The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-03-23
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News Combines 70 Come IN oforcat he
struction Everything In the Track Of the
storm Completely Destroyed.
GREESyiiLE. Tex, March 20-.In nd
dillon 10 those reported killed at
Emery by the tornado at least fifty arc
wounded and somo Of them win die.
The news reached this city about 8
o clock Monday. and an urgent request
was sent BY wire that all physicians
who could do so would hasten 20 the
scene Of the storm, rs their assistance
would be greatly needed A special
train left Greenville at . o'clock,
and arrived at Emery at i0:30. Tho
train was met by panic-striclen body
OF citizens Al the post Office drug
store. where a dozen unforntunates lay
ON stretehcrs, the physicians were soon
busy bandaglng plastcring and sew
ing up the wounds and administering
opiates 10 relieve the suffering OF the
victlmA
Everything in the track Of the storm
Is a complote wreck A meeting was
held In this city Sunday evening TO pro-
vide for the relief Of the suffering
HALEymLK, Tex, March 20 Three
niles from here Edward Davis house
was blown away by tornado Saturday
night and FIVE persons were fatally in
jured On the Wells place colored
woman's throat was cut by hying tim
berS and the house destroyed. Large
boaldcrs were whlrled about and many
cattle and horses were beaten TO death
( BY huge hallstoues
DALLAS Tex, March 20 The storms
which swept over northern Texas sun
day and Sunday night, and which were
prevailing Monday, are unparalleled in
severity The death roll viii reach 20,
and the list Of injured over 100 AZ
Emory, the county seatoi Raines eoun-
4 ". the tornado knocked the town
nearly out Of existence There were
many other towns visited and badly
damaged Mayor Berry has called on
Dallas citizens for contributions TO re
iieve the sufferers
NAcoanorHrs Tex. March 20. Sun
day evening tornado rasktd ihrougf
this county and Monday morning
traversed wide scope Of country, Rail-
has been falling In sheets 20 that com
munieaiion with the stricken section
has been suspended, and only meage
details are obiainable.
Every house In the Whitaker Negr
colony was blown away, and seyerA
occupants haaly hurt In the Crime
neighborhood. nine miles north OF here
there isnot house or fence left intact
Dr Grimes was killed. aud mis- wife
who was confined 20 her bed receive
fatal injuries Her babe, few day
old. escaped injury
Monday morning tornado bega
operations two miles east of her
wrecl,ineall the houses In the Mcsiu
ston Min settlement The corpse Of
Young lady who died Sunday night WI
nanRled beyond recognition sever
inmates Of the house were fatally y
juned. Jalsc Balliueer. IN old blu
man, was killed by flying timbers. II
lief parties have bccn organized 70 8
from here, u i reported that llillan
in He'll county, and BARTLETT in Wi
/, inmson county were wiped out but l
authentic news Is yet obtainahle fro
these placcs as the wires are down
I.urKiN. Tex, March 20 sunda
: about nine o'clock, tornado siru'
: this section. and about dozen farl
> houses within thw1miles Of this pla
were demolished and number OF pe
pie narrowly escaped with -heir liv,
9 livery tree. fence and other obstac
g N The path of the storm was torn d
and the roads arc blocked, and IL is I
a most impossible to travel on horseoae
! Again Monday morning about O.
y o'clock. the tornado struck the edge
town, and three houses were wreck
g and their contents scattered over I
q country distance Of mile or tN
a Several persons were seriously iniurt
but noge fatally.