San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-05-12
DEATH AND DISASTER.
Cisco Swept Away by Cyclone, The Most
Terrific Ever Known.
FIFTEEN PERSONS KILLED INSTANTLY,
And Twenb-sh Seriously Injured. with Twenb-Eins
Wounded, Whose Condition is Not known.
Assistance Needed

CISCO, Tex. May The most ter
ribie cyclone that ever visited Texas
devastated Cisco, in Eastland county,
Friday night at GAO, laying waste
everything in its wake The streak
was about three-fourths of mile wide
and spared nothing in its path The
storm destroyed every house in Cisco
except perhaps as many as fifty. Not
a church OF school house is standing,
But one business house is intact. The
following is the first Official list OF the
killed and wounded: Killed-Will
Sims, section hand Texas and Pacific
railway; Jim Bibbs, conductor Texas
Central railway; Wade Bledsoe,
brakeman Texas Central rail-
way; five children OF w
A. Hickman, Davis Cameron,
Ruby Owens, Mrs. Horton.
Mrs. J. l. Thomas, Capt. r. NJ.
Whitesides, merchant; Mrs. ). Z
Knight. mihiner; Mrs Charles Jones
and child The following are seri-
ously injured: Mart Owens. Jr.. will
die; V. 4. Hickman and wife. Miss
and Mrs. Swartz. NJ Bowens, g. W
Van Cleve and family, Mrs. Frank
Vernon, DR.. Moeller and family, Mrs.
Hin, Mrs. NJ, V Mitchell, Mrs. Vera
Thomas, Mat Matlock, the two
daughters Of Mrs. ). E. Knight, Mrs
J. T. l.use, two children OF Mrs.
Charles Jones, w. J. Walker, Tom
Jones and Wife, Mrs. Win Walker,
Mrs. j. NJ. Williamson. Mrs.
The following are wounded, but
condition unknown: Miss j. T. Viii
son. Miss Baten, Mrs. Olden and
children, Mrs. Rice, little boy Of Mr..
Brogden. Minnie Leads, Laura Ellis,
Frank Owens. Frank Vernon's infant,
Mrs. Wolf Chas Jolly. Mrs. NJ. Z.
Powers and daughter, three children
Of Sol Eppler, two children of Mat
Matlock, two children of Us. Chas.
Jones, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. r. w. Jones,
J. NJ. Williamson. Jim HAYES.
Will Walker W. V Steele The
following is list of the killed and
injured in the surrounding country
w II. Beemsn, living four miles
southwest OF here. dead; Mrs K. d. /
Ladd, living five miles north of East I
land, reported killed, cannot be verri- I
fed or disproved: Mack Ferguson.
son-in-law of Beeman, badly injured; /
Charlie jenkins, living at Lewis
switch. four miles east of here on the I
Texas and Pacific, seriously hurt in
the breast; Miss Johnnie Townsend,
living with her father, five miles east
of Eastland, seriously cut in the head;
Ebert Townsend, seriously injured
about the head and chest; Bill
Doolan, in the same neighborhood, is
said to be badly hurt; 7. J. Davis,
living four miles west of Eastland,
had his ankle badly broken
and is otherwise seriously hurt
L. d. Ladd, five miles north of East
land, had his arm broken and was
badly cut over both eyes; Mrs. Lath-
am, living west OF Eastland, seriously
hurt about the head; g. NJ. Davidson,
in the same neighbOrhoOd, had one
thigh broken ard was otherwise badly
injured; Mr.. Fem and wife, two miles
west o. here. both pretty dangerously
crushed by falling timbers 1t is be-
ieved there win be two or three more
ieaths. Little Mart Owens. whose
skull is fractured, will GER
iainly die, and the chances are
good for one or two more.
They need clothing very badly, es-
Decially children's clothing. Every
article of household furniture and all
If the clothing of the people
nave been swept away. The mayor
appeals to the people OF Texas to
iend to J. F. Patterson, chairman of
he relief committee, any and all ar
iieles Of wearing apparel and food.
Dur people have been subsisting Cor
wo days on canned articles or such
cooked food as has been brought by
Tisitors. Assistance is being rem
Tered from many points