The Osceola times., 1888-02-04
A TEXAS CYCLONE.
Mineola the Scene Of the wild Wind.
Work-Five Negroes Killed, "a Number
Injured and Much Damage Done 10


Mineola the Scene Of the Wild Wind's
work-Five Negroes Killed, Number
Injured and Much Damage Done 10
Property.
NtYEoLA, Tex, Nov. 2S-The cyclone OF
Saturday night, which visited this place
with such destructive force, was devel'
oped by the meeting of southeasteriy
wind and a fierce "norther," and was ac-
companied by vivid lightning, loud thun-
der and a delugng rain. The wind came
principally from the southwest, destroy
ing. i'm its course through the town,
zen dwellings and greatly injuring or de-
stroying twelve business houses, dam
aging their ,stocks and entailing loss oil
at least 900, besides causing the loss oil
six lives, all negro, who were caught IN
| the ruins OF building blown down where
! n negro festival was in progress. The
! wind was very violent and was accom-
panied by a loud, roaring noise that was
fearfully alarming. .. ..,.... =
II began the work OF destruction in the
southwestern part of the town, destroy
ing two negro cabins, the dwellers escap'
ing ,unin jured. Then the roaring noise,
constantly increasing, rushed madly
through the town, DESTROYED an old dra-
matte hall in which negro festival was
Ian progress, crushing five of the men &c
death and seriously injurjng twelve
! Others one of whom died yesterday.
Fourteen OF the principal business.
houses were unroofed, and the torrents OF
rain pouring in greatly damaged the
goods, Then passing easteriy, four more
dwellings in the winds course were de
stroved, but, miraculously, no one was in
jured save the negroes mentioned. Part'
of the roofs were rolled up and carried
quarter of a mile or more. The town 10
dav presents most dilapidated appear
ance. Not an awning Is left IN tn'
town, gaping holes in the walls
the debris of the roofs ant
houses scattered over the streets
with u cold norther rafting the fragment
Of the tin roofs. Storms OF this kind arr
very rare in Texas, and yet rarer in TIN
part of the State. .T ...
The list of dead, so far as ascertained
is as follows:
Tom Hardemann, colored boy.
Jack Wilson, Ruben Garrett males.
Fanny Evans and Rose Benson, females
all colored.
A dance was In progress at the time ant
fifty or seventy m en-, women and children
were in the hall. Several were bruised
and some two or three had leg or arm
broken, and several escaped without
scratch. To view the huge mass OF tim
bers and rubbish it seems miraculous tha
any could have escaped unhurt
The following is list of storehouses un
rooted and otherwise damaged and stock
of goods injured by the rain, which wa
falling in torrents; ..f
r. z. Glenn, general merchandise; loss
5000.
l.. A. Dixon, groceries; $1,000.
II. NJ. Page, groceries; 500.
I. g. Bromberg, general merchandise
s., 900.
) N. s. sodekson, general merchandise
s., 900.
! b. F. Read & Co., general merchandise
$1,000. ....
Thomas Breen, hardware; $500.
f. p. Dowell, liquors and cigars; $50.
, The dwelling houses of Vance Gree
and Tom Elz, colored, were completed.
demolished.
Vance Green and wife ran out Of TIA
/ house with some of their children, leay I'M
the baby in the bed. The mattress wa
carried fully fifty feet with the child an
dropped to the ground without wakin