The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1901-03-14
FOUR DEAD IN 4 TORNADO.
Heavy Damage in Wiudstorm in
Northeastern Texas Yesterday.


II Tered most. Tie force Of the torna.
n do struck the town att O'Clock and
wrecked twenty-five buildings inclui-
ing the public school. the cotton oil
mills. the Texas & Pacific depot. the
! Johnson cotton gin plant uduumer-
I Gus stores and dwellings,. Four chill
3 dren lost their lives and rhrreperSons
I We're dangerously injured. The killed
: ara.
Two children of the Rev J. II.
CIou~r.
e. One child of John White.
one child of !. ". Williams.
Dangerously injured-Wife and
child OF j. W Williams. child of
Frank Bass.
lniured-Wiie of Or. J. y. Polk.
arms. face and head hurt. George
. Polk. hurt on head. j. H. Human.
manager oil mills. shoulder broken.
I Three members of the Rev. rlouSe'S |
I family sustained serious injuries.
/ The course of the tornado was from
southwest To northeast andits width |
was 300 feet, IT swept everything
up is path Wreckagefrom business
houses and dwelling houses were car
ried miles into the country ami the
contents of stores and homes de-
stroyed 50 completely as to leave
nearly 100 persons in distress.
In the country districts the cyclone
wrought much damage. Horses.
cattle and hogs We're killed and farm I
buildings. fences and general proper !
~ wrecked i'll numerous places. \
terrific rain preceded and followed '
the tornado and flooded thecountrv.
Two men, names not learned here. e
were drowned in a stream near Elmo. 9
between Terrell and Wills Point.
Part OF freight train on the Texas 81
X Pacific. near Wills Point. was p
blown from the tracks and wrecked. g
Telegraph and telephone wires reach e
ing into the northeastern corner of m
the state were blown down. &c
New Boston, in Bowie county. is 60
'ald TO have suffered severely. but sa
ietails have not been received. Paris nj
md Dekalb report: New Boston ri
wept away by cyclone" Linemen BIZ
re trying to get wires working 20 70
through to Texarkana and beyond.
Ia Marshall and Paris.
Fulton, KY, March 1O.-In the
errific storm that swept this section Blu
'st night the damage was greatest
t Clinton and Hickman. AtClinton q
Eenty negro cabins were demolished
nd two negroes mOrtally hurt and =
'any Others badly bruised and +
Iashed. Part of Marvin college was L
nrooied and the waterworks plant 4
as destroyed. Eight freight cars
4 the Illinois Central switch at the
'pot at Clinton We're blown from the IL
ack- The Baptist church at Hick- y
an was destroyed by wind. A large II
Imber Of houses and barns were y
own down in Fulton and Hickman 2,
unties and the loss Of property is p
rye. III
Grand Rapids. March 1O.-To- 4
" wind, sleet and rain storm has =
most paralyzed the state telephone kA
rvice. This line OF the Michigan 81
'lephone company about Ionia is a vi
ass OF tangled wires and broken Il
les. The Citizens company il also e
dly crippled. The loss to both II
mpanies will amount to several =
onsand dollars. At st. Joseph the TX
ii company suffered loss of So -
. from the storm. Four hundred III
ephones were burned out by con- "A
It with trolly wires. In Benton ~
lrbor the wires of thecompanv are
down The loss here will amount IA
$4,000. "a
,hlcago, March 10.-One of the ~
rst wind storms of the season Il
uck Chicago early to-day and N
ring the two hours that it was at II
height damaged property "A
oughout the city to the extent of IL
5000. Many heavy plate glass FL
ldows were blown in. Telegraph ~
telephone companies were the "a
rst sufferers and it will be some 10
le before order can be restored ~
of poles were blown down
Chicago was practically isolated ~
m the west and northwest by tele- u
me and telegraph tonight and IL