The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-05-16
DESTRUCTIVE
TEXAS CYCLONE
Fearful Loss Of Life and Property
Through Losq Belt Of
Country.
TOWNS WIPED OFF THE MAP
Great Excitement Prevails ThrouskOat the
Devastated Distfiet-The Dead filled
Up BY Hundreds = Many
Buried is the Mad.
Fort worth, Tex. May IA special %

Fort Worth, Tex. May is.-A special 10
the Gazette from sherman. Tex. says:
A most disastrous cyclone struck sher-
man at 40 O'Clock this afternoon, entire
~ wiping out the western end Of the
town The loss Of life II appalling, ana
the dead are estimated at between tnar1w
and forty, which Is a very conservative
estimate. Many more are fatally or SER
iousiy injured. At O'Clock this evening
twelve bodies are lying In the courthouse
and as many more are scattered abon
across the desolate west end or the city.
NO accurate estimate can be made yet Of
the loss OF life and property.
The work OF rescue and search for the
missing goes on The business part az
town Is deserted and the greatest excite
ment Feigns.
The Western Union Office Is overfIowea
with anxious ones sending messages ana
inquiring the fate Of other towns. Every
available wagon. buggy and horse Is in
use By seaFchers and workers on tho
field Of death. As time Grows. later re-
ports Of greater loss Of IIfe and property
are arriving. Many stories OF miraculous
escapes are told.
me Sherman courthouse Is lnsuficiene
20 hold the dead and wounded The va
cant Moore building on the south OF the
square was utilized at s o'clock, fifteen
eolored people. dead or dying, being pIac-
ed there. Express drays. baggage wag-
ons and all kinds Of vehicles continue to
come with dead bodies Around the
Moore bniiding the highest excltemen9
prevails. and the greatest difaculty Is ex-
perienced In getting the names OF the
victims and accurate reports.
ha ue1 .t~
warning on the southwest corner OF the
city and cleared a path 100 yards vFgfs
along the west end OF the town Houses
trees, fences. and everything gave way
before the terrible force OF the cyclone
The negro part Of the town suffered mos.
severely, There arr probably thirty me-
groes killed. Ten bodies have been pick
ed up In Post Oak creek. The flood OF
rain which attended the storm was Sc
/ we're. The town Is a mass Of mud ana
+ floating debris There is much difficulty
in finding the dead and injured.
EIGHT KILLED AT HOWE
Howe. Texas, May 15-Today's terrible
I cyclone struck this town leaving death
and ruin in its wake The path OF the
I cyclone at this point was quarter OF =
mile wide. Ten farmhouses ana as many
harms were wrecked Eight persons were
killed outright and as many injured
The bark was ripped from trees ana
much stock killed.
CYCLONE DOES DAMAGE. 1.
Fort Worth. Tex, May 15.A Gazette
special from Denton. Texas, says:
A cyclone struck the town or Grlbble
Springs. eighteen miles north OF Denton.
this afternoon. Several persons were
killed and many wounded 50 badly they
cannot live. The property loss is great
Particulars are unobtainable.
HOUSES BLOWN AWAY.
Justine. Tex. May ia cyclone struck
the town Of Justine at 2:20 p. M, blowing
away twelve houses, killing one man,
named W. J. Evans. of Keller. Texas.
and badly injuring seventeen others The
cyclone also did much damage north or
here.
SIXTY KILLED.
Sherman. Tex. May l5.-sixty people
were killed in cyclone in this city to-
day.