Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-08

O'Clock yesterday evening "a eousid!
cradle damage was done. tn Christian
church, Nash's livery Stable and
Thracher's drug store were the
worst damaged. while several
residences, barns and out buildings
were entirely demolished. Reports are
coming in from east OF town that indi-
cate much worse state of things than
| in town. Several persons are reported
| killed and wounded, and houses and
fences demolished, but no particulars
are obtained yet.
THE PARTICULARS.
| Special to the Gazette.
GRANBURY, Tex, May 5.-A destruc-
tive cyclone visited Fall creek, in the
| eastern portion OF this county yesterday
afternoon at pm. As soon as the re-
| port that lives were lost reached Gran
! bury this morning your reporter started
at once for the scene of trouble.
The beginning of serious trouble was
at the residence of Mr.. Lee Rhodes,
about twelve miles east of this place.
| Mr.. Rhodes large family and a number
| of visitors, about twenty persons in all
| were in the house, part OF which Is
story and garnet frame building and a
part log building boarded on the outside.
Seeing the storm approaching the peo-
| pie, all but two, went into
the log building for greater security.
The wind came from the east. blowing
| granary against chimney which fell on
the roof crushing 1t In, as well as the
loft, the whole coming down upon the
occupants of the room, q majority of
whom were women and children.
SIS DELLA CARMICHAEL, aged seven
teen, was instantly killed; =
Also MARY CARMICHAEL, aged ten, anfi
the little baby of Mr.. Gibbs.
Mrs. Rhodes and her twelve-year- olt
daughter Nora are seriously hurt and may
die.
Mrs. Gibbs and her ten-year-old
daughter Tilla, are also serio usly in
jured.
Other children In the house were
bruised, but not seriously.
A little further south Mr.. John Man.
ley's house was wrecked and he was
seriously injured.
Charles Houston 8 house was demol-
ished and Mrs. Rushing hurt.
Mrs. Campbell's house was blown.
away, but no one was injured.
Mrs. Berkley's house was demolished
and her arm broken in two places.
Mr.. McClaung's house was blown
down and his wife and child badly in
jured.
Mr. Robertson IS house was demolished
and Mrs. Payne hurt.
Other houses wrecked are those of ALT
Massey, Lowery Mcpherson, George
Wolflif, McHeusley and Mr.. Brooks, but
no one was injured. The damage to out
houses, fences, crops and timber is very
great.
Reports of great loss of life come from
Robinson creek, seven miles east of Fall
creek. Eight persons were killed, FIVE
of them being members OF DR.. Grifin's
family.
Some damage was done to houses at
Graubury and Acton, but the appalling
news from Fall creek makes such dam
sge appear Insignificant. The scene of
the damage beggars description.
IN KAUFMAN COUNTY.
Special to the Gazette.
KAUFMAN, Ten, April "a severe
storm passed over kaufman from the
northwest last evening. doing but littIE
damage here, but at Kemp it did great
damage. blowing down several frelfe
houses and blowing the ends of of twb
brick storehouses belonging TO Stewart e.
Co. and Terrell & Co. No lives lost.
Reports from Egypt, seven or eight
miles east OF Kaufmans says that heavy
hail storm did much damage to the grow
ing crops in that neighborhood. The
continuous rains for the past two or three
weeks have done great deal of damage
TO farmers. A large per cent. of the
cotton crop will have to be planted over
and seed to plant with Is very scafsse.
The present outlook Is indeed gloomy.
BLOW AT TERRELL.
Special to the Gazette. -
TERRELL, TEX. May 5.-The people 81
Terrell were excited last night over the
appearance of another storm cloud from
the northwest. The devastation of the
day before had been noticed all day. and
it was an easy matter to allow the mind
to rise high in imagination. The WIND
came On with great fury and turned and
twisted trees like tender weeds. Frame
houses jostled on their foundations, and
a few were damaged to some extent.
The Harris block, the Grifitb iron house
and John Harris stable lost portions of
tin and iron roofs. The wind lasted
half hour or more and made things rattle
in lively way.
The wagons blown away at Poetry had
not been found yesterday.
A number of our people went down to
Wills Point yesterday to see the wreck
of the Cyclone there, and they describe it
as a wretched picture.
AT FoRNEY.
Special 70 the Gazette
FoRSEy, TEX, May 5.-The heaviest
rain Of the season fell hers yesterday
accompanied with severe wind but not
doing any SERIOUS damage IN this ir,lne-
diate section. A severe hail storm nbout