The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-21
CYCLONE IN TEXAS
THE TOWN OF SHERMAN Is PAR
TALLY DESTROYED.
The Cyclone Wipes Out the Entire
West End of the Town, Kills he
tween Thirty and Forty People
and Injuries Many Others-SeyeraI
Other Towns in The State Are
struck by Cyclones.

Sherman. Tex. May IA most dis
aStrouS cyclone struck sherman. WHIP
Ing out the entire western end Of the
town. The loss Of life is appalling.
The dead are con~Sercatiyely estimated
At between thirty and forty. Many
more are fatally or seriously injured.
No accurate estimate can yet be
placed on the loss of life or property.
The work of rescue III search for
the missing goes on. The business
part of town is deserted ana the great
est excitement prevails. The Western
Union OttiC" il overtiOwed with anxious
ones sending messages ami inquiring
the fate OF other towns Every avail
able wagon. buggy and horse is in
use by Searchers and workers on the
field of death. As time grows. later
reports Of greater loss of life and prop
crty arrive. Many stories Of miracu-
lous escapes are told.
The Sherman court house is insult
ticient I" hold the dead and wounded
and Il vacant building on the South
square was utilized, fifteen c0lored
people, dead or dying. being placed
there. Express drayS, baggage wag-
Ons ana all kinds of vehicles continue
10 com" in with dead bodies. Around
the ~iinprOviSed morgue great excite
mcnt prevails and much difficulty is
experienced iii getting the names Of
the victims and accurate reports. The
storm struck the town without warn
ing on the southwest corner Of the
city and cleared IA path 100 yards wide
along the west end of town. Houses,
trees. fences ana everything went be
fore the terrible force of the cyclone.
The negro part of the town suffered
the most severely. There lr" probably
thirty negroes killed. Ten bodies have
been picked up in Post Oak creek.
The number Of persons wounded will
reach not less than 100, aud it will be-
several days before the exact number
of fatalities can DO given. as many
persons. especially children, are miss
ing. and many of the injured are ia
such n critical shape that a score may
die before tomorrow morning. The
number of missing is large and in
ciudcS IA great many children. and it
is quite prubable that the most Of them
are dead. 1t is very conservative to
estimate that the list of fatalities will
reach sixty.
Many of the Injured VIII Die.
iAfllbitS alf 'ldJ tilt SlDlll uilitu
many persons in the county west of
Howe. i large number Of police and
searching parties are looking for miss
ing people. 1t is impossible to get Il
! correct list of all the missing. but some
member Of nearly every family in the
district is missing. 4 waterSpout ac-
companied the cyclone aud the creeks
are out of their banks. Several OBJ
.A-t. H. ,-l - 10 A Il
were seen in the water. but could not
be reached. Another storm passed six
miles west. At Carpenters Bluff it
is reported that six persons were hurt,
five seriously.
Twisters in Other Texas Towns.
DennisOn. Tex. May 16.-A cyclone
struck the town OF Gribblex Springs.
eight miles north OF here today. Four
persons were killed and five others So
badly wounded that they ann live.
The property damage is great.
Justin. Tex. May Il. - A cyclone
struck the town of Justin to-day. blow
ing twelve houses down. killing n
man. named W. ]. Evans of Kcllnr.
Tex. and badly injuring seventeen
others. The cyclone also did much
damage north of here.
Howe. Tex. May lI.-TO-day's terri
bic cyclone struck this town. leaving
death and ruin in it's wake, the path
of the storm heiug Il quarter Of Il mile
vide. Ten farm houses and as many
barns were wrecked. Eight persons
were killed outright ana many injured.
Bark was ripped from trees and much
stock WAS killed.
AsSasSinnte I'm Utah.
Kansas City. May IA letter just