The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-07
TWENTY-SIX
 KNoy'N DEAD Result e lhe Tornado in / Texas: FIF'A OTHERS INJURED Property Loss Is Estimated al
 $200, ,000. Several of states Most Valuable Farms ia Direct Path of Wind. Which Spent Its Force in About
 Thirty Minutes.

Fort Worth, Tex, July 6.-Twenty- six persons are known to have been killed and fifty injuSed by the tornado which swept over a portion of Mon- tague County. in the northern part of this State, yesterday afternoon. The property loss will probably total $2o0,- 900.
 Following is a revised list of the dead:
 A. P. Earle, Sadie Earle. Buck Earle, infant of Lawrence Pillow. Mir. Tomlinson, his wife and four chil- dren: Mrs. c. c. Shackelford. Linnie Shackelford. Mrs. s. l.. Tumleson. three children of Mrs. Tumleson; Mrs. Mary Lester. four children of Mrs. Lester: Caleb White. Mrs. c. H. Will Hams. Frank Eakin; two unknown persons at Jacksboro. Among the moro seriously injured are:
 Miss NJ. Potts. may die: c. C. Shack elford. four Shackelfprd children. seri- l ously hurt; Clairborn White. may die; Miss Annie Austin, J. B. Wood and
 Frank Wood.
 The tornado made its appearance near Nocona at 3:3o o'clock in the af- ternoon from a cone shaped. greenisn | cloud. The force of the wind swept everything in its path. Small houses were lifted from their foundations and carried many yards Other structures
 were blown down and in many instan- ces their occupants were caught in the
 crashing timbers.
 The storm traversed an area about
 three miles w.de and fifteen miles in
 length. Crops were beaten to the
 ground and live stock suffered severe
 iy. hundreds of cattle being k,;.sd or
 maimed Churches Biown Down. | The Methodist and Baptist churches at Belcher were blown to the ground
 but so far as can be learned no loss of life occurred there The Long Branch school house, four miles west of Montague, was destroyed and the Dixie school house. six miles south was demolished. The students in both these schools escaped serious injuries. A rural mail carrier was enveloped in the deluge of wind anu dirt. His horse was killed outright. his wagon was destroyed and the mail in his pos session was scattered in every direc- tion. The man. however. sustained no | injury. | Several of the most valuable farms | In upper Texas were directly in the path of the storm and the death list | is largely made up of country people. Nocona was the only town that suf- fered materially. the tornado claiming mediate vicinity.
 Many houses were damaged in Mon- tague and the loss there will be con- siderable. The county court house sustained the loss of its roof and three churches were partially destroyed.
 The tornado travelled in a south- easterly direction and spent its force in about half an hour. The funerals of the victims of the
 tornado took place at Montague and Nocona today.
 Steps to aid the stricken people were taken today at a meeting held at Mon tasue, which was attended by 300 per-
 sons. relief committee was created and the sum of s450 in cash was rais- ed.
 A dispatch from Mineral Wells says
 that the village of Whit, twelve miles north of that place, was struck by T tornado Thursday evening and nearly every building severely damaged. No
 lives were last. Wires arc down and further particulars are unobtainable.