The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-03
TEXAS TOWN WIPED OUT.
Details Of tho Cyclone at Cisco-But One
House Left Standing.

DALLAS, TEX, April 29.-The News
correspondent learned from passengers
on the eastbound train this evening
that the destruction by the cyclone at
Cisco was simply appalling.
There were not more than twenty
five to thirty houses left standing, and
| up to the time the train passed there
about 2 p. NJ, twenty-one dead bodies
had been recovered from the ruins, and
there were ten or twelve more persons
missing. .,
Strong one story buildings, with
| walls two feet thick, were leveled to
the ground. A heavy freight engine
and a whole train of cars were blown
from the track and demolished, and
, several hundred feet of sidetrack were
torn up.
The number injured is something
like 100. D. r. Coleman and citizens
from Weatherford went out this morn
ing to render any assistance possible.
The building which Francis Hickman
occupied was blown down and his five
children killed. =,
This evening Mayor Levi received
the following telegram from two cltl-
zens of Weatherford, who went up to
Cisco this morning:
Town n.early all demolished. Twenty
one killed, 125 injured. Hundred with
out food or shelter. Raise ali the relief
possible and send to John F. Patterson,
Chairman Relief Committee
The following telegram was also re-
ceived by Mayor Levi from County
Judge Davenport and Mayor Graves
Of Cisco:
Cisco hes been destroyed by the most
destructive cyclone that has ever
visited Texas. More than four -hfths
of the people are without houses.
There are many killed and wounded.
Help is needed to bury the dead and
take care of the wounded and relieve
those who lost everything.
Mayor Levi has called meeting OF
the citizens of Weatherford to take
measures for the relief OF the sufferers:
A message from Valley View stated
that severe storm passed over that
town at $50 p. NJ, blowing down
several houses and doing much damage
to property. No one was hurt. Several
freight cars were blown off the side
track and the people took refuge in
cellars.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
DALLAS, TEXAS, April 30.-Further
details Of the disastrous cyclone winch
wiped out the town of Cisco Friday
night have been received. Out Of four
hundred residences in the town only
one is uinnjured, that Of City Marshal
Epplen. A freight train waiting at
the depot was hurled completely from
the track and totally wrecked. The
engine, weighing over twenty tons,
was turned completely over. The
brakeman was instantly killed, and the
conductor died this afternoon from bis
Injuries.
Conservative estimates place the
total property loss at over $1,000, 600.
Immediately after the cyclone had
passed flames were seen issuing from
several frame buildings. 1t is thought
some of the missing, of which there are
a score, were burned to death and their
bodies cremated. Several Of the streets
of the city are so full of debris as to pre-
vent the passage of even foot passen-
gers. For miles around the city the
ground is covered with the wreck Of
brick or frame buildings, household
furniture and utensils, fences, telegraph
poles, freight cars, etc. Physicians
estimate that of the two hundred or
more injured, forty, at least, will die.
All physicians from d dozen near oy
town are here and more are needed.
The stock of groceries in town to-day
did not suffice to give even a scanty
breakfast to the suffering people. Trains
from Weatherford and other adjoining
places laden with supplies arrived
during the day. Many homeless and
wounded ones are resting in impro-
vised tents, but by far the great n por-
ton are out in the open air, with moth
ing to shelter them from the cutting
wind that has followed the storm. In
dividual estimates of the losses are now
impossible except to cay that in nearly
every instance it is total, many not
even saving enough clothing to pro-
tect themselves from the inclement
weather.