The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-16
Fifty Persons Killed, . Hun.
dred Hurt, at Sherman.
THE STORM TWO sLocxs WIDE.
II Deseends From the Sky. . 6igsn.
tic Revolving Funnel.
Nothing wishssocd Tfs Terrible Force
Tho Dead Horribly Manxicd, aad
one-fourth of the Wounded Fatally
Iniured-othcr Towns Visited. VITA
similar Results.

Dallas. Tex. Nay ia specfsf 10 the
News from Sherman. Tex. SAYS. Just a
lew minutes before O'Clock this Afternoon
a cyclone act exceeding tive hiacks IN
width, but carrying Widespread dee:rgo-
ton and death in its wake. swept through
the western half % the city. travelling al
most directly aor,h. The approach Of ,hs
terrific whlrlwsnd was announced by .
ds-ep rambling noise not unlike reverheras-
ins thunder. A fierce and driving raia ac-
counpansei IL
TIE News reporter. standing 90 the north
side OF Court piazza had hfs stten;ien called
70 tie peculiar appearance of the clouds.
They were parted at the lower ssde. con-
yerstng into perfect funnel shape. wh.ls
a oofans. scSthIng mass of xapogons clouds
we're rapidly revolving ia tho rift The air
vas suddenly filici with trees and t~sss,
aad the downrour OF rain brought with IL =
celnge OF mud Then the truth 3swnsd on
ALI that cyclone vas eyasliag. From
the point from where II seems to have tsrxr
descended 10 <asre II sadsenIy arose fros.s
the ground. JUS; north a. the city. IL left
terrific marks OF its passage. not a hosSa
IN It's path esespirg. not a tree or shrub
eeang left standing or not twisted ard snra
oat OF shape. The iron bridge On Houston
street was completely wrecked and blown
away, notwithstanding lis Hundreds af
thousands Of pounds OF steel ana ether ma
terial.
The number OF missing Is large ana in
eindes a great many children. and II 10
quite probable THAI most OF them are dead
very conservative estimate ls that tho
fatalities viii reach fsssy. while the injured
aurnbe- f6a
The list OF white persons killed, as far az
reported by the authorities at 10 O'Clock
tonight. Is as follows. Mrs. Otto Ballinger
ana two children; Mrs I. /. Barns and
Two children. Josephine. aged g and Grow
er, aged 10. John Arnes. wife and two chill
dren. Rev. J. s. Shearer: Mrs. Luke Mont.
gomery and two children. another one
also missing. William Hamilton. a farmer:
mrs. George Anderson and an infant
daughter; Mrs. Belle Jenkins: n. L. Pierce
and son Tom- aged II. Mrs Dave Herring
and two children. Mrs /. L. Burlsss and
Charles waddle. OF rairview. a pisxss of
tmoer driven through his body; a young
white woman. unidentified,
The list of ceiored people killed 80 far a
learned UP TO 10 y. m, Is as follows: Jane.
Walker: Mrs. Nora Nicholson and two
ehiidren; Lucy Bailtngs and two children,
cnaries Cox. son of Eliza Cox: Mary r.ks
and three children, I.e,stia. John ana Eat.
US; Mr. Cephus and child.
Most or the victims are horribly marr,ra
An incomplete list of the wounded is a.
follows: NJ. Jenkins. wife and f1ye rhll-
dren. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller ana ~,
caiiaren. A heavy Aiivsr OF wvod was
driven through the thigh OF Granville
Jenkins Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Haixeu and y.
n Woodward were In the cellar al ths
formers residence. and were covered VIII,
debris Mr.. and Mrs. HaizeI were bota
painfully bruised about the thighs. AMI
are supposed 10 have been hoSn through
window. Eliza Cox, coiored, was huFs
IN the breast Harriet Lake. colored. was
cut and bruised. Ben Cephus. colorea. hIs
wife and son Clarence all have lirabx
broken and are IN a precarious condition.
Leitie and IsIsnTuie Tsarns are badly hurt.
Mr. and Mrs. jesse Brown We're badly
bruised Mrs. Browns arm being broken
Ike Shearer. son Of Rev. Shearer. who was
killed, was badly bruised. Mrs. j. r. King
and two children were seriously injured.
Philip Nichols received painful hurts anous
the head. Mrs. John Irvine and four ehll-
dren were all more or less injured. W. =.
Boutwtek. who was Ia the same ressdsncs
was cut very seriously. Otto Railinger.
whose family were all killed, wAs badly
hur. about the head. Hester and Nannis
Nicholson. colcrei of the family os which
six were killed, we're seriously hurt Days
Herring and Mrs. n. L. Pierce, who alons
escaped death at their homes. are perhaps
fatally hurt. Mary Patrick. caiorest, ant
fhre. children. are all badly hurt. Mathis
Johnson. colored. had her head hurt anf
vas injured internally and will die. Joan
and Alice Nexhouss, coloret. and four
children were badly hurt. Harriet Her,
bricks. coiored. had both legs broken. Miss
Eva Pierre. daughter ~ n. L. Pierce, haf
her iett leg ard right arm broken. Mr..
and Mrs. Wright Clark were painfully hurt
A 5-year-oid son OF John Ames was fat
ally injured. The family OF John Hamilton
we're all badly injured. One OF tn. Hamil-
ton boys aged - years. will die Two girls.
one aged Is and one .. were fatally injured.
and another girl. aged II. injured interr-
ally.
great many Of the wounded ar. In pri-
vste houses scattered all over the city II
is safe to assume that at least one-gusrfe-
% those injured VIII die in the next twenty
four hours.
A water.pout accompanied the cyclone.
and the creeks are all out OF the.r banks
Several objects. though. TO be human bod
les. were seen In the water but could not
BE- reached. The officers are making every
effort 70 dredge all the creeks in ths v,eIn-
ity.
The greatest number OF fatalities Is re-
ported from the colnred seftiernen. aions.
Pest. Oak and lincoln streets esss-.er
Curry and Lost strcetz. where several pso-
pie were killed outright. Very few Of the
persons IN the demolished houses are sbI.
20 tell Just how the storm burst urou
we're parties able 10 get oaFs oe a.. s.assy
path AZ ieas. fifty houses are xr~eks-s
Most Of them we're small cottages exes,s
or Fat~view ard Washington averue--
whore tbs handsome re=fsenr~s Of +. y
Fly. CAPT. J. g. safier. Mrs PA. Mating
y and James Fziias also surcuurkss~a T7v,
loss viii reach az least tf5afso ard nttye
II any, Of u was covered by cycssue In
Eurance-
TIE mast graphie description given bs~
any of She injured was that OF W q Fess-
wiek. who snisi: II vas AZ John frstrefx
hos<e ~hen hcars .he noise oy ne ar
preaching storm. Jnst as 7 toostes Out
saw Capt Berge's house biown asfo TIE
air, and th-a Hr. sSearer's housa Ths
air was SIZED with great trees ard ;lrnhery
and every eapc e4vzaEs kfnf Of arrsrIsa
There wsS a bszrx. serr<ntire eloss6.
twisting ara wrtiai-ax "a the cenfsr. hu, a:
the sastsosu X sasfaed 20 be nzoytnr ssssdi-
ly. Tnen earae an swfzi crash. sense
OF sHfsa-zfio1. and when II was OVER the
hosr3a xas gone ard myself and family
we're scattered apcut the yard ard sz-sssr
The dehr1s"
IN tssss a few minutes the police os5ccrs
rsrn aepesles 20 fer shelter for ths aassf
e~ad ~osadea aat arnh1sarees and al kinds
Of canveyances were pressed irto serstrs-
4 vacant st7rsroora ou tire north side ae
Court piazza and another o. the south Ete
ans the courtroom we're transformer tnso
rs0rEnes ant haepssass for sne uosndef