Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-22
Storm Of cyclonic Proportions
Demolishes one Of 0klahoma's
Mushroom Cities.
Three Men Killed and About
Twenty Buildings Almost
Completely Wrecked.
Millionair Strong Murdered in
. Saloon at Cripple Creek,
Colorado.

Ell Reno o. T., Aug. ga wind and
rain storm, amounting almost to
tornado, nearly demolished the new
town of Anadarko last evening. w.
P. Lewis, of Weatherford, Tex, John
Antoine, of Paris, Tex, and DR.. Mayse,
of Wichita, Kan, were killed by falling
buildings, and number of others were
injured, while about twenty buildings
were almost completely wrecked and
hundreds of tents and a great quantity
of merchandise strewn over the prairie.
The wreckage will soon be cleared
away and the buildings rebuilt. The
damage will amount to several thous-
and dollars. but can not be estimated
accurately at this time. The known
injured are: Sam p. Nelson, Kansas
City, may not recover; Dan Warren,
repoted injured, but it is believed none
have died. The storm struck about 8
O'Clock and came up without warning.
John Antoine was killed in a lodging
tent and grocery store of his sons.
The postoffice building. a rudely con-
structed affair. collapsed and fell over
the tent. Antone's three sons sue
ceeded in getting out, but the father
was caught by timber and crushed to
death. w. p. Lewis was killed in a
tent by the side of saloon building
being erected. He leaves a wife and
three children. DR.. Mayse was killed
in tent by an unfinished house blow
ing down on him.
The building used by county officials
was damaged, but none of the docu-
ments was damaged nor any of the oc-
cupants injured. AT Hobart there was
almost cloudburst, two and one-fourth
inches of rain falling in an hour. Thous-
ands of dollars worth of merchandise
there, in unfinished buildings and tents,
were ruined, but as far as learned no
one was hurt. Reports today indicate
the storm was severe in the country dis
tricts. Several people are reported killed
or injured and many buildings are re-
ported destroyed, but as the points are
off the railroad, nothing definite has
been learned. One report says four per-
sons were killed at farm house a few
miles out from Anadarko. It is believed
the damage to crops and livestock will
be heavy. Anadarko and Hobart were
two of three towns recently opened in
the Kiowa- Comanche country, selected
by the federal government. Anadarko
was located on the Washinta river,
about thirty miles southwest from FL
Reno, where the land lottery took place,
while Hobart is situated in the extreme
western part of the reservation. The
Rock Island railway runs thru Ana
darko, but Hobart is off the railroad.
After the lottery had been concluded
thousands of home-sreaders. many of
whom had selected tract of land in
the new country, rushed to these towns
to buy bushes property and since Aug.
the government has been disposing OF
lots at auction. Both towns were pros
porous from the start and now, tho less
than thirty days old, each have per-
haps 5000 or 5000 Inhabitants. AS
yet but five substantial buildings have
been erected. the greater number Of new
Corners living in tents. Tents and small
huts, however, We're arranged by the
thousand in regular streets and we'll es-
tablished towns had been created with
banks and stores of all descriptions.