The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-17

ring and two children. D. L. Pierce
and son Tom, John Fields, T. H.
! Pierce and three children, E. Herring,
Mrs Elijah Herne, Miss Herne, an
unknown infant.
Colored-Te p-mon ths-old infant of
Wesley Patrick, found in Post Oak
creek; Mary Lake and three children,
Eliza Cox and son Charlie, James
Walker, Lucy Ballinger and daughter,
John Lake. Fatus Lake, Letitia Lake,
Nora Nicholson, Nicholson baby, --
Nicholson, Child; Katie King. grand
| daughter OF Lucy Ballinger, name un-
known.
Many others were slightly injured.
At Carpenters Bluffs Mrs. Louis
| vall and c. ] Armour were all seri-
ously hurt
Dead at Howe: Mrs. James Davis
and three little girls.
| At Gainesville: j. S. Morris.
THE TRACK OF THE STORM.
One of the first men to go over the
| track of the storm was Mr.. c. B.
J Sale. He told reporter of the scene.
81 drove hastily to the west part Of
J town, where my sister lives, to see if
they were injured. OF all the terrible
sights l ever saw, they were along my
route. My mind cannot conceive of
all the horrible things witnessed,
neither can tongue describe it in its
awfulness. Along West Houston
street We're strewn the bodies of the
injured, from their lips ascending
prayers for pity and help. Passing
! wounded woman shrieking with pain
and with her gaze on the corpse OF
her little child, mangied as if some
giant had rent it limb from limb.
Across the road the corpse of min
lister of the gospel lay, cold in death.
Further or was the body of a woman,
all cut and bruised and bleeding, the
last gasp Of life going out of her body
The gruesomeness of this scene was
felt and endured only as a man feels
some horrible nightmare"
III. &. Durham OF this city was at
the home of Isom Coleman, one mile
beyond the Croctaw bridge, east of the
city. He said that he stood on the
roof of Mr.. Coleman's house and could
see for miles around He saw one sec
ton OF the storm coming from the
southeast and another from the south
west. When about the vicinity OF
Choctaw bridge the two sections
MET WITH A ROAR.
He described the storm as appearing
&c be about mile wide and fifty
yards long. The clouds were black
and resembled the heavy smoke emit
ted from a burning building. Those
watching from the roof could see
the effects of the storm along its path.
Trees were blown down and the path
swept clean of all distractions.
One Of the freaks of the storm was
at E. F. Halls place The family went
into the cellar of the house, and were
unframed only for bruises. The house
and outbuildings were blown complete
ly away and the family carriage was
blown all to pieces. The wheels were
blown from one aXel and it was strip
ped bare. The wind carried it a short
distance and drove il completely
through cedar telephone pole six or
eight inches in diameter, and left the
ends protruding. The axle was bent
and represented a perfect letter IS.
The railroads have been doing the
heaviest passenger business in their
history. People have been fiocking into
Dennison en- route to Sherman from all
directions, coming by carloads. The
Katy road sent a special to GAINESVILLE
last night to carry people TO the scene
.of the cyclone.
All trains of the roads leading to
Sherman have been crowded today. The
Central has twelve trains day but
they were unable to handle the bust
ness of the roads and an extra special
was run from here at o'clock and an
other at 10 o'clock today. A great num-
Der of Dennison people have come over
to minister to the needs of the wound
ed
THE COLOR LINE.
The search for dead bodies in Post
Oak creek was carried on all morning
and watched by hundreds OF people
from all over northern Texas. Occa-
sionally a dead body was lifted above
the muddy waters and Immediately
thousands of people would gather
around to view the lifeless form and
if possible to identify it. The body
would then be loaded into float and
removed to the undertaking rooms
when the crowd would dispense only to
congregate within few minutes
around another unfortunate victim.
The color line has been abolished to-
day and more than once has been seen
some poor old negro breathe his last
with his head resting in the fair and
gentle hands of some white woman.