The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-05-03
DEATH IN ITS PATH
WHOLE TOWN ON MEXICAN
BORDER BLOWN TO
ATOMS.
Twenty. One Are Killed and a Score
Injured-Every Building of
Laredo Seminary Demol-
ished-Teachers Mar
rowly Escape.

rowly Escape.
Laredo, Tex, ApriF29 AT least
III persons were killed and a score
injured in Laredo and New Laredo
by tornado that tore through the
city late last night. Sixteen were
killed here. Rumors of many 9TH
ers killed 10 places outside Laredo
are heard, but ae yet they lack con-
frmation.I Property damage is
large. -Four Of the dead are mem
Ibers Of one family and were work
ling on the ranch of George Wood
man. They were all crushed to-
death by the falling in Of the heavy
walls of the adobe house they occu-
tpied. The others met their fate in
la similar manner.
TIE damage wrought at the La
5(redo Seminary is severe. Not one
lof the group Of buildings that go 10
make up the. institution escaped
damage. The escape from death
of the teachers at present quartered
lin the institution is considered mi
lraculous, as the walls Of some of
1.-THE buildings that they occupied
q were demolished. Mrs. Early, one
lof the teachers, was heroically re-
Ilscued by several young cadets, stu
Fdents Of the institution. they lower
! ling her by a rope from q second
1story window. She was badly
i bruised.
. The Mexican National Hospital
building roof was lifted, and It will
.1reqnire much time to repair the
building.
A trip through the town fails tt
!, show a alocality that has not suffer.
led from the storm. Telegraph ane
:, Telephone poles, corrugated roots
+ chimneys and walls; in fact, debris
. of all imaginable kinds strew th'
, streets. The city authorities are a
\ work clearing away the wreckag'
, of the storm, and tonight the cit,
q began to assume its tranquil ap
. pearance. Linemen are at worl
trying to straighten outthe tangled
y wires, and it is believed that within
two days the electric light servic
! can bs resumed. 1t Is hoped to re
!, establish telegraphic communica
j. ton at least partially within tw
|. days.
n Conditions at New Laredo, acros
the river, are similar to those o.
this side. It is not known no,
"a many dead or injured there are, bu
4 city official of that place, state
- that there are at least FIVE dead.
r. The storm made its appearanc
=. from the southwest In the neigh
!. borhood of Lampas, Mexico, Z
~ miles from this city, and it is sal
that great havoc was wrought i
that locality, although it is nc
thought any loss of life resulted.
=, When the storm struck the cit
II II the houses occupied by the poors
10 classes were the first to be levele
= to the ground, but, as the wind ir
!, creased in force, the more substar
=. tial buildings were uuroofed, an
IL in many cases wsre demolished
The lighting flashed wildly an
~ continually, adding to the feals {
:. the people. The storm lasted abot
. an hour.
- The Mexican National railroa
10 10 has temporarily abandoned il
le trains on account of the lack {
4 = wires over which to arrange NEE
- - ing points.
10 Physicians are busy atteudin
the injured and it is thought 4
g deaths will result. DR.. Fl. J. Han
ol o. iiton, of the United States Marin
- Hospital service, has placed Il
= tents with bedding, etc., at the di
~ posal of the homeless.
8 The weather on Friday was So
~ try, and shortly after 7 o'clock
p the evening a dark low rain-clou
l0 appeared in the southwest. A sho,
time later and with hardly an
AZ warning rain began falling In to
!. a rents, accompanied occasionally b
L. hail. The conditions previous
-. " the storm were so remarkable th'
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