Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-05-23
WRECKED BY Wind.
Fort Worth Was In the Path OF q
Terrific Blow.
ONE LIFE WAS LOST.
Part Of Wall al Passenger station
Fell on ]. n. Young, a Train
Dispatcher, and Crushed
Him 10 Death.

Fort worth. May ga terrific wind
storm passed over this city about !
o'clock Sunday night. causing the death
OF one man and doing considerable
damage to property. J. II. Young. tel
egraph dispatcher at the Texas and
Pacific passenger station for the Rie
Grande division. was the victim.
When the wind was at its height
Young was at his desk with Ernest
Neis. the eallboy. Young Neis remark
ed that they had better get II OF the
wall to the station on the southwest
corner would fall ON them. Young
iaughingly remarked that their hats
would catch all the damage. whereupon
Ncis walked away and Young got uT
from his key and started across the
room when the wall fell. crushing him
from the neck down. causing instant
death.
He had been with the Texas anu Pa
cifc company for over fifteen years and
mas a nanny was AeAAN NaffNt
years OF age.
AZ $3.50 o'clock the weather bureau
office report shows the wind blew six
ty-fve miles per hour and two minutes
later Il attained a velocity Of seventy
miles. A heavy downpour Of rain set
In lasting several minutes after the
wind had ceased.
The Pullman company's ONCE. In the
westesn portion of the TEXAS and Pa
cific passen ger station. was wrecked.
on Houston street buggy driven ! >
ladies' was taken from the ground and
turned completely over without serious
injury 10 the occupants. Up and down
Main street awnings were twisted and
torn from the buildings and were sent
whirling into the street.
Thick. heavy plate glasses were
broken In by reason OF the terrific wind
alone. and telegraph and telephone
poles IN different parts Of the city were
blown down.
One of the heavy plate glasses broken
was that TO the north side OF the en-
trance 90 the Cotton Belt city once IN
the Fort Worth National bank build
ing. az the corner Of Fifth and Main
streets. with all doors 10 the room
closed tightly the wind was 40 sewers
as 20 draw the glass out OF lts frame.
A portion of the heavy copper cornice
on the sevent.. story of this building
was torn away. falling 20 the ground
and another part left twisted and hang
ing from the roof OF the structure
Trash cans along the sidewalks were
a
rife rate of speed.
People on the streets became panic.
stricken. some crying out that the city
would be destros Jed.
over 1000 of the local telephones were
dead after the storm. Nineteen of ths
long distance wires were out of com.
mission
live electrical wires were broken. af
result of which a horse driven by q
Mr. Buckley. was killed. Two men ant
n child were IN the vehicle. the chile
receiving a stunning shock.
The St James colored Baptist church
a frame building IN the eastern part
Of the city, T. badly damaged. The
congregation waE dismissed just IN tim,
90 avoid injuries
one Of the chimneys of the Broad.
way Presbyterian church In which the
Presbyterian general assembly is be-.
ing held. was blown down and the slate
roof considerably damaged.
At the First Methodist church parts
OF the tin roof were carried away and
the congregation took refuge In the par.
sonage adjoiningg
The Wells Mission church. a small
frame structure N the western part ci
the city. was blown on its foundation
The Denver train from the north
reached the city two hours late. ant
was forced 20 run every slowly be.
tween here and Rhome on account
OF the high wind. The passengers be.
came charmed AZ times
The roof of the cotton compress was
badly damaged.
Two coal cars were blown Of the
Rock Island coal chute. blocking the
tracks 30 that trains were unable "a
deposit passengers in the city.
A number Of residences on the North
Side were blown from their founda'
tlons
The roofs Of the Grand hotel. In Esasi
weatherford. and the Johnson House
IN West Bluff street. were torn away
The Second ward school building wai
partially wrecked
on the South Side number ot chin.
neys were blown down by the wind.
Reports received from the ouilyinf
districts 10 Fort Worth are 10 the ef-
feet that cyclonic storm prevailed;
that considerable damage was done te
property. but that no lives were lost
nor houses blown down.