Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-30
TOWN SWEPT AWAY
Glenrose, Texas, Almost Completely
Wrecked by Tornado,
EIGHT PERSONS KNOWN TO Be KILLED
List Of the Injured is Placed at from
Forty to Fifty.
PROPERTY LOSS QUARTER OF MILLION
Wind Strikes Business Center, Destroying
0ne-Third of Stores.
DWELLING HOUSES TORN TO SPLINTERs
Fatal storm sweeps Down n valley
TO town, Leaving Complete Ruin
and Disaster In It's
wake.

DALLAS. Tex. April ga dispatch from
Granbury, Tex. confirms the report Of
damage done at Glenrose by a tornado
yesterday. One additional desth--making
a total Of eight-is reported and three OF
the injured probably will die. The re-
vlsed list OF dead follows:
MRS CARL MILAN.
Two-YEAR-oLD DAUGHTER OF J. r.
MILAN.
REV. MP, FORD. pastor of the Methodist
church.
MISS MAE CONNELL
- MUDGROvE, boy.
MRS. GAGE.
MRS. FAGG.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN.
Fatally Injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Infant OF Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Trice
There were ifty-seven persons injured.
but with the exception OF those mentioned
as fatally hurt, It is thought all will re-
cover. In Glenrose thirty three buildings
were destroyed More than / 900 persons
are homeless and destitute.
Relief parties have started from Gran
bury with medicines and other supplies
and accompanied by several physicians.
The tornado literally devastated farm prop
erty and crops for distance of five miles
north OF Glenrose and seven miles south.
but no fatalities or serious injuries are re-
ported outside Of the town of Glenrose.
Seven OF the dead were buried at Glen.
rose today and the body OF Mrs. Milan was
sent to weatherford for interment.
Tornado sweeps Down Valley.
Glenrose is located on the Paluxy river, IN
a valley. The tornado came down the val
ley, sweeping everything before It. II
struck the town In the business district
and about one-third OF the stores were
wrecked.
A hard rain succeeded the storm and
stocks were ruined, damaging what had
not been destroyed by the wind. The
western portion OF the residence section
of the town was struck. Here we're located
most Of the fine residences. The town
being a small one. but a noted health re-
sort. some Of tbe houses were commodlous
and we'll furnished.
The frame houses we're simply torn
Rsunder and scattered. Their inmates had
no warning of the impending calamity and
II was here that all the fatalities occurred.
There we're many miraculous escapes and
many failed to escape. How many, cannot
be told until communication has been 10.
opened.
The residence Of Mrs. Connell, one q
those wrecked. caught fire and, with two
others, was burned.
Heavy Property Loss
The property loss is roughly estimated
at $25O,oOO. II may prove to be much
greater when all the facts are known, for
there are undoubtedly other sections which
have been devastated up and down the
river. 1t may be several days before the
entire story of the disaster is known.
The town is cut of from wire communi-
cation and all the facts have come from
neighboring towns which have been reached
by refugees, who cannot tell all the facts,
as they are in quest Of assistance for their
stricken people.
Glenrose is the county seat OF SomerYell
county and has a population OF about 500
people 1t is a noted health resort, there
being many springs and wells with medici-
nal qualities. II Is this which has caused
a number Of fine residences to be built by
people OF means, who have taken UP their
abode there. and this fact adds TO the
property loss very materially.
The Fort Worth g. Rio Grands will run a
special train to the stricken town this
morning. Aboard will be supplies for the
sufferers. This train will also pick up other
supplies and relief parties at places along
the line. Those whose homes have been
spared are doing all in their power for the
homeless, but, according to reports here
there are many OF the latter.
Destructive Winds in Kansas.
PLEAsANToN, Kan, April ga tor
nado passed through this county last night
and demolished many houses and barns
The house OF William Foutz, a farmer, was
destroyed and Foutz was fatally injured
Three others in the Foutz family were
badly hurt. Much loss among livestock re-
| suited from the storm.
WICHITA, Kan, April pa heavy cleo
trio storm is coming from the south to-
night and the sky is black with rain clouds.
II is probable that the wheat belt will be
soaked before morning Fearful lightning