Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-03-21
In One Family Near Edwarlsville
Ten Members We're Killed
aud one Fatally Hurt.
SEVERAL PERSONS ARE
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Many Houses We're Blown Down and
Some Miraculous Escapes Iteported.
Dead Bodies Matllatsd and
Dhested of Clothing.

details Of saturday nights cyclone near
Edwardsville have been received here
The following Is list Of the dead and
wounded - far a. known Lewis Cot.
fee. tax assessor ~ Cleburne county. his
wife aud S children We're killed
The following We're injured
Beesie Coffee. aged ls, the only men,
ber Of the Coffee family not Instantly
killed
Mrs Runnells aged IS. viii die.
Myrline siansell. aged ): will proba-
bly, die
Mr.. j. H. Cason. Tom Runnells.
Wool Stansell and Andrew stiepan are
all seriously hurt.
Mary Stiepan. Lizzie Runnells. ]. II.
Cason, Georgia Stansell, Gainesville
S,ansell. Tosh stansell. Coleman Stan
sell were all badly bruised
Several o.her persons were more or
ie-- -erion,ly injured. but their names
are not known
The path a. the storm was about eO0
yards wide and II traversed the country
for ~ miles. beginning Ia the northern
part of Cleburne county. near Iron City
and mosing southwark Those who
saw It say that IL was an immense
funnel shaped cloud and that IL bounded
along like a rubbcr ball, rising at inter
walls and leaping for several hundred
yards without doing any damage. Then
when u descended IL would pick up
houses and crush them 10 pieces. uproot
trees or twist them on the level of
the ground and sweep all before IT,
Louis Cofee's residence, strong double
log house situated ON little hill. was
In the path Of the storm II was swept
away aud the timber scattered for a
mile. Ten Of It's occupants were instant
ly killed EKcep, the body Of the baby
which WA found under the ruins Of the
chimney. the corpse % the victims were
carried halt mile and nine of them
were found near together Ever body
had been stripped Of i,s clothing. One
was twisted around a stump and two
others We're headless Besides the body
o. the father lay Bessie Coffee. the only
member of the family not instantly
killed She was unconscious and her
arms were around her dead fathers
neck. She is unable 10 talk and will
die.
In the same neighborhood tue resi-
dences Of J. W wildor, J. II Cason.
Andrew s,iepan and Ben siansell were
wrecked and their occupants injured.
Near Heflin a white woman. whose
name cannot be learned, was killed and
five persons in the same family hurt
!, is estimated that about 80 buildings
were destroyed, between 20 and a5 per
sons injured and over score OF farms
devastated. The storm lost its force
just south Of Hefiin, near which place a
dozen buildings were wrecked.
The tornado struck the northern por.
tion Of Madison county and did great
deal Of damage 10 houses and farm prop
erty, but no lives reported loss
The telephone operator AZ Hazle Green
reported that a tornado struck there. but
before he could give further information
the wire failed.
The damage In the extreme southern
portion Of Tennessee cannot he estimat-
ed Passengers arriving on trains from
the north report that people were com.
ing into the railway stations in quest %
physicians 90 attend 10 the injured.
AT Plevna Ala. the Steele place. a
fine old home, was reduced 10 ruins by
the wind
AZ Bismarck II tenement houses were
blown down on nearby plantation and
two negro boys were killed. and u 9th.
er negro tenants Were injured.