Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-20

DALLAS, TEXAS, March 19.-Tha
cyelonic storm. which played such haV-
oc at Longview, struck the little town
OF Emory, thirty miles south OF Green
vile, and actually demolished the west
ern part of the place. A relief train
with doctors, reporters and medical
stores was sent down from Greenville
and on the arrival there found the In
habitauts not only in grief, but panic
stricken and nearly helpless.
Over q dozen dead and dying persons
were found lying on stretchers, ana
many others were more or less injured.
The recognized dead were: Joe Waiter,
Mrs. Easter Alexander, Bros Henry and
a four-year-old child Of Henry Muir
ray. Three unidentified dead bodies
were found north Of Emory and
brought TO town. About fifty persons
were wounded, some Of them quite
seriously. The storm came from the
southwest, struck the ground just
north OF the railroad depot and swept
the earth of everything in its track for
about ffty miles in length and hun
dred yards wide.
LoNG VIEW, TEXAS, March 19.-Fol-
lowing is a revised list Of the dead and
injured at Lansing's Switch, the centre
Of Sunday mornings cyclone, six miles
east Of here:
The dead number eight, as follows:
Alex. Lester, Sarah Lester, Alex. Les
ter, Jr., Robert A. Lester, Jasper Col
lins, Sissy Lester, Dock Simons, Arthur
Lester.
Mortally wounded-Mollie Collins,
Frank Dizor, Odessa Lester. (All col
ored)
Ten or fifteen others, both white and
black, were seriously injured.
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, March 10
The cyclone reached we'll into the
Cickasaw nation and much damage to
property is reported from that section.
Twenty miles north Of here, the house
of j. 3. Putnam was blown down and
his 14.year-old daughter killed and his
wife fatally hurt. The other members
Of the family were badly but not fatally
hurt.
NAcoDoCHEs, TEXAS, March 19.-
Yesterday evening a cyclone passed
through this county, and this morning
another tornado traversed wide scope
of country.
Rain has been falling In shsets, while
communication with the stricken sec
ton has been suspended and only
meagre details are obtainable. Every
house in the Whitacre Grow colony
was blown away and q number severely
hurt.
In the Grimes neighborhood, eight
miles from here, there is not fence or
house left. Dan Grimes was killed and
his wife, who was confined TO her bed,
received fatal injuries. Her babe, a
few days old, escaped.
This morning a cyclone began opera
tions two miles east OF here, wrecking
all the houses in the McCuIston Mill
settlement The corpse Of a young
lady, who died last night, was mangled
| beyond recognition.
Many inmates Of the houses were ia
tally injured. Jake Ballinger, az old
blind mao, was killed by flying tlmbers.
1t is reported that Hilland, in Bell
county, and Bartlett, in Williamson
county, were wiped out.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, March 19.-The
storm which began in Arkansas Satur-
Gay night has not yet abated. The
average rain fall from Eufaula to Mem
phis during the past IS hours has been
/ four inches.
The Arkansas river is rising rapidly
ap5 will, it is expected, reach the dan
ger point by Thursday morning. The
storm has been severe throughout the
| State.
LUFKIN, TEX, March 10 Yesterday
about Q o'clock a destructive cyclone
struck this section and laid bare every
| thing in its path.
Again this morning about 6:30 a
cyclone struck the edge OF the town,
and three houses were wrecked and
their contents scattered.
Several persons we're seriously in
jured, but none fatally. A house was
blown down and a man killed at En-
pOria.
The people in the storms path are In
deplorabIe condition. Rain has been
falling all day to-day.