The Butler weekly times., 1896-11-05
TRACK OF AIEXASCYCLONE' A
Ruin and Devastation in Wake
of Storm.
DWELLINGS BLOWN Down.
Several Injured and One Person Killed
Outright.

Dallas, Texas, Oct. ~ "A special
10 the News from Sherman says: A
well defined tornado formed IN
Squirrel Cree', bottom, four miles
west of the village Of Farming, aud
about one hundred miles southwest
of this city.
Persons who saw it at its incep-
ton say that out Of a seething, tum
bling mass OF inky clouds a funnel
shaped column descended until it
touched the earth, and then it began
to move northeastward, accompanied
by the usual terrific crash aud roar
az it tore through the bottoms, up.
roofing large trees and demolishing
everything in its path which for tue
first mile or two was thirty or forty
yards wide.
The first house it is known to
have struck was on the George Duke
farm, one mile west of Howe, and
about five miles from the starting
point. No one was hurt at this
place. From this point until it
struck the Jim Farris farm, two
miles south of the city, distance of
about two miles, it io known to have
risen and descended several times,
and what damage it did has not yet
been ascertained
Several persons have gone to that
place, but it will be several hours
before definite information can be
had. At the Farris place, n tenant
hut, occupied by family named
Hayes, was literally torn to pieces,
and every member of the family was
more or less injured.
Hartshorne, 1. r., Oct 90 Yes
terday evenings cyclone played
havoc in Mine No. IL at Krebs. At
Wewoka Gov. Browns big store, the
new church and four other buildings
were blown down. Several people
were hurt at Woweka, but none
seriously At Mine No. II several
persons were reported killed out
right.
The tornado struck Anderson,
mining town belonging to Chocataw
Coal Company, eight miles distant,
destroying the section house and
three other buildings. No persons
were seriously injured.
Guthrie, Okla, Oct. 29.-Duripg
the night disastrous tornado pre-.
vailed in Lincoln county, 80 miles
east of here, followed by cloud
burst.
A dozen or more residences and
other buildings were wrecked, and
an enormous amount of damage was
done to property and crops:
MIR. and Mrs. John Mclaughlin
were instantly killed and a number
OF others were badly injured.
There are rumors of other deaths
farther north.
ILL FATED SHERMAN.
Sherman, Tex, Oct. 2J.-A tor
nado originated about 5:15 o'clock
last evening near Pennington, 16
miles southwest of Sherman and
after forming took northeasterly
course, passing about three miles
east Of Sherman.
The first destructive work of the
storm was noted IL miles southwest
of Sherman, where it demolished a
tenant house on the farm of George
Duke. No one was hurt at that
place, and the tornado rose from the
earth, striking again at a point
about four miles southeast of Sher-
man.
Several persons telephoned from
a suburban residence in the neigh
borLood, asking that searchers be
sent out to look for persons who are
missing. Requests were also made
for physicians, bandages, stimulants
and other articles necessary to care
for the wounded.
Reports of the number of wound.
ed are very indefinite. as it was
pitch darkness soon after the passing
of the storm. A man who was in
the Farris field is among the missing.
Denison, Tex, Oct. pa lorna
do doing thousands of dollars worth
OF damage passed over nurth Texas
last night The storm fell besvilv