The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-23
DEA1H.DEAuNG TORNADO.
The Historic and Beautiful Town OK
Goliad, in South Texas, Q Vic
tim Of the Winds Fury.
sEvEMTY.FIvE KILLED; MANY INJURED.
In IN Area Two Hundred and Fifty har"s
Wide and Mile Long Only One House
Left standing surrounding Towns Sent
EeIicf-Pzrtiai List Of Dead And In
lured.

Goliad, Tex, May ls.-At quarter
to four this afternoon, cyclone
struck the beautiful and historic
town of Goliad. and left death and
desolation in its pathway beyond the
power Of pen 10 portray
The sight which met the eye in the
western part Of the city was APP
palling. Between Church and Patri-
clio streets. which run north and
south a distance of mile in length,
only one house was left standing
and scarcely a vestige of many could
be seen.
Very little damage was done except
within these boundaries, width OF
ESQ yards.
The section which suffered was the
residence portion. the lower part be-
ing the new settlement. while the
upper part contained many fine resi-
dcnces. The Methodist and Baptist
churches and the Baptist parsonage.
both just completed. and the negro
Methodist church were destroyed.
The Episcopal church was badly dam
aged. and fully one hundred houses
totally destroyed. The stone res
dence Of Il. +. Davis was the only
building in the pathway Of the storm
not demolished. and il is a wreck.
General Superintendent Forbes
stopped the regular Beeville train at
Goliad. and turned it back 10 Vie
six doctors from there and an abund-
ance of medicines and surgical appli-
ances.
Another train came later from Gu
REQ with the same number of physi
clans and dozens Of nurses and many
citizens. Meanwhile the citizens here
had effected as systematic an organ
ization as possible and provided tenn
I porary morgues here.
The courthouse. the hotels. public
places, Davis. residence and several
other places were utilized for the
w lllttS- Dtk loNS Ntit Wtii taito
for.
The noise Of the storm was terrifv-
ing. Timbers were flying in every di-
recfion: giant trees were RACED 10
the ground: cattle and horses were
driven against and wrapped around
trees. The Iron county bridge across
the San Antonio river was torn in
two. while debris from the river bank
covered the houses in town.
The property loss is estimated at
fully $4,000. The funnel-shaped
cloud which usually preccdes such
disasters was not seen.
1t is known that there was no loss
Of life north Of here. and il is not
believed there was any except right
in the city. The following is a list
Of the dead and injured:
White Dead.
Mrs. johnson. aged 60. Margaret
Pope. aged :. Start Deal. Pinkie Lott.
daughter II William Lott. Mrs. Py
Purl and two children. Maud and
Alice. Two Augustine children. Mrs
Itapple and all children. except one
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Hoad and three
children. Joe Savage and child. Far
rinell and Phosa savage. Mr.. New
comb. wife and child. Mr.. Smith. Of
Rockporf. who was visiting his
daughter here. Mrs. Harrison and
little boy Riby Maddox and Maddo,
baby. Mrs. Casey. Maud Casey. p
Haring.
Negro DEAD
Beline Jefferson. Mollie Lott. Ter
relI Hall. Rufus Taylor. Clayton Tay
Tor. Floyd Lott. Gussie Windey ans
baby. Topsy Tippen. Fanny Taylor
Pauline Lott. Fannie Robinson. Al
fred Robinson. Gussie Gordon. Joe
Simon. Gift Douglass. Fill Tredwell
George Taylor. VIII Weston and TIVE
children. John Barefield. Ethel Bare
field. George Paste and baby. Jo'
Smidt. HAYWOOD Jones.
Thirteen unidentified.
Making AZ negro dead recovered.
There were SO negroes injured
many fatally.
Fifteen persons are missing.
Injured.
w. II. Maddox. both legs broke'
and injured about the head; probabi
: fatal. Mr. and Mrs. l.. y. Nandale
and two children; none fatally. Mrs
q. l.. Pape: leg broken and other IN
juries; very serious. Maddox chill
, injured. Miss Beulah Dial. Wiliiar
. Lott: ribs broken; not serious. Wa
: ter and Stewart Lott; legs broker
Mr.. and Mrs. John Augustine; hadl
/, hurt. Mrs. Joe Savage; internal il