The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-05-01
CYCLONE WAS AWFUL
Both Of the Laredos Victims Of the
Nrathful Wind.
TW ENTY-ONE KILLED
buildings We're Demolished and a
Number Of Others Also Lost
Their Roofs, While Wires
Are Frustrated.

laredo. May Never before has
tbs city has experienced a worse ey-
cione taan that Of Friday night. While
fuzzy 100 persons were injured, 1t is
believed that sixteen will covtr the
death list in this city and I'VE at New
Laredo, across the Rio Granae. De-
spite tie great havoc wrought by the
sina, causing the unrooiing OF many
buildings and demolishing. small ones
Laredo is beginning To assume its Gus
omary appearance Large forces of
laborers are cleaning away the debris
which has filled tie streets. The
Western Union Telegraph company has
re-esrtblished communication with san
Antonio aud the electric light COM
pany hes its lights again burning Ii
VIE be several menths before the In
ternauonal foot bridge can Toe recon
structed and in the meantime the only
means of reaching the sister city of
New Laredo In skiffs
Conditions just previous to the
storm were very peculiar A low
black cloud suddenly appeared from
the southwest and rain began TO fall
almost Immediately.
Suddenly flash OF lightning lit up
the scene, showing clouds hanging low
over the housetops. A wind began To
set Dust in a whirl The lightning iu
a few minutes WAS almost "a continuous
display and the thunder broke over
the town like a thousand guns pounding
out mighty chorus. Trees began TO
bend Under the strengthening breeze
over the heart Of the city carrying the
roofs off the hats Of the suburbs A
group OF men saw one roof being spun
by giant hand and then the lightning
and tEnndes seemed TO combine in a
magnificent climax. Houses were
swept away as IL they were structures
of cardboard Roofs were carried away.
trees were torn up by the roots The
telegraph poles were snapped. wagons
were snatched from the streets ard car
ried, ia some instances. to the city linn
its
The strength OF the wind was ter
rife. There WAS absolutely no escape
and the population simply covered in
their houses and trusted To fate.
Th.s huts occupied by the negroes
and poor Aexteana we're first destroy
ed, Nearly all of them were blown fiat.
but many Of them were lifted like huge
oeehiyes and carried for miles Every
telegra ph and telephone wire in the
city was broken. The wind whipped
the roof OF the telephone building and
reached down in the structure. caught
the big exchange board and whlrlesi IL
around the operating room
Incoming passengers from Mexico
state that the storm was very severe
IN the neighborhood Of Ianpas.as but
that no loss Of life resulted
Leaving out the hundreds 81 houses
wholly or partially unroofed ANA tire
immense damage done 10 the contents
Of dwellings by the floods OF water
that poured In b. the fye~4uch rain
fan the accompanied the storm the
larger Items OF cost car be enumerated
as follows.
Fort Mcintosh. $4,000. ST Peters
cathedral $1,000: AZ McDauiel's resi-
denee, wrecked sfogg. bFickyaris "a
600. International trttnway bridge
$4,000; Eichter's department store
tioual SHOPS $4,000. Hotels Hamilton
and Ross e289h. WaterWurks $4,000
Zee factory $500: electric tight and
street lines s50Rs Southwestern Tele-
phone company. $500 pumping sta
lions and houses ou onieH farms $1,000:
the Laredo Methodist Missionary scsu-
inary $4,000
II ~ impoE" hle ~ get a correct ssii-
mate ~ the heavy i0ss sustained In
New T. redo which was considerable