The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-05-12
100 KILLED AM
100 ARE |NJUH
hardly a liouse Left Standid7
SNYDER, Okla
TORNADO'S AWFUL W(
PEOPLE heard IT COMING i
DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GE
TO THEIR STORM Gel.
LARS.


Guthie, Okla, Mag ii.-Of id
oorts Of the ornado stricken to
Snyder. Oklahoma. place tle iii
dead At IS. Other raors aus
his figure 10 100 II is highiy
1hle that the death lis when d
ltely tabulated viii reach isA.
OF hose injured there ara III
5eports reaching from no % 1so.
storm formed near the Tezas lina
It's path extended II northeas erly
rection for evor 40 mi les causing
age at olustee and other small %
and In the country as well as at
der. Repor s indicate that tie
nalties outside Of snyder win Il
gate over rs and may go higher
More than 100 others snffered
severe injuries. Pelief Is being
from neighboring towns From
homa City today we're sent iis0
10 dig graves and seek dead still
The ruins and also a dozen undo.
iers with 100 coftins. Offers of III
eial ass stance have come from
ncraus cities. Governor FergusoSj
Oklahoma, has issued a proclamal
calling attention to the needs III
stricken town. To add 10 the gen@
confusion ana distress after the
nado bad passed fire broke ont
burned up MI that remained of
buildings on the business blocks.
FIRST TRAIN FROM THE TOW
Vernon. Tex, May III The |
train firm Snyder since tha torF
struck that town last night arrises
this afternoon. Passengers ii
train gave u a coFresponsleAt III
Associated Press the story ef the h
full loss Of life and property siessi
ton Seventy-eight were killed
$50 injured.
Nothing Is Left.
Snyder is about mile square.
tornado struck the town Just Ii
wet Of the southwest corner of
township, It's pathway Was al
half a mile wide and in this strs
there is not q vestage of anyth ng
and in places the ground Ii liter
ployed up. TO the west Of the s
way everything IS devastated with
exception Of one or two 1T ne sto
The course Of the tornado was
northeast,
Snyder IL crossed by vwo tracks
! the Frisco system. One traverses
town iust little north Of its oel
and runs east and west. The 81
runs nj rth and south about half
between the center Of the town
the eastern edge. Not thing rem
north and west of the Junction
these tracks except the depot huils
and water tank, both twisted.
Couldn't Reach Storm Cellars
The tornado struck the town
7;40 p. m, Just preceding il Il
was heavy rain storm accompai
by vivid flashes Of lightning ana 4
ening thunder Nearly an of
homes In Snyder had storm cei
ana during heavy downpour III
sought shelter in these caliars. r
there was let MP Of perhaps ten
utes, during which time many til
ing that the storm had broken.
their places Of refuge aud returne
their houees. Then with a aeafei
rumbling noise, a funnel shaped 81
dipped to the earth apparently
miles from the togn and with al
ling velocity crashed through
town.
Many were caught between /
houses ana storm cellars and '
Killed outright Others remaineg
their houses and persisted when
houses weer demolished
Stone Round House Disappsare
The immense old stone Fr
7ouud house here was completely
molished and not ST nc thar VA
he structure has yet been lncate
A former dry goods store has |
turned into morgne. This bun,
was literally gutted OF its cont
| and the front OF the building
roof Is gone. The bodies II ha
I IRE put On the too helf of this a
he bodies VI children between 4
10 years are placed on the ses
shelf from the top, the bodies of
lrcn of larger gre With are placed
the third shelf from the top and Il
of adults placed ON the bottom Sh
\ When the bodies are Identified
are taRged