The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-04-30
Score of Persons Killed and Over One
Hundred Wounded at Cisco, Tex.
The Town Struck by the Storm Cloud at 10
O'Clock at Night, Nearly Every House
Leveled and Many Burned.
Five Children Crashed to Death in tho
Ruins of Their Parents Home.
Train Blown from the Track and Many Per.
sons Reported to Have Been Mangled-
Furious Windstorm in Indiana
TORNADO IN TEXAS.

TORNADO IN TEXAS.
More than Twenty Persons Killed, and
Nearly $50 Injured Cisco
CARBON, Tex. April 2a.-The town Of
Cisco was almost wiped out by q tornado
last night. at 10 o'clock. AT least twenty
persons were killed. and nearly $50 injured.
Only few houses are left standing. The
list of dead and wounded. as near ss can
be obtained. is as follows:
Killed-Mrs. Jones and baby. Dave Cameron,
children OF W. A. Hickman. one child of NJ b.
Owens, - Bledsoe, brakeman, Mrs. j. T.
Thomas. Mrs Porter, William simms, Mrs
Knight.
Injured-w ii. Sebastian, severe cut on the
head; Frank Vernon, fatally wounded; Mrs. Yer
non leg broken Mrs. Davis, crippled In the
badly cut on head; q daughter of Mrs. stephens,
fatally wounded; Mrs. Powers and daughter,
badly badly injured Injured Ms wsm waGer lGes head head
bruised; W.. A.. Hickman. face badly
cut; George Harris. badly hurt Mrs. Remand,
boss name unknown. and wife. severely injured,
II. L. Bidw ell. badly cut on head and arm and
back injured. Mrs; W; d. Chandler ankle
The tornado travelled northeast. blowing
down houses and laying waste farms The
houses blown down are too Numerous to
mention. Mrs. l.. ID. Ladd. seven
miles northeast of Eastland, was
killed and Mr.. Ladd severely in
jured. Others were more or less hurt
Mr. FurGeson. four miles northeast of
Cisco. was killed. and his house burned.
The windstorm lasted not more than few
minutes. 1t was followed by heavy rain.
Telegraphic communication Is practically
cut off. the wires being down.
Passengers on this evenings train say
that the destruction at Cisco was simply
appalling. There are not more than rwen-
ty-fve or thirty houses left standing, and
up to the time the train passed there,
about O'clock this afternoon, twenty
one dead bodies had been recovered
from the ruins and there were ten on
twelve more persons missing. Strong one
story buildings. with walls two feet thick,
were leveled to the ground. A heavy
freight engine and q whole train Of cars
were blown from the track and de-
molished and several, hundred feet Of
side track was torn up. DR.. Coleman and
citizens from Weatherford went to Cisco
this morning. to render any assistance pos
sible. The building which w. A. Hick-
man occupied was blown down, and his
tive children killed. Late this evening
Mayor Levy, of Dallas, received the fol-
lowing telegram from two citizens OF
Weatherford who went to Cisco this morn
ing:
Town nearly all demolished twenty killed and
12o injured Hundreds without food or shelter.
Raise all the relief possible and send TO John II.
Patterson, chairman relief committee.
Cisco covers about one mile square of ter
ritory and contains 5000 inhabitants. Not
less than $50 buildings were destroyed or
partially wrecked. Special trains have
been made mp at Eastlapd and Baird. on
board of which were all the physicians
ana surgeons of those two towns. bound
for the scene of the terrible catastrophe to
assist in caring for the dead and wounded.
To add to the horror of the situation.
part of the town burned. and many
persons lost their lives In the flames. AZ
IL o'clock it was ascertained that a special
relief train had arrived at the scene from
Baird. At noon to-day a telegram passed
through Ft Worth addressed 10 Governor
Hogg. signed by j. G. Graves. Mayor of the
stricken town, and w. j. Dayenport. coun-
ty Judge OF Eastland county. announcing
at the town had been demolished. and
appealing for immediate aid in caring
for the wounded and burying the victims.
There has been no telegraphic communities
tion east or west of Cisco since the storm.
A large force of repairers have been sent
out from Fort Worth and Baird 60 repair
the lines. A freight train of seventeen
cars. engine and caboOse on the Texas
Central track was blown from
the rails and the engineer. fireman.
and over dozen persons In the waiting
room reported to have been killed outriGht
or fatally injured. The Texas Central and
the Texas Pacific depot was blown across
& Pacific and the Texas Central was al
most completely destroyed.
The latest news from Cisco places the
property loss at over e., 100000. IL is pos
sible that some of the missing. OF
whom there are nearly q score. were
burned to death and their bodies
cremated. Several of the streets of the
city are so full of debris as to prevent the
passage of even foot passengers. For
miles around the city the ground is
covered with wrecks Of brick or
frame buildings. household furniture
and utensils. trees. fences, telegraph
poles, freight cars. Physicians tonight es-
innate that of the two hundred or moro in.
jured forty at least will die of their iniu-
ries. All the ply sicians from dozen near
by towns are at Cisco and moro are needed.