The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
WIND LEAVES A WAKE OF WOE.
FROM u To 100 LIVES LOST IN A
CYCLONE AT SHERMAN, TEX.

The Track of the Cyclone a Grue-
some Sight-HOuses, Trees, Fences
and Everything Else in the Path
OF the storm DestrOyed-Private
Houses Turned Into Hospitals.
Sherman, Tex, May ia terrific cy-
clone struck this city this afternoon al 4:S0
o'clock killing many people and doing
great damage to property. The number of
Deople killed is not known, but is reported
al the way from Is to 70.
There is much excitement, and great
Confusion and il will be very late, and
probably morning, before the list can be
obtained.
Denison, Tex, May 15.-The city Of Sher-
man was visited by the worst cyclone in
,le history of North Texas about 3 o'clock
this afternoon. The path Of the destroyer
was 80 yards wide.
IL struck the city at the west end of Post
oak creek and swept in westerly direc-
zion for several blocks and then spread and
spent its force.
The track of the cyclone is a gruesome
sight the devastation being complete,
houses, trees. fences, in fact everything in
its pathway, destroyed.
The loss of life will probably reach 100,
with as many more bruised and wounded.
The city hall and the store room form
erlv occupied by 5. @. Holmes, has been
turned into a temporary hospital, and
eighteen bruised ana mangled bodies are
awaiting identncdtlOn at these TWO places
Nearly every house in Fairview addition
has been turned into a hospital
The unidentified dead are being taken
10 the court house. Grays Hill and Fair
view both were badly damaged. and the
cyclone passed directly west Of the North
Texas Female college, barely missing it.
b. B. Sales, a delivery man, drove down
Houston avenue directly after the cy-
clone. He stated that he saw at least
seven men, women and children lying
along the avenue dead and many wounded.
The devastation in spots where the cy-
clone was the worst, Is complete. Trees
We're stripped of their foliage in some
places. while in others they were uproot-
ed Houses, once the pride Of the city,
are, ia some instances, entirely gone, and
I'm others only pile of rubbish marks
the place where they stood. Capt. Ely's
fine residence was blown to pieces. His
wife and two children were at home but
fortunately escaped without serious IN
Not a thing remains to mark the spot
where only a few hours before stood the
magnificent residence of Capt. Burgess.
His family were absent from the house
az the time.
Mayor Tone of Denison, who was in
sherman during the storm, gives the FOL
lowing account: i was. on the court
mousse square about o'clock and heard
q roaring wind coming from the south
The next thing 1 know the air was thick
with mud and small specks resembling
ashes. The cyclone did not strike the
court house or jail, but followed up Post
OAK creek The roaring did not continue
ataar slo.a1s' q, -aos zsinl.tes.a During all
This time it rained hard. In about five
minutes rumors began to spread that
many lives had been lost and the re-
ports grew worse and worse as the
time passed. BY 9 o'clock tonight fifty
dead bodies had been brought into the
public buildings and searching parties
Dead children has been found in trees,
under leveled houses and in Post Oak
4 creek An iron bridge over Post Oak
creek was twisted into scrap iron"
Prof. and Mrs. Kohler were both badly
4 and it is feared, seriously injured. The
y six children of J. b. Irwin are all badly
DR.. Mitchell was caught in the storm
and hurt.
DR.. Sadler left for the south part of the
4 town just before the storm and as moth
s. ing has been heard of him, it is feared
Mrs. James Davis and Mrs. John Fields
who lived south of town, were both killed.
1t is feared that the destruction in that
part of the country is serious.
A mass meeting was held tonight at
the court house in Sherman to devise
means to relieve the distressed.
Following is list of dead so far as
known:
r. L. Burns, wife and two children.
Mrs. Otto Paulding and two children
James Nicholson, wife and three chill
81 drcn.
l.. ID. Montgomery, wife and two chill
dren.
John Ames wife and two children.
Rev. Mr.. Shearer.
Eight members of the Pearce and Rich
ardson families at the Wakefield farm.
A child of Mrs. Craighead.
Mrs. Burns and two children.
Mrs. James Davis.
Mrs. John Fields.
Lucinda Lake, colored.
Charles Cox, colored.
Eliza Cox, colored.
ROsinda Lake cOlored.
Sloan Ballinger, colored.
Kate Ballinger, colored.
William Nickerson's four children, col
OTed.
Wright Clarke and three members of
his family, colored.
Mrs. Athe.
Eighteen unidentified dead at the city
han.
DIR. Sadler, who has not been seen since
the storm is believed to have been killed.
Among the seriously injured are Prof
and Mrs. Kohler. six children of j. B. lr-
win and Edward True.
Dallas, Tex, May 15.-It is said here that
the cyclone struck the ball park while a
same was in progress and that part of the
Sherman and San Antonio team and many
spectators were killed. All the telegraph
wires to Sherman have been down since
43O o'clock.
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