Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-14
IN -FOUR STATES.



every way possible. The spout seemed
to vent its fury ON that portion al the
city. For 100 yards the Little Mlam,
railway Is swept away The spout struok
the houses on Water street and tore
them TO pieces AS " they wero shells.
resident OF the street states that within.
two minutes after the clap OF thunder he
stood In water up 10 his waist, he being
about twenty-five yards from the creek.
Whom the waters reached the residence
Of Aaron Ferguson II was swept away
with nine Inmates aud lodged against tho
bridge, where they were afterwards res
cued, The next damage was at
the cool-yard OF Samuel Clark, IN
which was located a tenement
house occupied by family named Pow.
ell, nine In number. Up To o u. m. none
Of thorn had been heard from The next
point Of destruction was on what il
known as the Bottoms. These honses
occupied mostly by colorad people, wore
swept away Dozens OF horses were lost
aud tho railroads leading out OF the civ
were swept away, so IL ~ impossible
go hear from outside points, AZ
least a dozen trains are within few
miles OF TIE city. Telegraph wires are
down and business Is suspended. One
family by the name OF Morris was swept
away. The last seen OF Them
was at the Miami street bridge, when
a man was seen at the window
by the crowd waving lighted lamp.
The next moment the house collapsed
aud they were gone. Only one, a boy
thirteen years Of age, has been found.
The work Of ilnding the bodies stIli con.
tinues tonight. The mayors office has
been turned into a morgue. There nre
now twenty-five bodies ihore. Thp
scenes are heartrending, Whole families
lie dls1gured on cots.
Following is a list Of the killed.
Mrs, Lindsay, colored.
Mrs. CAsRY, colored.
bins. ANDERSON, eolored
A child named ANDERSON,
MBs. CAREoRAN, white.
crippled idiot named CAREoRAN.
Mr. and MRs. LOUIS.
PARsoN STEVEN
DIR. 0RIN MoRRs, wife and nvo
children, white,
WILLIAM PAUL, wife and Ave children.
colored.
WILLIAM EVANS and wife.
| The loss OF property is great
Whole lumberyards and oil the
bridges are gone completely, The scenes
In the devastated district ARE indescriba.
! BILE, Forces OF men are busily engaged
clearing away the debris, aud hundreds
OF people SURROUND the place. Strangers
have begun TO pour into the city from
every direction. The council has appro.
priated $1,000 for immediate use
IN the burial OF the VIC
Tins, The private subscription
has already reached into the thousands.
A committee Is doing the city for cloth.
ing and bedding. The rink has been
turned into refuge for the homeless.
who are many. All aid possible Is needed
from every source, Among the losses
are; MCDOWELL Terrence, lumber, So
600, Miami Powder company, S2b 900,
the Litlle Miami railway Sl26 900; private
individuals $4,000. Engineers place
the city's loss at $40, 900. The Little MI
ami road has about sixteen miles Of track
swept away.
In addition TO the above, two more
bodies were found this evening. Thoy
are not identified,
The complete number Of dead whose
bodies have been found IL twenty-five,
with eleven still missing.
AT Villains, IND.
GREENFIELD, IND, May I8.--News has
reached here from wilkins, fifteen miles
distant on the indianapolis, Bloom.
ington q Western railroad, that
the storm yesterday blew down
all the buildings In the town except three.
Samuel White was killed, his wife fatally
injured, and u boy named Sheffor also
killed, and about twenty persons were
seriously hurt, several Of whom will die.
The wires are down, and direct commu-
nicatlon Is impossible,