Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-03-22
A TERRIBLE STORM.
A Tornado Played Havoc at Points
in Texas.
MANY ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
An Ancient Grove Of Oak Trees Uprooted
aud Scattered About t-Tbe Dead
and Dying Laid side
by Side.

LoSovIEw, Tex, March 20.-A cy-
clone which swept over this place at
o'clock yesterday morning, accompanied
by hailstones Of immense size, did much
damage, breaking over 800 hundred
windows IL greatest fury was expert
enced six miles east OF here, where IL
struck and demolished the largo coun.
try house of John Cain, occupied by n
large family of negroes. The house
was in an ancient grove Of oaks, TWEEN
ty in number, everyone of which was
uprooted and all were scattered about
In great profusion.
Among the trees were found the
bodies Of five dead negroes and eight
others who were badly injured, besides
dead fowls, cows, dogs and other ami
mails.
Old Alexander Lester's dead body
was found fifty yards away entirely
nude. His old wife, Sarah, was pinned
under tree, mangled and dead. Alex
ander Lester, Jr., was found among
torn mattresses and debris dead Rob
ert Lester, years old, was found near
tree without any mark of violence on
his person. Jasper Collins was dead,
Dihhth a. lhiko Ohht hhhh - Wv
cred in a bed, with his head crushed
and limbs broken. From beside him
crawled painfully out his young wife,
Mollie Collins, with an ugly hole in
the center OF her forhcad She will re-
cover. Sissy" Lester, an infant, was
found dead In fallen tree-top with her
legs and arms crushed. Silas John
son, who was visiting at the
house, was bruised from head TO foot,
but no bones were broken. lie will re-
cover. Frank Dizer, also visitor, had
his leg broken below the knee, and
may recover. Dock Simmons, who
was in bed with Alex Lester, Jr, had
his head bruised, and will die. Odessa
Lester, 4 years old, had his leg and
both arms broken, and will die. lie
was found many yards away in field.
| Arthur Lester, 6 years old, had his leg
broken in two places below and above
the knee, and otherwise badly injured.
lie will die. Willie Lester, 3 years old,
was slightly hurt lie says he awolte
II long ways from home in field and
suffered from the hail and rain.
Ben Hope, white man near by,
brought assistance Immediately, and
the dead and dying were taken to n
one-room house belonging TO l.. L Ed
wards, son-in-law, where they laid in
strange confusion, the dead, the un-
conscious and the suffering side by side.
Half mile south of this house the
house of Mr.. Davis, a white man, was
completely demolished, but with few
painful bruises he and his two children
escaped death John Buffett's wagon,
near by, was blown away and much OF
II has not been found yet The gran
airy of Nick Harris, two miles east, was
unroofed.
The house OF Sallie Jones, colored,
was reached and her four-year-old
daughter, Dorille, was perhaps fatally
wounded by hailstones.
At the little town of Emory, 80 miles
south of Greenville, Saturday evening
the western part of the place was
wrecked. A relief train with doctors,
reporters and medical stores was sent
from Greenville. The recognized dead
are: George Walker, Miss Easter Alex
ander, Henry Bross and four-year-old
child of Henry Murray.
Three unidentified dead bodies were
found north Of Emory and brought tc
town. About fifty persons are wound
ed, some of them quite seriously, The
storm came from the southwest, strucl
the ground just north of the railroad
depot and swept the earth of every.
thing In its track for about five milei
in length and n hundred yards wide.