Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1905-05-05
TORNADO in TEXAS
SIXTEEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED
AT LAREDO, TEXAS.
Storm Tore Through City During the
Nisht-scores of People Injured and
the Property Loss viii Be Enormous
Railroad Coaches Blown Over
Bridges Are Also Wrecked.

Sixteen people were killed and many
injured in Laredo, Texas, by lorna
do which tore through the city late at
night. Rumors of others killed in
places OUTSIDE LAREDO are heard, but
as yet lack confirmation. The prop
erty damage is large.
Not one of the group of magnif-
cent buildings which go to make up
Laredo seminary escaped injury. The
escape from death of the teachers
quartered in the institution is consid-
cred miraculous, as the walls of some
of the buildings which they occupied
were demolished. Mrs. Eastley, one
of the teachers, was heroically rescued
by several cadet students of the in
stitution, they lowering her by a rope
from a second story. She was badly
bruised.
Fifty railroad coaches belonging to
the International & Great Northern
and Mexican National railroads were
blown over. 1t is estimated that over
$50 houses were blown down by the
storm.
Streets Filled With Debris.
The streets are practically impas-
sable, being covered with debris of all
a kinds. The spans of the International
). footbridge across the Rio Grande river
y were blown down on the Mexican side
It of the river and communication, ex-
e cept by means of slnffs, is cut off. New
d Laredo suffered severely. One of the
y buildings destroyed is the new Con-
cordia hail. which was used as an
opera house.
The roofs of the Hamilton and Ross
st hotels of the city were removed by
the wind. The tower of the city hall
partially built, was damaged and will
have to be rebuilt.
t. The roof of the Mexican National
20 hospital building was lifted, and it viii
10 require much time to repair the build
DO ing for patients.
% A trip through the town fails II
show a locality that has not suffered
# more or less from the storm. Trees
"A fences, telegraph and telephone poles
sc corrugated roofs, chimneys and wall
80 and debris of all kinds strew tn
60 streets.
SO New Laredo Also Suffers.
81 Conditions in New Laredo, acros
the Rio Grande river, are similar.
ut. is not officially known how many dea
90 or injured there are at that city, bu
"a 5 known dead, added to the list of dea
800 on this side of the river, would brin
800 the number of dead in both cities up I
1919 81 persons.
At The storm made its appearance frol
300 the southwest in the neighborhood I
Lampases, Mexico, 70 miles from La
.nt edo, and it is reported that great have
sac was wrought in that locality, althoue
600 it is not thought that any loss of Iii
522 resulted there.
$50 Huts LeveIed by the Score.
DO When the storm struck the city Il
ooO huts occupied by the poorer class
foO were the first to be leveled to Il
zol ground, but as the wind increased
iza force the more substantially constru'
CSC ed buildings were unroofed and
on many cases were demolished.
ties The lightning flashed wildly al
sa1+ continuously, adding to the fears
and the people. The storm lasted about
hour.
a11v The Mexican National railroad h
or temporarily abandoned its trains
noe account of lack of telegraph wiz
-. over which to arrange meeting poin