Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-29

lay where the ruthless devil of the air
had scattered them.
hut worst of an there were scattered
twelve human beings ont OF The four
teen who composed the happy family,
Tho wounded, George and Mrs. O'Con-
nor Jrr were taken Co ncighbOr' houses,
The dead were gathered up.
One little boy was found torn 90 shrcds
Ia bunch of tangled wire a hundred
yards from the house.
One mile further on Mr. John OOon.
nor, Jr, WAS found ut the bedside uf
his dying vito Mr. O'Conuor Is a
member n good standing Of division No
10 %. II. r. of Fort Worth. and was alb
sent Lcur Oklahoma City when the
storm occurred.
Mr. OConuors grief was piuahle AZ
Mr. POrkore, when ! found him, his wife
lay dying Father mother and two
brothers and darling little daughter of
3 ycnrs lay dead nt u neighbours two milcs
north. aud little Rodrick. his son twu
months old. and two sisters lying dead no
another neghhor-' house one mile cnst
lie. his wife and his brother George
alone survive aud she will die.
one mile Cust we came To the residence
of Mr. Wynnc where we found the
dead bodies of Miss Agnes O'Couuor
Miss Nellie OCOnuur, ROderick O'Con
nor, Mary MurOnoy. Mike Mnronty Mrs
Maroncy aud owen Roma.
bhNll NouhN'A anu ullhk was louhu
here Mr., Muuncy and his Two sweet
boys, Henry and Iimmic. also Mr. -.
Maley badly injured. and his wife, the
latter Of whom has lost her mind through
fright
Here your reporters lost his heart la
| pity for brave little Henry and Jimmie
| Mnroncy battered blind DIV the plNlr-s
| lnshing- Of the frengicd ncnd ol air,
maimcd bruised, bleeding, but still alive.
| the little men grouned and suffered
| Willie tender hands sought 10 .soothc iheir
/ pain.
Great God. II was pitiml No pen can
/ paint the picture. II would cake half
| dozen books 90 describe one-hnlf Of what
! ! have seen and ! pray heaven that /
/ may never see the Ike again.
There are people here from Kansas
/ aud other cyclone states who are familiar
/ with the work of cyclones aud they MI
agree in saying that this boy nl Odds DIS
counts AL LEY have ever seen or beard
Geo. O'Counor says that 80 cyclones
| Joined forces near their place.
| O'CunnOr's family were tpitI nt tue
supper mhle when the tornado struck
their house, and lu "a momclt an were
smashed 10 pieces hut George AMI Nls.
| O'tOnnOr ,lr., aud John O'OCunO" Wlu
was absent supcrIntcldipg % Inc AZ
| TELEPHONE, for which bis father held ihe
contract
Mr. Wyuno's beautiful LONE which lies
ON the south side Of the " rms path md
which had been turned .nto hospital
aud mOrgue for their unfnr.unnte nuiph-
bors, escaped injury, though strong new
horse barn, which he hil just rrfgtsd
aud which stood but Tow rod from the
| house and IN which was "a valuable
| stallion was picked up, dH1Jisl,d AID
scattered 10 the four WINS 0f heaven,
though the horse was left there perfectly
/ safe and sound
one man In his excitement Jumped
/ for safety into a dry we'll arl = few
minutes after was much asionifhcl 90
/ find that the dead bulldog of q neghbOr
/ WHO lived a mile a3l o. half away had
been hurled down lpon his yhouldcrs
| The man came ont nll riglit
A large fine stallion was iiriHd up ly
the twister hurled nearly mile through
| the air and dropped safely down in
ncighb0ring pasture, and that horse is
alive and doing well.
II ~ known now that the Roy. Corn Is
Nins of the O'Connor family and
| three Of Tie Maroney family We're taken
90 Purcell aud buried Ia confecrated
ground.
bad news continues 10 arrive from the
eastern end Of the storm.
The destruction wrought by the storm
Ia property 40 far as known will reach
Si5OOOO.
On The track Of the storm barbod wire
fences are an torn 90 pieces, and loo some
places 10 can he seen where "a string Of
fence half mile long with posts still NJ
tached have beeu dashed and wlined in
che spiru, motion of The storm gathering
debris like "a comb and then rolled boz
balls, or hurled iu an inexiricable nnss
down IN some arroyo or up against some
stah0nne timber
Orchard nees. aud there were sOnie
beautiful young orchards aluihiatod,
look as though they had heen used as
weaver's spOOls and are literally wound
round and round with every kind Of
i saw many cattle sim living which
had survived The storm, sad tie maiOri-
~ Of them are truly in pltable plight
dnubed with mud from head 10 tail,
skinned, stripped Of hair MANNED. and
suffering they act Ike they were stupeiied
still.
Inc dead stock had been butchored
Ike he men. women and children who
died M the track Of the storm
Wis side Of Mr.. Weeks place big
mule lies beside tle road dead with a
fence post driven through DIS body, while
large gray mare lies piled ~ On
stack 81 debris:
pipe stems, carried q quarter Of q mile
ana driven again In the ground upside
me terrible centrifugal force Of che
storm Is proven By lhe fact that dead
cows have been found fully two bnn-
dred yards outside Of the area swept by
The pWisier
(hicken's heads we're twisted of and
carried away, while their bodies are lefe
lying BY the cOOps.
News 81 the storm was carried into
Norman and Moore BY hofsenen and