Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-05-02
CYCLONE WAS AWFUL
Both Of the Laredos Victims OF the
Nrathfui Wind.
INVENTIONS KILLED
Buiidinss We're Demolished and 4
Number Of Others Also Lost
Their Roofs, While Wires
Are Frustrated.

LAREDO. May Newer before has
this city has experienced a worse cy-
clone than that OF Friday night. While
fully 100 persons were injured. Il ia
believed that sixteen will cover the
death list In this city and Ave at New
Laredo. across the Rio Grande. De-
spite the great havoc wrought by the
wind. causing the unroonng OF many
buildings and demolishlng small ones.
Laredo Is beginning TO assume its GUS
omary appearance Large forces OF
laborers are cleaning away the debris
which las filed the streets. The
Western Union Telegraph company has
re-esriblished communication with San
Antonio. and the electric light COM
pany has It's lights again burning. II
Will be several months before the In
ternational foot bridge can be recon-
structed. and In the meantime the only
means OF reaching the sister city OF
New Laredo In skiffs.
Conditions Just previous 10 the
storm were very peculiar. A low.
black cloud suddenly appeared from
the southwest and rain began to fall
almost Immediately
Suddenly a flash Of lightning III up
the scene. showing clouds hanging low
over the hOusetops. A wind began 20
set dust I'm a whirl. The lightning In
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 OF the huts OF the suburbs. A
group Of men saw one roof being spun
by a giant hand and then the lightning
and thunder seemed 90 combine IN a
magnificent climax. Houses were
swept away as II they were structures
OF cardboard. Roofs were carried away.
trees were torn w by the roots The
telegraph H1les We're snapped. wagons
were snatched from the streets and car
ried. H. some Instances. TO the city linn
its
The strength q the wind was ter
rife. There was absolutely no escape
and the population simply covered In
their houses and trusted 10 fate.
The huts occupied by the negroes |
and poor MeXicans were first destroy
ed Nearly all Of them were blown flat. |
but many Of them were lifted like huge |
beehives and carried for miles Every
telegraph 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 whirled u !
around the operating room.
Incoming passengers from Mexico |
state that the storm was very severe |
In the nelghborhood % Iampasas but |
that no loss OF life resulted
Leaving out the hundreds OF houses /
wholly or partially unroofed and the |
immense damage done TO the contents
Of dwellings by the floods % water /
that poured In by the hve-inch rain |
fall the accompanied the storm. the
larger items 81 cost can be enumerated ]
as follows.
Fort Mcintosh $4,000 81. Peters
cathedral $1,000. Al McDaniers resi- /
denco. wrecked $1,000. brickyards. So
900. International tramw8y bridge |
i9o00t Bichter's department store.
$4,000 city hail. $500. Mexican Ma
uoual shops $1,000: Hotels Hamilton /
and Ross $4,000. waterworks $4,000: /
ice factory $500; electric light and /
street lines $500. Southwestern Tele- |
phone company. $500. pumping st1- /
lions and houses on onion farms $4,000. /
iha Laredo Methodist Missionary sem
mary $4,000
II is impossible 10 get a correct estl- |
mate of the heavy loss sustained IN !
New Laredo which was considerable.