Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-05-16
AN AWFUL CYCLONE IN TEXAS
Several Counties and Many Villages
Laid Waste by the Mcrciless
Winds.
DEATH ROLL WILL REACH FULLY 1870
Many Persons Suffer Shocking Injuries
Immense Property Loss-Ruin
Wrought in Kansas and Mis-
souri, by Hail and Floods.

SOuCl ny TIdll anu lOOuS,
Justin, Tex, May 16 w J. E vans was
killed here by n cyclone to-day and sew
enteen wounded.
The most severely injured are: M. Will
son, wife end children, and Ed. R. Rey.
nolds.
At Gritble Springs, three persons were
killed and thirty injured. The dead are:
Mrs. Shannon and small child and Mr..
Hill, young man.
Mr.. Hurst and family are severely in
jnred.
l. ls expected that two of them will die.
One child was found with large wood
en- splinter stuck through it's head, but it
was still living.
At Gribble Springs a few houses re-
main.
Keller, a small town north of Justin,
was almost entirely wrecked. Only one
house is standing. All the country i'm
mediately north WAS left bare by the
storm.
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.
Denton, Texas. --- The cyclone, which
cut ont the heart of this county and
Grayson county, just to the northeast,
started within mile of Justin.
A terrific wind was experienced here.
Houses were demolished and farm build
ings completely removed.
Reports from the country districts in
dlcate that five people were killed, most
Of whom we're traders in Denton, but
whose names can not be ascertained at
this time.
SO far no one has been reported killed
in this town.
Reports from Justin, Sherman and
Gribble are to the effect that $500,000
worth of property has been destroyed in
the two counties.
At Carpenter Bluff, seven miles from
here, the dwelling of John Devant was
blown down and Devant and wife, De-
wants hired man, named Armour, and
little child, received inj aries from which
they will die.
SHERMAN SUFFERED BADLY.
Sherman, Tex.-WEen the first blast of
the cyclone was felt at Justin, Denton
county, more than 100 miles from Sher-
man, men. women and children we're
wholly unprepared for it.
From there the cyclone went northeast
through Gerald and Denton, thence to
Mingo, Gribble Springs and on to Mus
tang. Hundreds of miles were travelled
in an hoDr.
Small settlements along the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad, north of Dem
ton, all suffered.
Elmvlew was lashed; then the villege of
Howe was assailed,
The southwest end FISHERMAN received
the full force of the storm, which, while
sweeping over Denton county and part
of Grayson, seemed to have gathered new
fury and wreaked the worst of its ruins
in this city.
APPALLING LIST OF DEAD AND HURT.
Sherman, Texas.--The following is a
revised list of the dead and wounded
made at 12 o'clock to-day. The whites
dead are:
Mrs. Otto Billenger and three children.
Mrs. Burn and three children.
John Ames, wife and two children.
Mrs. l.. H. Montgomery and three
children.
Children of Rev. j. D. Akers.
Alexander Pierce, wife and five child
rem.
Miss Jenkins.
Lige Coron, wife and child.
Mrs. George Andersons and baby.
Rev. j. D. Shearer and wife.
VIM. Anderson, farmer.
Mrs. Billy Martin.
Mrs. j. j. johnson.
Wife and two children of Davis.
Mrs. Dave Herring and two child rem.
Chas. Weddel, of Fairview.
George Gray and son.
Mrs. Wright Clark and two children.
Three unidentified white persons.
The colored persons dead are:
J.Walker.
Nora Nicholson and three children.
Lucy Billinger.
Sloan Billinger.
Katie King.
Mary Lake.
John Lake.
Letitia Lake.
Fadis Lake.
Lizzie Lake.
Eliza Cox.
Chas. Cox.
Cam Patty.
Jia English.