Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-05-22
D[AIHDEAL|NG TORNADO.
The Historic and Beautiful Town Of
Goliad. in South Texas, a Vic
tim of the Winds Fury.
SEVENTY-FIVE KILLED; MANY INJURED,
In an Area Two Hundred and Fifty Yards
Wide and a Mile Long Only One House
Left Standing Surrounding Towns Sent
Relief-PartiaI List of Dead and In
iured,

Goliad, Tex, May 1S.-At a quarter
to four this afternoon, a cyclone
struck the beautiful and historic
town of Goliad, and left death and
desolation in its pathway beyond the
power of pen to 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 a 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, a 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-.
dences. The Methodist and Baptist
churches and the Baptist parsonage,
both just completed, and the negro
Methodist church we're destroyed,
The Episcopal church was badly dam.
aged, and fully one hundred houses
totally destroyed. The stone res.-
dence of r. Il. Davis was the only
building in the pathway of the storm
not demolished, and it is a wreck.
General superintendent Forbes
stopped the regular Beeville train at
Goliad, and turned it back to Vie
toria, bringing on the return train
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
had effected as systematic an organ
ization as possible and provided tenn
porary morgues here.
The courthouse, the hotels, public
places, Davis, residence and several
other places were utilized for the
whites. The negroes were well cared
for.
The noise of the storm was terrify-
ing. Timbers were flying in every di-
rection; giant trees were RACED to
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 $50,O 0 The funnel-shaped
cloud which usually precedes such
disasters was not seen.
1t is known that there was no loss
of life north of here, and it 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 8. Start Deal. Pinkie Lott,
daughter of William Lott. Mrs. Ply
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
Rockport, who was visiting his
daughter here. Mrs. Harrison and
little boy. Riby Maddox and Maddox
baby. Mrs. Casey. Maud Casey. P
Haring.
Beline jefferson, Mollie Lott, Ter
rell Hall, Rufus Taylor, Clayton Tay
Tor, Floyd Lott, Gussie Windey and
baby, Topsy Tippen, Fanny Taylor
Pauline Lott, Fannie Robinson, AL
fred Robinson, Gussie Gordon, ice
Simon, Gift Douglass, Bill Tredwel,
George Taylor, Will Weston, and two
children, John Barefield, Ethel Bare
field. George Paste and baby, Joe
Smidt, HAYWOOD Jones.
Thirteen unidentified.
Making AZ negro dead recovered.
There were SO negroes injured
many fatally.
Fifteen persons are missing.
Injured.
w. Fl. Maddox, both legs broker
and injured about the head; probable
fatal. Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Vandalel
and two children; none fatally. Mrs
G. +. Pape; leg broken and other in
iuries; very serious. Maddox chile
injured. Miss Beulah Dial. William
Lott; ribs broken; not serious. Wal
ter and Stewart Lott; legs broken
Mr.. and Mrs. John Augustine; badl,
hurt. Mrs. Joe Savage; internal in
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