The record-union., 1897-04-02
DEATH-DEALING CYCLONES.
WIND CREATES HAVOC AROUND
STAR CITA, ARK.
The Death List at Chandler Likely to
be Greatly Augmented When the
Search is Completed.

LITTLE ROCK Ark.), April IA
special to the Gazette" from Star City,
Lincoln County, says:
About / o'clock yesterday afternoon
the people of Star City were aroused by
the terrific roaring of a fuli-fledged
cyclone, and in less time than it takes
to tell it terrible and destructive cy-
clone was dealing devastation to every
thing in its path, which was from one
quarter to one-half mile in width. 1t
passed south of Star City about half a
mile.
A correspondent who started out on
horseback to get details of the work
of the cyclone found the roads SO
strewn with trees and timbers that he
had to abandon the horse and pick his
way on foot.
The cyclone seems to have made a
complete circle around the town, near
ly every house within a small radius
in every direction being totally demol-
ished, while large trees were uprooted
and twisted into Fragments The home
of Rees Dunlap, negro, was destroy
ed. The family escaped serious injury.
T. J. McFalls, who lived about mile
east of Star City, had his dwelling and
all outhouses entirely destroyed, but
his family escaped. The next point
heard from was on Bayou Bartholomew
on John G. Hendricks plantation, who
lost all his main buildings, including
two storehouses. His large plantation
is almost total wreck. On this place
three persons are known to have been
killed outright, and large numb ere
reported seriously wounded
Never in the history Of this part of
the State has such a cyclone been
known. It is impossible to give at this
writing anything like definite account
of the damage done.
News has just reached here of the
destruction of several large plantations
along the Bayou Bartholomew, among
them being those of Alf Coghill, w. c.
Lee and Judge owens. The loss is
very great at each of these places
LATEST FROM CHANDLER.
CHANDLER %. To, April AL
though the tornado struck Chandler
forty eight hours ago, very little
search of the ruins has yet been made,
and it is feared that the death roll may
be considerably augmented. Scores of
injured are under the care of surgeons,
who have come here from all parts of
Oklahoma None of the wounded had
succumbed to-day, though many suffer
greatly and some of them cannot pos
sibly recover Nearly all the men slept
in the streets last night, where fires
were kept blazing. The women were
cared for in the few houses which were
not destroyed, or found shelter in the
tents sent from surrounding towns.
Fifty special policemen effectually pro-
tected the property of the citizens A
thousand people are homeless and half
as many are without a thing in the
world Help on a large scale is need
ed
Lawyer John Dawson and Edgar De
Moss, the barber, who are numbered
among the dead, We're eating supper in
Wallaces restaurant when the storm
came, and the building collapsed. Daw-
son, who left a wife and two children
at Alma, Neb., was instantly killed. De
Moss was pinioned by his right arm.
but was not injured. He cried for help,
but no one could reach him through the
fire. He begged for some one to cut
off his arm but the horror STRICKEN
crowd was compelled to see him roasted
to death
The search in the ruins is necessarily
SLOW and true list of the dead and in
jured cannot be made for several DAYS.
Very hot water is now preferred to