The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-17

d. 1CuS. May IA SPECIAL TO the Re-
pubic from Sherman. Tex. SAYS. Fifty
cne dead were seft IN this city bv the cy-
clone that swept over 1t on F'rstay. AT
Denton five were killed and twenty wound
ed Three dead bodies were fosxrsi in the
storms path at Justine. A mother and
three cnildren lost their Ewes al Howe.
ina corpse Of j. A. Morris was found At
Gainesville The storm blew a gale in
the Cnickasaw nation. leaving many
woundec. one morgaiiy. AT Carpenls.r,s =
bizA five persons were seriously hur.
The wounded are 50 badly scattered tha.
X : an almost impossible task TO gather
their names and the extent OF their In
1uI1es. In a community i've miles west
OF town Mr.. Taylor was killed and his
wife probably fatally injured. Buck All
sup's wife and two children were badly
hurt Mrs Martin suffered severe iniur-
ies- The houses OF Aessrs. Dennis. Glib
Dorss Brown. Bob Martin. Cave. Tayior.
Fields ard DAVIS were swept away in this
same community.
The citizens of Sherman held a meeting
al the courthouse. and about ss.eo was
raised In Ett.e while with which To bury
the dead and Gaze for the wounded. About
forty bodies were buried this evening.
Following are the names Of the white
dead N Sherman: Mrs. L. H. Mou;go
~~-~ ~"O x<isirt ~. SAlcdEtI
ard wife. William Hamilton. farmer;
Mary Bell Jenkins. Mrs. George Anderson
ana infant daughter. Mrs. Dave Herring
and two children. ID. L. Pierce and son
iouA John Fields. T. II. Pierce and three
children. E. Herring. Mrs. Elizabeth Her
ring. Mrs Herne and an unknown infant.
The bodies o. twen;y-four negroes have
Also been identified. At Carpenters Bluff
Louis Dayail. Mrs. Louis Davan Mamie.
Maggie and Nellie Duyau and c. ]. Ar
moar were seriously hurt
The dead at Howe are. Mrs. James
Davis and three little girls.
The dad al Gainesville Is J. s. Morris.
One OF the first men TO go over the track
OF the storm at Sherman was c. b. Hale.
He told a reporter OF the scene: II drove
hastily 10 the west part of the town. where
my sister lives. to see IL they were injur-
ed OF all the terrible sights I ever saw
the worst were along my route. My mind
cannot conceive of all the horrible things
I witnessed, neither can tongue describe IL
In Its awfuiness. Along West Houston
street were strewn the bodies of the in
jured. from their lips ascending PRAYERS
Tor pity and help. passed a wounded wo-
man shrieking with pain and with her
gaze on the corpse of her little child.
uangfed as u some giant had rent II limb
from limb Across the road the e.,-pse of
a minister OF the gospel lay cold in death.
furfaer on was the body of a woman. all
cur aud bruised and bleeding. the last gasp
or life going out of her body The grue-
someness of this scene was felt and en-
dured only as a man feels some horrible
nightmare"
H. T. Durham. of this city, was at the
home OF Mr.. l. Coleman, one mile bevond
the Choctaw bridge. east of this city. Ha
said that he stood on the roof OF Mr.. Cole
mans house and could see for miles
around He saw one section of the storm,
coming from the southeast and another
from the southwest When anou. the vie
Unity of Choctaw bridge the two ser,sons
met with roar. He described, the storm,
as appearing TO be about n quarter OF a
iii-le Wlle and htty yards long The clouds
were black and resembled heavy smoke
THOSE watching from the roof could see
the effects OF the storm along IT'S na.h
Trees were blown down and swen, eIsan
% az ots,ructions< One Of the freaks OF
sie storm was at f. +. Halls place. The
family went into the cellar and were un-
harmed The house and outbu.idinr~ xs.-s
mo~n completely away. and the family
carriage was blown all to rsse-..s T-ba
"heeas were blown from one axle and 4.
was stripped hare. The wind carried ;. !,
snort distance and drove IL eo.nn,etatr
tArouss cedar telephone pole six or eight
lnches IN diameter. and left the ends nro-
Tuding. The axle was bent ans ,sn.,
senit-i perfect letter IS"
The railroads have beer, doing sha ,..v
lest Passenger business In their htstorv
Feoise have been fiocking into Derfson
en- route to Sherman from All ffrer,Jar-z
coming by carloads. The Missouri tSa,.
sas ss Texas road sent special to CAMS
- - "a, nisht 70 e2--x people 80 the
scene Of the cyclone. Al trains or the
crowded today The Central has tseJve
trains day. but they were unable TO han
de the business. and an extra special was
run here at o'clock and another n, 10
o'clock today. ~
sherman Tex. May Is-Tossv tha
waters in the creeks and brooks have sut-
sl9eo. ard thousands OF spectators have
.raVersed the Path OF yesterdays sorua-
DO Every business house In this eltv sx-
cept the drug stores and eating ho.se<
suspended business AT an early hour this
morning at the reques; Of the city council
ana the attention Of Everybody has been
turned toward caring for the wounded ana
the dead. the number OF which ts ho,Triv
incx easing from deaths IN the hosustaI.
snd bodies found In the saksEasnx streams
me city's street grading force. supple
Fn@ntes1 by large number OF men. have
been transferred by Street Cornrnisss,D.r
Mcoreh@ad to thA cemeteries and Rave
been szlSsly engaged In preparing graves
for the victims Of the storm. The under
taxing establishments are taxed to the
limit
No words can portray the ter~ihls aspect
Q. tAe pathway torn through the city.
Great oak trees and stately einss % a CEN
t1ry's sruzts are torn ep BY the roots
ara twisted like reeds. The remnants If
once beautiful homes are scattered ana
blown in al directions Esvery-x here the
commons are covered wfta ceorss Hun
eresas of seraestsc animals ars Tying dead.
and lnnuzzerzhle fowls are scattered about,
IN many cases picked p~rfertiy clean and
everywhere ti-nhsrs are thrcwn about PRO-
rslScucuSly and more oftss axziax; sA-
course or shs storm than with e. BarhAa
wires are often found twisted about fence
pests several tines Stores ant krzeSs
evidently from thz Ely rsssfence. are fcanf
several hpadresi y&rsss uSrfh. driven ia
ssa groz1rss. The widest point of sas "a, -
way q the storm IN the city Is tas, south
~ where IL crosses Lamar street ard
here /. vas rernars ~ PARTS w15e Al
q a.r points Il rarely o. never exceeded 80
ysrsS, and oess1 narrowed so not over 10
parts
TIE following zS7~ai Aas be~1 issued:
The less of lsfs Aa9 rroperty By tas
eycaoa~ Is zRc5 greater taA5 wzs supposed
last zlxas- a.as tEe ra-nis>r snftzrss l. r1sscH