'
weeks. hut no action hni bee
/. taken III the mutrr. This murniu
, the huMiug Wh- crow drd with 'hl
drru. many ul whom Wrr" near
frantic with lrnr over the nppuIlln
darkness and stiffness which proredr
the tempest. The wind
q SWIirMNpiN ACROSS
.- the broad prulrlcs from ihr west al
u seemed to concentrate It's iurcc ~
d descent upon the tower which yi"i
be- cd with u crash And, chrr} iuG dow
u the heavy bell, plunged through II
d Intervening huor- to the ha,rmc'
- Ihrmmiu building is u mass ol rul
IS II
of it still stand. Inc wing "
IL comparatively minlurrd hnd I
'- .rhnlar- there mhurt la the nm
f. building however
mn rfrE,-r WA~ AWFUL.
Falling npor-, carried with th'
ii. the terrified children tu
n. basement, whore mn-sc- ui brl'
A.. and beams crushed them 10
br ground aud buried thcm from We
N Person, hearing the crash IN
,u their way, ~ loon ~ they 90"
against the beating storm, To-
-ronc The storm qmchly -uD-il
aud
, IIE WuItN on Ht7'IE
H.. Nn- uudrrmLcu 10y Eager hm
n, Owing tu the pressing excitement
In, first Worh WA- NOT very ril"ulN',
,- the iur department aud the p"
nal soon arrived. aud M urHuuN'd sea
fla pI- commenced. The drul
'., Nouudrd were nlDu on NJ qmrkl
Mn pu--lblr nud ouucl iU tno uHl"r
IL adjoining which Ma turned iuI
A. hospital Here pArrul-pui lllruu
,.I little ones gathered aud the 81
mo NH- lu -'.d tu d"-crihc,
-m. rrru>u urAuurl>uI>o 'lI
O. o. a. th,N recognized ia the mHlmrl
ll' uNIur forms hose whom ines 10
ter Among the ur-t tHhrI uui -r'
rnl were d'ud, and ut these lW"
rrl muplcd almost beyond rccupnl
Ir-' their ,lulhiug torn aud their ht
lht covered with duN uud mortar
OF ruihly palor Of the skin -howin
'"-' pbiuhll contrast the blood -ih'h7'
MANY uFHoIc 7oE>Es
.,, were enacted during this time. :
,...,.I ll shc childrou seemed 10 have g
',', rr control OF thcm7ryr7 ilHu
.ldrt-. OurIilllr girl, m,li huri
lhr drhrl- over whom rc7rurr-
busy, hcgnrd tlrm TO icaYr h"
, h,lp a huN hr-i e. hrr hrrHu,c ~
,I.. -u.d. u- Was only i've }cr7
",,. -rrrr- iu the untorum ~ the
Ii. uur, wore brought in aud
,li uplu mproyi-"d rut- together
'..,n, ON. side, we're pltitul beyond 'N
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tho were taken o"l during 'h' n'
rcad tncIr bodies sent tu the homes q
idrnt IuN ing families several ol ia
g a. dreu brlong to prominent lsm'
ny Is the eiIy.
AT no West Third street 81