The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-05-20
over A HUNDRED DEAD
Victims of the Goliad Disaster In
crease Instead Of Decrease
INJURED ARE MANY
Z: L Believed Over 100 Wee Wounded
Some SeriOusly-The property Loss
win Reach S125, O00-MOst
Victims Are Negroes.

Goliad, Tex, May 20-There is not
any reliable computation which will
show the number of people killed by
Sundays cyclone. All that is known
is that SO white and 81 black corpses
have been buried. The bodies of one
white person and of eight Mexicans
were found Monday afternoon II is
believed the number Of injured ex
ceeds 100. The property loss is esti.
mated at SIS, 900.
Up to Monday evening no syste
matte work was done TO ascertain the
correct number of dead. The work
of relieveing the injured and buryine
the dead receives first consideration.
The hotels keep the tables all the
time set and the workers when they
become hungry or thirsty go to the
nearest and partake of whatever is
being served.
Eye witnesses TO the terrible storm
say that no more than six or seven
INMATES elapsed during all the stoFm
and that not over two minutes were
consumed in the work Of destruction
The gruuad where the storm passed
looks like q space over which food
sRept
Three special trains were run here
Monday bearing doctors. nurses. sur
Eicsl sslpplses and burial gooda The
work OF attending TO the wants Of the
inIu-ed As being carried on by large
nambers of men and women from the
surrounding towns and country.
The stormswept section extends
from the bridge ON the San Antonio
river in a northeasterly direction a
distance or about two miles, and ia
In width abOnt 35u yards. 1t presents
q desofate appearance. The domesu'
Gated animals thu: survived present
sorry picture and small fragments
present all THAI Is left OF many very
nice homes.
The following Ia q partial lisa OF
those most sincerely hurt:
MyH l. W. Chiffon, wife OF In. l.
W. Chiffon, bruised in head, ao1oman
and Internally; will recover.
Katie Chiffon. daughter of Dr.. Chh-
Inn. scalp wound and bFuised in limits !;
not serious
Warren Chiffon found completely
covered in a pile Of brick and rock;
miraculously escaped With slight
bruises.
Four-year-ofd son Of Leonard Won
6ohIen right thigh fractured. left knee
nearly cut on.
Mrs. L. A. Parker, slightly bruised
Miss Leila Parker. finger broken IN
two places.
John Alexander, badly bruised.
Infant daughter Of John Alexander
arm broken.
Rev. B. H. Passmore severe bruises
Mrs. Gaddis, daughter Of Rev. Pass
more, thigh out of place, bruises-
Mrs. Kate Savage, badly bruised IL
back.
Mrs. Irene Angerstein, skull, arm
and leg broken; very serious.
Miss Claude Mathis, daughter of d
s. Mathis, internally and head; IN
jurfes very serious.
Ftve-yeaP-oId-son Of Mr.. Vondohlen
thigh broken and heaFy cash ON leg
Miss Mary Harrison, aged IA, arm
broken. back hurt. head badly bruised
condition serious.
J. B. Hafnmann. carpenter, Internal
" hurt; may recover; little finger am
putated.
Clyde Harrison, teamsteF, wounded
In head and thigh
B. 3. Mathis, farmer, left wrist anc
fingers broken, badly hurt inside ana
back Of head.
w. ]. Purl, aged go. skull crushed
lsft instep broken, badly bruised
John Angerstein. right forearm
broken, left arm crushed. also elboU
I'D TO shoulder. head badly bruisari
may not recover.
walter Purl, scalp wounded ana
| thigh bruised.
w. ". Lott, badly bruised
Mrs. w. w. Lott, badly bruised
viii fecove9.
aalter Lott, leg broken
Angelina a1oft, arm broken and hear
cut arm broken in same place weet
ago by horse falling on him
Stearet Lott, leg broken IN two
places.
Lee Lott, aged 7 years. bruised about
body.
r. D. Newcomb, scantling run
through calf OF right leg and badly
bruised; may recover.
Mrs. r. D. Newccmh, head hurt and
bruises generally.
Irtre Newcomb, aged Ii years. Left
leg amputated below the knee.
Mrs. J. b. Hermann, skull fractured
Four-yea=-old son of ]. B. Hetnm2nn
fractured leg.
Miss Willie Goode. arm badly hurt
and bruised.
Mrs. Callie Goode. hurt about head.
Miss Sallte eileen Of BelleY1lle, arm
fractured.
Pauline Haring, cash in head