The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-03
TEXAS SWEPT BY A GALE.
TWO OR THREE LIVES LOST AND
OTHER HAVOC PLAYED.

The Damage at Crockett Estimated at
s5oo,OoO-The Walls of the Opera
House Cracked-The Worst OF the
Blow Felt at DuranRc-Utter Desc
lation in That Vicinity.
DALLAS, TEX, June News received
here from West, North and Central Texas
Indicates great damage to snalI grain and
cotton by heavy rains and wind. The aver
ace damage is estimated at from 10 to Is
per cent.
HEAVY DAMAGE AT CROCKETT.
CaocKErr, TEX, June 2.-The worst
storm that has occurred in Houston county
since 1879 occurred yesterday. The damage
viii amount to $500,000. The opera house
walls were cracked. The corn crop suffers
most Creeks and branches are bank full
and transportation is impaired.
A CYCLONE AT DURANGO.
GALVESTON, TEX, June "A special to
the Ve,os from Lott, Tex. says: "Yester-
dav evening the vicinity Of Durango was
visited by a terrible Cyclone. W. Y. Nc
Pherson's place was wiped from the face of
the earth. The places of Hoihp Stevens,
John Strawn Lee Farmer, Tom Farmer,
I NJ Anderson and J. P. Bolin were ut
terly demolished aud Stevens, Strawn and
Mrs. Boliu, her two children and Lee
Farmer were hurt. Tom Farmers child
was injured.
"The place of J. Groce was swept from
the face Of the earth, but Groce and his
family we're secure in their storm house.
"At the place of w. T. Weathers, Mr..
Weathers, his wife and five children. and
] Reeves, his wife and baby were all in the
house. Mrs. Weathers and two children
were killed, the other three children being
dangerously hurt Mr.. Reeves had his leg
broken and collar bone broken. Mrs
Reeves was severely hurt and is still uncon-
scious, while her baby escaped. The Reeves
place adjoining was completely destroyed.
"Ed Bulls place was the next in the path
and was destroyed, be being crippled.
"The house Of H. Childers was next de-
stroyed and be and his two children we're
hurt, not seriously. All of the above places
were completely destroyed. One Of Joe
BOlin's childTen,was hurt.
Utter desolation, which passes descrip~
ton, is to be seen. Huge houses were car
ried 200 yards. In one place a new wagon
axle thimble was broken like a pipe>stem
and the wheel carried quite distance back
in the direction from which the storm came.
The wagon tire was broken and the spokes
and felloes we're scattered several hundred
yards.
"A CelllnR was 1OuQu over i've ull6e
from the house it belonged to.
Cotton was left without leaf or limb.
Chickens were picked up and scattered
along the route.
"The track of the cyclone was about a
quarter of a mile wide.
"The dead and wounded were found in a
ravine among debris, some fifty yards from
where the Weathers house stood"
TREES TWISTED IN TWO.
CoRsICANA, TEX, June 2.-The Cyclone
which prevailed in Texas did great damage
here. Peach and other fruit and shade
trees nearly as large as mans body were
twisted off at the trunks. The damage
done was extremely heavy on oats and
corn, as we'll as fruit. Corn that stood in
some places ten feet high, and was we'll
cared out, has been blown completely
down all through the county. The cool
weather that has followed has greatly re-
tarded the growth of cotton and may reduce
the yield. Three houses were blown down
in this city, but no lives were lost Tele-
phone and electric light wires are badly
Frustrated. 1t is reported that the town of
Angus, five miles north Of here, he's been
wiped off the face Of the earth. The storm
visited Waco, Belcherville, Troy and many
other localities, and several fatalities are re.
ported
THE DAMAGE IN OKLAHOMA.
GUTHRIE, OKLA, June 2.-In the coun-
try hail as large as hens eggs fell for some
time during Mondays storm, breaking win
dows destroying vegetation and killing
live stock.
The little town Of Carney was almost
completely wiped out. Nobody was injured
however.
At Britton, south of here. a school house
and the residence of Henry Butt were both
completely wrecked. A number of farm
houses we're also damaged.
At Orlando three houses were blown over
and one man injured, and east of there, il
Payne county, many farms were swept cleal
OF buildings.
LYNCHED IN NEW YORK.