The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-03-23
A TERRIBLE STORM.
A Tornado Played Havoc at Points
in Texas.
MANY ARE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
An Ancient Grove of Oak Trees UProoted
and Scattered About-The Dead
and Dying Laid Side
by Side.

LoNGvIEw, Tex, March 20.-A cy-
clone which swept over this place at
o'clock yesterday morning, accompanied
by hailstones of inimeuse size, did much
damage, breaking over 500 hundred
windows 1t greatest fury was expert
enced six miles east of here, where it
struck and demolished the large coun-
try house of John Cain, occupied by
large family of negroes The house
was in an ancient grove of oaks, twen-
ty in number, everyone of which was
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,
pinned under large oak, snugly COW
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 forhead. 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. He will re-
cover. Frank Dizer, also a 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, years old, had his leg and
both arms broken, and will die. He
was found many yards away in a field.
Arthur Lester, 6 years old. had his beg
broken in two places below and above
the knee, and otherwise badly injured.
He will die. Willie Lester. ) years old,
was slightly hurt. He says he awoke
long ways from home in field and
SuIlcTcu lTOil lic Hstll dLlu rain.
Ben Hope, n white man near by,
brought assistance Immediately, and
the dead and dying were taken to
one-room house belonging to E. E. 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, white man, was
completely demolished, but with a few
painful bruises he and his two children
escaped death. John Buffetts wagon.
near by, was blown away and much of
it has not been found yet The gran
ary 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, so miles
south of Greenville, Saturday evening
the western para 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 to
town. About fifty persons are wound
ed, 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 every
thing in its track for about five miles
in length and hundred yards wide.