The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-19
TORNADO.
GOliad, Texas, Wiped Out in
Five Minutes.
Cut a SWath Two Blocks Wide
and a Mile Long.
80 PERSONS KILLED.
Injured Estimated at More Than
One Hundred.
Eight Blocks of Business Houses
Blown Down.
Other Portions of the State
Damaged Less Severely.

Dallas, Tex, May 19.-The death-deal-
ing storm that swept over Texas yester-
day afternoon snuffed out the lives OF
at least 90 persons. injured over 100, and
left the historic little town of Goliad a
gaping wreck. Within five minutes the
terrible work of the tornado was done
and those who were lucky enough to
escape with their lives ran to the work
of rescue The survivors at Goliad are
too dazed to estimate the property loss,
but a strip of the town two blocks wide
and one mile long was swept. The
damage is heavy. Dead and dying ami
mails are mixed with the debris that
marks the path of the storm. The in
jured are being cared for this morning
by physicians and nurses who arrived
on special trains late last night.
No names of the dead or injured have
been received here. The storm which
swept Goliad destroyed much property
in other portions of the state, but SO
far as known no lives We're lost. Short
ly after noon the storm struck San An
tonic and demolished property to the
extent of $4,000 and injured several
persons, none seriously.
Austin also suffered considerable
property loss
At Mineola a wind storm, followed by
rain, uprooted hundreds of shade trees
and blew several houses from their
founda tions. A Mrs. Willingham was
injured. Heavy rains fell throughout
the western portion of the state and
will help crops materially The Pan
| handle especially was drenched.
Houston, Tex, May 19.-RepOrts re-
| ceived here by telegraph and telephone
| indicate that the northern or western
portion of the town Of Goliad has been
! swept away by tornado and that from
| so to 100 people have been killed.
The long distance operator at Houston
was in connection with GoHad at
| O'Clock, but beyond the fact that pari
of the town had been blown away ano
/ that many persons had been killed ane
| injured, no other particulars were OBJ
| tanned.
Considerable damage has also beer
| done at Beeville by high winds. Botf
| towns are close to the gulf coast and all
telegraph wires by two routes arg
| down.
A telegram from Supt Forbes of the
/ New York, Texas & Mexican, to Gen
| eral Manager Van Week, in this city
says that eight blocks of business
| houses were blown down at GOllad
/ Thirty negroes and tWenty-Seyen white
people were killed and IS or so Others
San Antonio. Tex, May 1s.-At 12.4s
! o'clock Sunday afternoon a terrible
| wind and rain storm swept over San
| Antonio, damaging property not less
| than $500 and it may reach $4,000
/ The wind reached a velocity of Y miles
an hour. and continued at that rate for
nearly 20 minutes. It blew from the
! southeast and then shifted to the
/ southwest, the greatest velocity being
/ from the latter point.
At Fort Sam Houston. government
property was damaged to the extent OF
| $40 0O0 the doors being torn from the
| officers quarters and barracks
The West End church was completely
| destroyed loss $1,000, Hartwells hote
was damaged $1,000; St. Louis college
| was damaged S6.000 Academy of the
! Lady of the Sacred Heart was damaged
81 600.
Damage to private residences will
| reach at least 100000.
Several persons We're injured, but there
Mineoia, Tex, May ia heavy wind
| storm followed by rain visited MineOla.
| Hundreds of shade trees We're blown ur
| by the roots and otherwise badly dam
! aged. Several houses were blown from
| their foundations and were OtherWi ise
badly damaged. Roofs of several stores
We're badly damaged, causing heavy losses
in stocks OF goods.
| There was no loss of life.
Dallas. Tex. May 1s.-An wires tc
Shreveport and Texarkana are down. and
that district was reached by a portion oi
the big storm which swept over Texas
! It is thought, however, that no loss Of
life has resulted, although the property
damage may be heavy.