Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-16

tcsday about 4 O'Clock, wreckipg the
home Of Mr.. william Blnther, late first
assistant doofkeeper Of the Iowa senate,
and school house near him, The
storm then went In north
eastern direction aud wrecked the
homes OF Mr. Donnel, Mr.. Reynolds,
Virginia Smith, Jas. Patterson and Mich
olas Martis IN its track. This etorm was
accompanied by small hail. Trees were
twisted cd aud blown around like straws
before the wind. Only one boy was hurt.
and he not seriously.
Al Coon Rapids, northeast OF here, fifty /
houses were blown down aud great dam |
age inflicted,
TExAs cycLoNE.
special TO the Gazette
AURORA, TEX, April l5.-About half !
past l0t O'Clock last night a cyclone
passed through section OF our county |
about four and a half miles southeast OF |
this place, doing fearful damage to some
OF the best property In our county
The storm seems 10 have commenced |
Its carnival OF destruction at the resi-.
deDcc of Mr.. j. III, Green, near the track
OF the Fort Worth and Denver City rail-
way, two miles south OF Rhome Mr..
| Green's residence was new and sub
stantial one and half story building,
and was thrown bodily about sixty feet
from its foundation, and then, with It's
contents, crushed and scattered for a
mile across the prairie. Mr.. Green, his
wife, daughter sixteen and granddaugh-
ter six years old, were all more or less
seriously hurt His grown son and a
daughter, eighteen years old were badly
bruised, but will soon be well.
Travelling In northeasterly direction
about half mile, the storm next
wrecked the humble log dwelling OF
Charley Leyreusan, worthy and indus
trious Swede. AT the distance of few
hundred yards the beautiful cottage
house Of MIR. ID. Il. Becker with his fur
niture was crushed to pieces and piled In
heaps OF ruin about him and his family,
consisting Of wife and three children,
ali Of whom seemed to have been miracu-
lousy saved, receiving only few slight
hurts.
Mr.. v. II. Pace, travelling agent for
Messrs. Baueser & Lemon OF Dallas, who
was stopping with Mr.. Becker, failed 80
escape so well, but received some severe
bruises about the shoulder aud neck.
Pursuing the same general direction
for almost half mile, the storm next
struck the house of MIR. John w, Beard,
who, with his family, wife and Ave
,, little girls, found themselves flyine
! through the air, the house having
been thrown about eighty feet from its
foundation, and then, before they could
i reach an exit, was torn TO shreds To
gether with the furniture II was scattered
' over the prairie In every direction.
7 MIR. Beard and wife are both pretty
! badly but not seriously hurt. The chill
q ROY, al only olirht fffurina
$ After the work Of devastation was com
II plete here, the storm changed Its cours,
e to due north and at the distance OF abou
l. three miles, completely wrecked the home
q OF Mr.. w. w. Rawap, whose family, eN
&c cept his wife, who was slightly hurt, es
e capped injury.
le The last victims heard from at thi
writing are Mr.. John Thurmand's family
living about half mile north Q
Rawan. Mr.. Thurmand's comfortabl
home shared the same fate as the Others
and his wife and daughter were both ser
ously, II not fatally, injured.
Your correspondent can say from
personal visit to all the places except Tn
two last, that while the lives Of tn
people seemed TO be only saved as II by
miracle, yet the destruction OF propert
beggars description. Reapers, wagons
e buggles, furniture, stoves, betting, wear
st ing apparel, trunks, books, even Oh
re children's toys and many family keer
$, sakes, some Of them valued mementoes G
lie loved ones, dead or living, back at tn
0. old home IN some distant state, are a
n, broken, bruised, crushed and scattere
81 In one wild waste of ruin and desolatio
d for miles over the farms and pralri
$ along and near the track OF the ragin
Is storm.
of A very heavy rain. and quite a hal
of storm preceded the cyclone, which wa
T. also followed by much rain.
NEAR RHoME.
re Special 10 tho Gazette
10 RHoME, TEX, April ia terrlb
rs storm ragged here last night. The d
er struction TO property was very grea
III The course OF the cyclone was from III
southwest TO the northeast. In on
neighborhood Mr. Green was the first vi,
e' tim. His house is completely demo
N, ished, and scarcely any Of his househol
on property can be found. Next came M
se Becker. Some members Of his famll
w were hurt; also, gentleman from Dallt
u, who was spending the night. But 1t wa
al left TO our worthy citizens, Messrs. j. v
'e- Beard and John Thurman, TO suffer mos
They not only lost all their property, bI
~ Mr.. Beard and Mrs Thurman were ser
ht ously Injured. Mr.. Rowan was also lie
NJ without home. Many granares Of whe
and corn were swept away, and muC
IA, damage was done TO fencing No loss
ca life is yet reported, but majority OF Il
ny persons were slightly injured. IL is brig