The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-02
sHE TWISTING WINDS.
TERRORS TEA1'i""
UP THE COUNTRY.
iy-Two People Killed IN ok'ahohi"
co, Texas Town, Wiped Out' WIN
Twenty People Killed.


Oklahoma City, l. r., April Z'.-I"o
stinct hailstorms, cyclones ana Il "".oi
oout combined to cause great DESTRUCTION
in Oklahoma last night. LII Is repoi W
that sixty-two human lives were sacrlhIc'
# is Dcsitive that forty were killed. WINE
several were fatally and scores seriously
injured. The damage to property IS mes.
Unable. The names of the victims, 50 1ar
as known. are: Rev., j; NJ corn lli' M Mr:
| and Mrs. Perry, Mr.. and Mrs. ba lh ;o,Tnn'
| ELLA. Jerry and Frank Banks, John y Coh
! nor wife, two sons and two dauehters
and the whole family of Mr.. johnson, con-
sisng of five persons. 80 1o,,
Orders for thirty-one c0fllnS nave pIei
received here and at Norman, and suppnes
have been telegraphed for from other
points. -, ,, *,
prosperous little town Of NornaiH 1cs on sou nt
Santa Fe road, about twenty mlles sour
! of here At that point thlrty-one peopie
were killed, dozens injured end ,1 the Town
almost completely destroyed. mere "a
nall has overspread the ;"wn; business 10
Snsnended and everybody able to reho3f
any assistance to the poor unfortuna'es Or
towards removing the dead 6odles' "lI "n'
searching along the track OF the cHtio
Tho ncople are frenzied and cannon EiEc
n,, npstimnto of their loss and know moth
ing except to care for the dead and 'hJuleu
Oklahoma City has resi- ono "a honH nnJ
the mayor and principal CITIZENS vi A.,
, a relief corps and are ut the scene ol ue-
struction. y md
Further on the towns Of Downs ana
y I<rotnj Fails Jared but little better. Inc
towns were nearly devastated ana s I.,r 81
, nr1le injured fatally anc o'hGr"
though the loss of lives II at al W.
g not be as serious as at Norman. ne iIa.
signs of danger were Sc N .d'G W! 9s'-r' ,,
afternoon in pail OF black clouus or~
: Swallowing the northwest for miles afoniiu
Q While further away to the west, rushing
Y across the horrison- could be seen the cs
+. clone Men left their business places ana
} hurried to their homes where aH WIZ
L could. quickly sought the cyclone c1Nes'
T. Wnyt ~ Norman eight houses were de-
. molishcd and five or six people badly III
Il iIred, East Of the stricken town two men
he and two women were killed :; ,in nn,',s i'm
1t norris come from all arounu, DuI II o ~
III possible to get names.
A Terrible Night.
rk uybo night passed by those who mad es-
&c capcd the storms rayages was hiq ft' +b
~ - i avfrenc Around Norman, alter me
u t,,(lonn had done it's destruction, 1tarIul
:" i!iiotnrm started in and after 1t 4 Vlolehl
~ raustorm. It was too dark 20 Sf''r''l oIl ,mI
~ load and to most OF the injured "lu Va! iiI
To- 1,lbo were successful in making thelF VOC
tanrd above the storms roar, came pu
e. fnnhIn rnIief The would-be rcscuers coulo
lta hear the piteous cries OF tne uhlol tun.S,
lex and here and there locate the lhlPrlSole '
"t victims, but help, IN most c9Scf' w" noo,
nd OF tne were compelled to lay buried
i,pI hnneath the debris of their once naPp:
,"d homes Those who survived WIN Ne" -
'. i,r;ns and after having lald III the tol
~ nI tyet ali night were TOO faint when morn
spo no came to cry for help and lay h"1 VI
NM ronsrious till found by their reScucrS. -,
Men and women and children py "a
score. who had lost thcIr nolAtI Ioi r'iF Fan
al ,nt,Iii instances separated from their ran
has ;i;ns snrnt the dismal night; as a RUE,
mel The rain and amongst the DEBRIS, eIuG fII, .
val inc to find and help the loved ones, tne
40 sn7rcb was generally fruitless, for the stor
."5 80 fierce that it was absolutely nece
IN in MS. vas INT scant and wnch 7nornfii
ogt. came it found sad and ptiable sight
IN ! Women carrying their babies and lit
,I children crying for their mothers could |
'ar seen wandering around wet TO the ski
mi and nearly ready to drop in their track
,,I' AS soon as it was light enough the me
u" got quickly to work, and after proyidin
what comforts they could for the womp
Mo and children, commenced the work of re
, Ian The poor victims who had been imprj,
w oned all night were carefully carried
- improvised hospitals, whore all the ear
~ possible was, rendered them; But fey
- saved more than what they had on thei
~ backs AS the dead and injured wer
or brought into the hospital the scene wa
.96 most pitiable, Friends recognized thei
,Do loved ones dead Or TOO weak to retur
AZ towns soon arrived. and before nghtfai
ltu something like comfort was provided Ey
we ~" erything, however, is in confusion and i
~ will be impossible to gain a correct lis
a. of the casualties before tomorrow.
the TRACK of Death.
ar Guthrie, O. T., April 27.-Late reports
so from the tornado swept portions of the ter
ITO rt0Ty make it certain that the number
Ill OF killed exceeds seventy-iye, while over
on two hundred persons We're injured, many
fatally.
At Norman, in the southern part of Ok
= lahoma, thirtyfour bodies have been coffin
Id cd and prepared for burial. Nearly dozen
lg people are still missing and it is expected
t. that i've or six of the badly injured will
ID die. In the vicinity of Norman, which was
le in the center of the worst storm, us far as
es the eye can reach rs seen scattered wrecked
H. buildings, furniture, implements and the
le bodies of animals. A hundred and fifty
IT farms are swept clean of buildings, fences,
X orchards and crops, and the people who
o. We're not killed are left III poverty In al
le most every case where the people were
. caught in their houses they We're stricken
l. in death or badly injured.
IS The little town of Case, forty miles south
IF east of here, was visited by the same lorna
Sc do, which passed east of Norman. and al
l. most demolished it and five people i'll one
II family were killed, while two men in a
o store were crushed to death and a number
injured.
n Another tornado struck Cmmarion City
in the afternoon and was much more dis
astrous than at first reported Not build
, | ing was left standing i'll the town, and
: | several people We're injured, some fatally
! n man coming i'll from insulated neigh
borhOod of Payne county says dozen peo-
pie met death there by third tornado
1t will be several days yet before the full
details of the storms ravages can be oh
tanned, as the roads are washed out and
bridges gone; consequently communication
and travel is greatly interrupted.
CYCLONE IN TEXAS.