Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1892-06-09
ANOTHER CYCLONE.
Texas Visited by a Destructive
Storm.
A Large Number of Fatalities. Crops
Destroyed.

GALVESTON, Texas, June "A News
special from Lott, Texas, says Yester-
day evening the vicinity of Durango
was visited by terrible cyclone.
w. Y. Mcpherson s place was wiped
from the face of the earth. The places
Of Philip Stevens, John Strawn, Lee
Farmer, Tom Farmer, j. NJ. Anderson
and j. p. Bolin were utterly demolished
and Stevens, Strawn, Mrs. Bolin and
her two children and Lee Farmer hurt
Tom Farmers child was injured and
the place of J. Groce was demolished, ,
but Groce and his family were secure
in a storm house.
AT the place of w. T. Weathers,
Weather's wife and five children and
j. Reeves, wife and baby were all in the
house. Mrs. Weather and two children
were killed, the other three children
being dangerously hurt Reeves had
his leg broken and collar bone broke.
Mrs. Reeves was severely hurt and is
still unconscious while her baby es-
capped. The Reeves place adjoining was
completely destroyed.
Ed Bulls place was next in the path
and was destroyed, he being crippled.
The house of H. Childers was next
destroyed and his two children were
hurt butnot seriously. All of the above
places were completely destroyed. One
of Joe Bolin's children was hurt.
Utter desolation which surpasses de-
scription is to be seen. Huge houses
were carried two hundred yards. In
one place a new wagon axle thimble
was broken like pipe stem and the
wheel carried quite distance back in
the direction from which the storm
come. The wagon tire was broken and
the spokes and fellows were scattered
for fully hundred yards. Ceiling was
carried five miles from the house to
which it belonged. Cotton was left
without leaf. The track of the cy-
clone was about half of q mile wide.
BIG DAMAGE AT CoRsICANA.
CORsICANA, Tex. June 1.-The cyclone
which prevailed in Texas did great
damage here. Peach and other fruit
and shade trees nearly as large as a
mans body were twisted off at the
trunks. The damage done was ex-
tremely heavy on oats and corn as well
as fruit. The corn that stood in some
places ten feet high and was well cared
out, has been completely blown down
all through the county.
The cool weather that has followed
will greatly retard the growth of cotton
and may reduce the yield. Three
houses were blown down in this city but
no lives were lost. Telephone and cleo
trio light wires are badly Frustrated. 1t
is reported that the town Angus, five
miles north of here, has been wiped off
the face of the eartn. The storm visited
WAGE, Belcherville, Troy and many
other localities and several fatalities
are reported.
DALLAS, Tex, June 2.-The news re-
ceived here from west, north and cen
tral Texas indicates great damage to
small grain and cotton by the heavy
rains and winds. The average damage
is estimated at from ten to fifteen per
cent.
CROCKETT, Tex, June 2.-The worst
storm that has occurred in Houston
County since 1879, occurred yesterday.
The damage will amount to $5OO,OOO.
The opera house walls were cracked.
The corn crop suffers most.
The creeks and branches are bank full
and transportation is imuaired.