The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-09-14
TORNAO0'S DEADLY WORK
Six People Are Killed and Many
Others Injured.
BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN
Cyclone Tears Child From Its Mothers
Arms-RoundhouseD Demolished and
q Residence Carried Across
the Street.

Port Arthur. Texas, Sept. ia tor
nado. terrible In it's intensity. struck
this city nj an early hour last evening.
Six people are known la have been
killed. while many others We're injured.
buildings were blown down and great
damage was wrought 10y he cyclone.
The dead; Frank Albright. Kansas
City. employed by tn. electric light
company: George Marin, bricklayor,
., sidence unknown: Fritz Micha.ls. la
borcr. residence unknown; unknown
man, aged IS, May AinsNorth. Is years
of age. daughter ~ William Ainsworth:
infant son Of w. n. Johnson. blown
from its mothers arms and drowned.
The injured: Mrs. Roy stafford, right
leg broken near hip. Roy Stafford. legs
badly bruised. A little daughter Of
stafford was seriously injured.
Many buildings Were blown down in
Guiding the railroad round house, where
May Ainsworih was killed; the naia-
company's barns. Hotel Hayden.
Strong a Leagues building shifted on
foundation. Brennan building. Colon
made hotel. Spence 4 Lyons building.
&. J. Miller's grocery store. several
barns. kanaday's saloon. the Herald
office. Alfred Molfs saloon. the Hayes
building and NJ. :. Solinski's grocery.
Several residences suffered severely.
that of W. A. Barraclough being car
ried across the street. Many outbuild-
ines were completely blown away.
From early morning the sky was
threatening, and q stiff gal. blew. No
rain of consequence fell until 4 O'Clock
y. m. and then II was accompanied by
a heavy wind that increased IN inten-
sity until II reached the enormous
velocity Of NJ miles an hour. Every
building In the town is of frame con-
struction. except one brick. the Port
Arthur Banking company's building
one end and roof of which were blown
away.
The bodies OF the killed have been
sent Ia Beaumont for burial. no Gene
There We're many acts ~ bravery, and
the suspense during the severity of the
storm was terrible.
Advices from Whine. Texas. say that
nearly all the houses there have been
blown down and torn away. Al Webb
all ef the barns AID ON. house were
demolished and scattered over the
country.
Nothing can be- heard from Sabine
Pass. as telegraphic communication
has been interrupted A relief train left
Beaumont tonight for this place and
sabine Pass.
Ed. kirschner. a prominent citizen.
was ON a Gulf a. Interstate railway
train on his way 10 Beaumont when
the storm struck This section.
Every one on the train thought We
would be blown from the track" he
said tonight III WAS pitch dark and
raining and the wind was blowing like
IL never blew before"
IL Is known that much destruction
Was wrought al SABINE Pass with
probable loss of life. Everything pos
sible is being done Ia establish com
munication with that place.
Later-The following telegram has
been received from Mr.. kirsch.ner AT
Beaumont. The relief train has just
returned from Sabine Pass, II could
not get nearer than eight miles from
Sabine Pass. II is reported that the
new town Is completely gone. Nothing
is heard from the old town. From re.
ports things look bad there"