Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-19
NINETY DE \
A Texas STORM
Terrible Destruction of Life and
Property Wrought by the
Wind.
Historical Town OF Galiad, Tex,
the Scene OF Tornado
Disaster.
Ninety People Killed Outright
and Others Will Die.-Other
Towns Damaged.

Dallas, Texas, May 19.-The death
dealing storm which swept over the
state yesterday afternoon snuffed out
the lives of at least ninety persons
injured over one hundred and left the
historical little town of Goliad a gaping
wreck. Within five minutes after the
terrible wreck Of the tornado was done.
those who were lucky enough to es-
cape with their lives ran to the work
of rescue. The survivors at Goliad are
too dazed to estimate the property
loss, but strip of the town two
blocks wide and a mile long was
swept The damage is heavy. Dead
and dying animals are mixed with the
debris which marks the path of the
storm. The injured are being cares
for today by physicians and nurse
who arrived on special trains late last
night. A partial list of the dead
whites:
Margaret Pope. y
Stuart Dial.
Pinkie Lott.
Mrs. Purl and two children.
Two Augustine children.
Mrs. Stopple and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billboard and threa
children.
Joe Savage and child, Phosa Savage,
Mr. Newcomb, wife and child.
Bill Threadwell.
Haywood Jones.
There are at least forty-five dead
negroes and over fifty others injured.
many fatally. Several of the injured
whites will die,
The storm destroyed much propert
far as known no lives were lost.
Shortly after noon, tie storm struck
San Antonio and demolished property
to the extent of possibly seventy-five
thousand and injured several persons,
more seriously. Austin also suffered
considerable property loss.
San Antonio, Tex, May 19.-Two
hundred people were killed by a tor
nado at Goliad, Tex, yesterday, hun-
dreds wounded, great property damage
done and half the town destroyed.
The tornado struck the town late in
the afternoon, travelling in a northeast
erly direction. Beyond a marked fall
in temperature and the lowering clouds
hnged with green, no warming Of the
calamity was given. The storm struck
Goliad almost in the heart of the city,
and wrecked buildings as if they were
OF cardboard
Both telegraph and and telephone
wires went down at Z o'clock, when the
above meager facts We're received, and
all efforts to effect communication with
the stricken city have failed.
In this city the storm was diveSted OF
it's cyclonic nature, and turned to a
heavy rainStorm accompanied by
terrific wind. Several persons were in
jured, but no fatalities are reported.
Scores of buildings were wrecked, and
the property loss is placed at $4,000.
The wind reached velocity of sev-
erty-two miles an hour and continued
ct that rate for nearly twenty minutes.
1t blew from the southeast and then
shifted to the southwest, the greatest
velocity being from the latter point. At
Fort Sam Houston government prop
erty was damaged to the extent OF
$4,000 the doors being torn off the of
ficers' headquarters and barracks. The
West End church was destroyed, caus-
ing loss of $4,000. Hartwell's Hotel
was damaged to the extent Of $4,000.
Damage to private residences will reach
$4,000.
Advices received here show the whole
state to have been storm swept.
The territory Immediately to the west
of Austin was badly damaged by the
high winds. Walters Park, small
hamlet fourteen miles to the northwest
of Austin, was badly damaged, some
thing like three score or more houses
being blown down and many trees up-
rooted.
In Austin number of houses were
unroofed and the state institution for
the blind was considerably damaged,
tho none of the inmates was injured. A
number of camping parties at various
points up the river were serious suffer-
ars in the matter of destruction of
but so far as known no loss
Of life is reported.
Considerable damage was also done
at Beeville town close to the gulf
coast, near Goliad.
Ferryboats in Collision.
New York, May 19.-The Staten
island ferryboat Middletown was In a
collision this morning with the steam
-acht Aileen during a. heavy fog The