The evening times., 1896-05-16

I able grief rciEned where ten minutes be
fore were happy, united families and
! pleasant homes.
! Many private homes have be IN turned into
( hospitals and physicians and surgeons of
/ this and adjacent towns worked all night.
! The ladies OF Sherman came to the rescue
I nobly ana bear up bravely in the face Of
/ the most sickeuiug sights.
Very few persons in the einolshcd houses
I are able TO tell Just how the storm burst
upon them, and only in one or two in
stances were parties able to get ont OF
its deadly path. W. s. Bostwick relates
his experience follows:
FASCINATED BY HORROR
Il was at John Irvine's house when
heard the noise of the approaching storm.
Just as l looked out | saw Capt. Birgc's
honse blown into the air and then Mr.
Shearrrs house. The air was filled with
great trees and timbers and every cou-
Ceivlblc kind of article.
Il was fascinated, petrified. for i saw
it was coming directly upon us and that
1t could not be long in reaching us. II was
a black serpentine cloud, twisting, writh-
ing in the center. but at the bottom 1t
seemed 10 be moving steadily.
Il awoke from my trance and called 10
the family. who were in the house. and
asked them to run out. l feared that we
would all be struck by the flying timbers.
Then came an awful crash. a sense of suf-
location, and when IT was over the house
was gone, and myself and family were
scattered about the yard and under the
rubbish. 1t was over in a short time"
Howe. Texas. May 6.-Yesterday' ter
rible cyclone struck this town, leaving
death and ruin in its wake. The pa til of
the cyclone at this point was Il quarter
of mile wide. Ten Garmhouses and as
many barns were wrecked. Eight persons
We're killed outright, and many injured.
Bark was ripped from trees, and much
stock was killed.
NEWS FROM OTHER TOWNS.
Austin, Texas. May / g. News from north
Texas received here last night reports u ter
rifle cyclone in that section yesterday after
noon. AT the small town of Justin the
hurricane tore every thing to pieces. Twelve
business houses were blown down and Their
contents scattered to the winds.
one man named W. ]. Evans of Keller
Texas. was killed ny tree blowing
against him, ani seventeen Others were ire
iurei. some OF whom are not expected to
live. Cattle in the fields were blown iiither
and thitlIer and many of them killed out
right.
kellar n small town TO the north OF
Justin. was almost entirely wreck cd by
the cyclone. and il is reported that only
one house in the hamlet is now stand
ing. All that section OF the country
Immediately north of these two towns
was left in ruin by the storm.
Gribble Springs. n small village north Of
Denton. was also swept by the cyclone, four
persons being killed. five dangerously hurt
and thirty badly wounded. The railroad
track north of Justin is reported to be torn
up and twisted out OF shape. showing the
terrific velocity of tine wind.
Water was scooped out OF the creeks by
the wind, and every section of I he country
lying in the path of the cyclone is laid in
waste. The path of the cyclone was posi-
bly, 10 miles wide by 20 long, Judging from
reports. -
cyclone at Mound Ridge devastated a
stretch OF country about eight miles in
length and 100 yards in width. Samuel
Bass. a farmer, was fatally injured and
his house demolished. Five others whose
names are unknown were more or less Sc
riously injured. a