The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-02
IT'S AMAZING FORCE.
Some OF the Effects OF the Recent Cyclone
In Sherman, Tex.

Some OF the Enects OF the RECENT Oyeioue
In Sherman, Tex.
Eight members of the Irvine family
wero at home. The hired man, William
Bostick, and visitor, Miss Mollic Strong,
made ten, who gathered In one room just
before the cyclone came. They saw the
cloud approaching and clasped hands.
When the house went to pieces they wore
lifted up, carried through the air and
dropped In the Stadlcr and Mattipgly
yards, east of the street. Not one of the ten
escaped injury. One the Oldest boy, has
since died from the terrible wound splin-
ter made in his thigh. The youngest of
the ten, baby, Is tho least hurt.
Mrs. Stadler and her daughter heard the
roar and saw the cloud. They went down
collar. The house disappeared from over
them and neither was hurt
"When thoy went into tho cellar" said
Mr. Stadler, "my wife wanted to get in
tho southeast corner, but my daughter said
the southwest corner was the safest. The
wind blew open the cellar window, and
my daughter tried to shut IL. Noticing
that the sticks were beginning to fly, my
wife told her to come away. They took
hold Of hands and got down In the south
west corner, between box and the wall.
They didn't know how long they were
there, Bht think it was only a very short
nine. My daughter became choked from
the dust of the cement which fell when the
house went. We raised her head to get air.
There had been complete darkness, and
now all was light. 1t became calm ut once.
She said to her mother:
"'Let's get out
"She climbed upon box and could see
the cloud going out the road toward the
country. She looked over the garden and
saw girl sitting on the ground. Think
ing she was Mrs. Smiths cook, she called
out:
"'Is that you, Ida9'
"The girl answered back: mo. It's
Molle.'
"My daughter couldn't recognize her.
She looked out In the front yard, and there
lay man. The sights were terrible. Both
the man and the girl were plastered with
mud from head TO feet. They looked like
negroes. My daughter could recognize
neither. The girl was Miss Mollie Strong,
who had been blown from the Irvine house
when the storm came up. The man was
Bostiok, who worked for the Iryines. He
had piece OF glass driven into his hip.
AS soon as she could get out my wife went
To him and asked him it he was hurt He
said, Yes, but go TO Mrs Irvine first
Mrs. Irvine and the children were
found scattered about In tho Mattingly
yard. Both Miss Strong and Bostick were
conscious while sailing around In the air
and are able to describe the sensation. Miss
Strong came down In the garden sitting.
You can see the print In the ground where
she landed. She was still sitting there
when my daughter spoke to her and re-
mained until helped upon her feet. At
first she didn't seem much hurt but now
she is so sore all over she can't be touched.
The Irvines had time to escape, but they
didn't know what to do. So they sat there
clasping each others hands. II they had
run right out In tho orchard, they would
not have been hurt"
When Mr.. Stadlor was seen, he was d.
recting the work Of O colored man who
was picking up pieces of boards In the
race track field across the street west Of
where the house stood.
'It will do for kindling wood" said
Mr.. Stadler philosophically. "That is
about all IL Is good for find that even
tho sills on which my house rested are
split and broken. There arc bits of my
house and barn scattered all over this field.
Irvine house went east; mine went west.
Three days had passed, yet after oil of
his searching Mr.. Stadler said:
81 have not been able TO find anything
of the contents of my house except pieces
of tho furniture and bed quilt or two.
MIR. Irvine recently put in large tank for
bathroom purposes. It held SO barrels and
was full Of water. Thoro it Is cut there in
that oatleld, a quarter of mile from the
house. / had just got u similar tank and
was going to have 1t put in place on Sat
uTday My tank Is over yonder In that
other field about the same distance from
where the cyclone found It,"
Mr.. Stadler pointed 10 two masses OF tin
battered out of all Resemblance to water
tanks.
Tho fruit trees west of the Irvine
house, mo continued, 'aTe unharmod. My
orchard is scattered over tho face OF tho
country. My fenco was very strong.
made it of bos dare posts and put them
two feet and six inches in the ground. The
posts are all twisted off. There is half an
iron axle lying in my yard. The other half
Is ont in tho Held"
MIR. Irvine had besides his house two
barns, other outbuildings, u carriage, o
buggy and new farm wagon, COO bushels
Of corn and 200 bushels of oats Buildings,
vehicles and grain woro carried away.
Presumably the half of an iron axle found
In the Stadler yard As part of one Of Mr..
Irvine's vehicles. On the edge OF the street
is the red hub with tho spokes ground of
close to the sockets. This Is all chat can
be found Of MIR. Stadlors new Studebaker.
Exchange.