The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-05-20
WILD WORK OF THE WIND.
SCENES OF DEATH AND DESOLATION
SEVERAL STATES.

IN SEVERAL = ~ co.
Details of the Destruction Wrought by tn Q
Recent Tornado in Sherman, Texas.
ly Wiped Out.
SHERMAN, Texas, May 17.-Six peo-
pie injured in Fridays cyclone died
here today. Their names are: - -
Jenkins, aged 16, every other member
of the family killed outright; Nellie
Slogan. 9 years; Charles Weddle, Mrs.
Lyman and child, unidentified wo-
man.
1t was learned this afternoon that
the Dooley family, consisting of faith
er, mother and four children, living
on Grass Hill, were blown away in the
storm, and as none of them have been
heard from it is believed all are dead.
The spot where their house stood was
swept bare. The death List now
reaches 105. L. Fl. Montgomery, a
furniture dealer, whose family, con-
sisting of a wife and three children,
perished, is now in Jail, a raving ma
hiac.
Th people of Sherman have buried
the dead, and are taking care of the
wounded, but fully seven hundred
people in the city and county are left
destitute.
News was received here tonight from
Doctors Hastings and ,Morrer, of
Howe, Texas, who went with the Car
penters Bluff searching and relief par.
ty, who state that at Carpenters Bluff
five are dead and eight more seriously
injured. The relief committee left
Denison at 9 o'clock this morning,
and have been laboring among the
dying all day. The news was broug ght
in by members of the committee who
returned for additional aid. The loss
isso much greater than was anticipated
that floats have been pressed into SER
vice to supply the stricken districts
with bandages, medicines and food.
About forty people are homeless and
half clad and without means.
Two houses, which were known to
have been occupied, were picked up
and set On an island in Red River.
The seaschers discovered them at about
o'clock this afternoon, and the work
of preparing RATS on which to reach
them was begun. Both houses are
lying on their sides. 1t is supposed
that the bodies of those who occupied
them are within.
A TORNADO IN KENTUCKY.
BENTON, KY, May ia cyclone
passed over the southwest corner of
Marshall Coun:y about 1 o'clock this
morning. 1t demolished one house at
Elva and killed the five occupants,
Anderson Johns, aged 80; his wife,
aged IS; a son, aged H. and two
daughters, aged IL and 10. The storm
came out of Graves County. At Sim
sonia two stores, two churches, a
school house, several farm houses and
barns were destroyed, but no loss of
life is reported there. Five cofins
were sent to Elva and the Johns fam
lily were buried in one grave.
A GREAT STORM IN ILLINOIS.
CHICAGO, May 17.-Dispatches re-
ceived tonight from interior points in
Illinois report much damage done by
heavy wind and rain storm last
night. At Galesburg the telegraph
and telephone service was demoralized.
At Peoria trees were blown down and
great damage done to buildings under
construction. An engine on the Bur
lington Railway ran into corn crib,
which had been blown across the track
at st. Augustine and was derailed.
The engineer was badly hurt. At Pc
kin lightning wrecked the new ST..
Pauls church, uprooted trees, blew
down fences, and unroofed houses.
The country contiguous to Toulon was
storm swept and many farm houses
were wrecked. At Busnell it was re-
ported that the town of Scioto had
been swept away, but the wires were
down and nothing definite could be
learned.
SENAcA, Kas., May ia tornado
struck this place at z o'clock tonight
and destroyed one-third of the resi-
dence portion of the city. The Court
House, school house and Catholic
Church were unroofed. Five hun
dred people are homeless. The dead
are two children of n. E. Verhees,
two children of John Mcconnell and
a son of Peter Assemacher.
SABETHA, Kas.. May 17.-Twenty-
five people were injured and twenty
residences destroyed by tornado this
evening.