People's voice., 1893-05-05
APPALLING.
Awful Destruction of Life and Property in
Oklahoma and Texas-Many Victims of
the Frightful Tornado.

the Frightful Tornado.
GUTHRIE, Ok, April 2S.-Late reports
from the tornado swept portions of the
territory make it certain that the num-
Der of the killed exceeds seventy-fve,
while over 200 persons We're injured,
many fatally.
At Norman, in the southern part of
Oklahoma, thirty-four bodies have been
coffined and prepared for burial Near
ly dozen people are still missing and
it is expected that FIVE or six Of the
badly injured will die before night
As far as can be ascertained the names
of the victims of the disaster are as fol-
lows:
John 0'Connell wife, six children
and sister-in-law and cousin; E. b.
johnson and child; David Banks and
three Of his family; Maloney, wife and
child; Mrs. Mooney and two children;
Miss Annie HeddenS, school teacher;
Miss Nunsinger; John P. Luminous; C.
c. Clements; A. Campbell; George Pea
w, wife and child; J. Clemons and wife.
In the vicinity of Norman, which was
the center of the worst storm, as far as
the eye can reach are scattered wrecked
buildings, furniture, implements and
bodies of animals A hundred and fifty
farms are swept clean of buildings, fen
ces, orchards and crops and the people
who were not killed are left in poverty.
The little town Of Case, forty miles
southeast of here. was visited by the
same tornado which passed east of Nor
man and almost completely demolished
it, and five people in one family were
killed. while two men in a store were
crushed to death and number injured.
Another tornado struck Cimarron City
in the afternoon and was much more
disastrous than at first reported. Not
a building was left standing in the
town. Eight persons who had gath
cred in the post Office were badly in
jured. The postmaster and Mr.. Hick-
son will die. At another house a wom-
an and baby were killed
According to the reports from Pur-
cell tornado formed about $50 o'clock
north of there and killed four people
and injured several others. This was
followed about an hour later by sec
ond tornado, which passed on the other
side of Norman and swept through the
most prosperous portion of Oklahoma.
At Johnson's ranch in the Chickasaw
country, four men were killed and much
valuable stock lost
One farmer living near the track of
the storm found the dead bodies of two
unknown men in a field near his house.
4 man named Wilson started to carry
his babe to place Of safety, when the
little one was struck on the head with
hailstOne of immense size and in
stantly killed
Miss Tinney, a school teacher, was
killed and her body carried a long dis
tance.
Relief committees are at work sup
plying raiment and food Generous
offers of assistance come in from every
surrounding city, which will prove
very acceptable, as many of the strick-
en- ones are only poor homesteaders and
will need assistance.
TEXAS TOWN DESTROYED.
DALLAS, Tex, May IA special from
Cisco says: The most terrible tornado
that ever visited Texas devastated Cisco
and Eastland county Saturday night at
$40, laying waste everything in its
path, which was about three-fourths of
mile wide. The storm destroyed all
but fifty houses in Cisco Not church
or school house is standing. But one
business house is intact, that of c. II.
Fee.
The following is the list of killed:
Mrs. Jones and baby; Dave Cameron,
brakeman; Capt. Whitesides, merchant;
five children of w. A. Hickman. mer-
chant; one child Of NJ. B. Owens; -
Bledsoe, brakeman; Mrs. j. T. Thomas;
Mrs. Horton; William Simms, laborer;
Mrs. Knight.
The wind storm lasted not more than
a few minutes. 1t was followed by
heavy rain.
The business portion of the town is
totally destroyed. Out of forty-fve
houses forty were blown to fragments
and four of the others so damaged as to
be useless.
1t is thought that the number of in
jured will reach $50, of whom dozen
or more are thought to be fatally hurt.