The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-05-16

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nMorSus, Insualalsntt 70 ILola ne bod.
L, Of Ii. Dsad-Rsport. From othsr
Town, sWsll ths Death Ron.
FORT WORTH, To4nS Nay lG-A
VpecIal to tho Gasette from Sherman.
TexaS, Says; A most disastrous ey-
Clone struek sherman st 40 o'clock
this afternoon. wiplng out the entire
western end OF tho town. Tho loss OF
Nfo IL appalling. ThA dead are esti-
mated at between thirty and forty,
This iS q very conservative eltlmatA
Many more ere fatally OF sorlensly In
jured,
Al s O'Clock this evening tWelVH bodlea
are lying cold In death In the county
court house. and a. many more are
scattered about across the deSOlatad
west end Of the city. No accurate esti-
mate can Os yet DO given on the loss Of
life and property. The work Of rescue
and e4arch for the mlBSing goes On, Tha
business part Oe the town b deserted.
and the greatest excitement preVailS.
The Western Union once % .oVeFtiOWed
With anxious ones sending ulclBaEe9
and inQuiring the fate OF other towns.
Every available wagon, buggy and
horse Il IN use by EeaFehsTB and work.
ess on the held ot death. As time g0es,
later reports Of greater loss Of life and
property arrive. Many stories Of mirs
Gculous escapes are told.
Court HSasa 1I0FgUs.
The Sherman court haase q lnsutH.
cltnC to hold the dead and wounded The
vacant Moore building on the Uouth
square was utilized At 6 O'Clock. aftean
eolored people. dad or dying, being
placed there.
Express draSE baSE1ge WRgoua and
al kinds uf vehicles continue 70 come
IN with dead bodies Around the Moore
building the highest eXcltement pre-
walls and the greatest difficulty q ex-
perieneed in getting the names Of the
victims and accurate reports.
The storm struck Sherman without
warning on the southwest corner OF the
city and cleared q path 100 yards vide
along the west end Of the town, HUuses,
trees, fences everything, went before
the taFFfbla farcs 0f the Cyclone The
negro part Of the town suffered the
most severely. There are probably thir-
~ negroes killed Ten bodies have been
picked up In Post Oak creek.
Tho fi0od % rain which ATTENDED the
storm was severe.
The town IS q mass Of mud and hoat-
ing debris, There e much dihieulty IN
hndlng ,ths dad and lnttIod
CAptnln I, =. ElF'a house N49 denlol.
ished and hls wife and tRo children had
miraculous e8uApal,
Captain 81 BGFgeF'H residence was also
llEted 10 the ground but fortunately the
family was away from home.
Frank Ryan, manager OF the sheF-
man base hail team, had bis hou1e
blown od lis tolndRtlOnS and completely
turned about. His wife and two child
rem escaped oefioua injury.
LisG Of Ikilltd.
The lIstl0f Rilisd O. fur a. reported
by tho authorities a. 10 p, m. Is ~ fDl-
Iowa: MrI, Ott1 BRldingOF and two
children, AffE. I. l. Burns and two ehIl:
drun, JOhnulG. aged ., and Grover. aged
10: John AfiaS and wife and two chill
dren. Rev, ], 8, ShegF6T. Ms. Luke
NSniRoneFy md two children, another
q missing; william Hamilton. farmer;
SlrR Gtorgs Anderson, IA infant
dauFhLsF; Mary Belle Jenkins, y. 4
Pierce and son, eyed II. NFS, Dave Her
rinF and tW5 small children.
An unknown lady and two children.
about four and nix years OF age, have
not been Identified, and arc being held
for IdantiAcaIIon.
The ilSt II Col,ged people killed 60 far
a. learned up 20 10 p. m, y aS toloWs:
James Walker. Ms. Nora Nicholson
and two children, Lucy BalllngeF ana
daughter. Charley Cox, son Of Eliza
Coz: Mary Lake and three children,
LetltIa, INfn and FAtp8,
Tho EreathsE number OF fatalities arc
reported from the c0lOred settlement
along Post Oak and Lincoln streets, be-
tween Cherry ana Lost streets, where
Eeyeral peopl0 were killed outr!Ent
Very fsW-0f tha perUon9 N the demol'sh-
Cd houses are able 70 tell just now pne
stprm burst upon thefI1s and only ~ one
or two Instancss were parties aple 70
get. out OfIl deadly path.
Tho number 6f missing ig large and
includes great many Children, and II
IE probable that tho most Of them are
dead. II ls very conservative TO eStl.
mate that the list Of fatalities Will
reach sixty, while tho injured Will
reach 100. ~ least hfty hOuScS are to-
tally wrecked.
Most of them are small cottages, eH-
reut in FRiFVigw and washington
aycnuSS. where the handsome residences
NJ l.. F. Ely, Captain ]. Q. Stnlter, mrs.
Pat siattinRiy and James Falls ot'o
suecurnbNd. The loss win reach q
least SiC0, 900, and hut little II any Of u
waa covered by cyclone Insurance..
4 Graphio Description.
AOopt the most graphic description
gwen by any OF the Injured was thnt
~ w. q. BCStwiek, who said: " was
AZ Mr. John ITVine'B house when
heard the noise of Ahc approaching
storm. Just a. I looked l saw Capinin
ErrE'n h6usa blown into the ait and
thon Nr. gheaFer'a houDc. The air was
GIINd with EreSt trees and tinbcrB. and
every conceivable Kind of articles
was fascinated. petrifed, for ] saw y
waA coming directly upon ~ ana thai II
could not he long In reaching W. u
was q black aarpentine cloud, tWistlnB'
writing in the center. but nt the Bottom
II seemed 10 be moving steadily,
woke up fFUm my atupoF and cblled
out to the family who were In the bouse
and asked them not 10 run out tnAi
feared that w0 would all bo struck ny
Aylng tlfnberg. Then came an hwtul
crash, sense 1i BuROration and when
Il Was over the houR0 WAS gone ana
myself and family were scattered about
Z ne yard and under the debris. II was
over In such = short time cannot give
ypu any idea nf how long II W"H'