Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-05-11

! Snyder, a thriving town of 1000
persons. situated In the heart Of the
rich Kiowa farming country in Okla
homa, which was thrown open to white
settlement In 1901, was practically
wiped out of existence by tornado
that struck the place last night. UP
to 10 o'clock today no clear estimate
Of the casualties was obtainable, ow-
ing to the confusion In the stricken
town. Conservative estimate places
| the dead at between rs and 100 and
the seriously injured at $50. 1t is be-
lieved that large number of the In
jured will die. In a number of cases
entire families were killed and in al
most every family in the town some
member was injured. Every house in
town, with the exception Of six, is
said to have been either badly wreck
ed or demolished. Many Of them were
blown away. The havoc wrought Is
most complete. The business portion
Is reported destroyed
An important Railroad Town.
Guthrie, OKLA, May Reports re-
ceived here indicate that between
three and four hundred lives have
been lost in the partial destruction of
Snyder, Okla, by a tornado. Com.
munication by wire is interrupted and
details are lacking.
Snyder is town of about 1,500 In.
habitants in Kiowa County, Oklahoma,
In the country opened for white settle
ment In 1901. The town was laid out
largely by the st. Louis and San
Francisco Railway at the junction of
two of its lines, and the company
erected important buildings there.
Only TWO Buildings Left Standing.
Kansas City. May ia special
from Oklahoma City says that infor-
nation received in Oklahoma City at
9:15 this morning, the first definite
news at that point from the tornado,
states that every house In Snyder with
the exception of the Waya hardware
store and the st. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway round house had been
destroyed. 1t is estimated that two
hundred were killed and five hundred
injured. The first relief train is ex.
pected to reach Snyder at II o'clock.
Death List is Large.
Guthrie, May lin a telephone
with Lawton, via Chick
asha, the first news direct from the
scene of disaster has just been receiv-
ed. The telephone line between Sny-
der and Lawton works at brief inter
vals and then goes out again. In these
snatches of conversation 1t has been
learned that the death list will prob.
ably be between seventy and one hun
dred, and the wounded between forty
and sixty. The larger part of the
town is entirely demolished. A relief
train bearing physicians left Lawton
for Snyder at o'clock this morning
all the help he could get together left
at 9 o'clock.
Casualties Almost TWO Hundred.
st. Louis, May 1.-The following
has been received from the
Frisco train dispatcher at Enid, 160
miles from Snyder, Oklahoma, by the
general Offices here:"A tornado struck
Snyder at 8:45 last night. Twelve
business houses and forty residences
we're destroyed. Seventy-flve people
ire dead. fifty seriously injured and
ifty more slightly hurt"
Over Three Hundred Reported In
Jured
Guthrie, May ia special from ].
J. Hennessey, the Frisco agent at
says that his road has sue
,eeded In repairing its wires at 10:30
his morning and had received a mes
sage from the operator at Snyder. say
ng there are IS uead and 352 injured
md that the entire business section is
destroyed but the residence portion is
lot badly damaged.
Injured Receiving Best Of Attention.
Oklahoma City, May ia special
rom Hobart states that a train has
lust reached that place from Snyder.
seventy-five dead have been found.
persons are known to be
atally injured and about $50 are
Znown to be seriously injured. Fire
,roke out following the storm and con.
umed the business block. The storm
vas a regular cyclone of the twister {
'ariety and swept down just after +,
lark. Relief trains were run into the ,
devastated city from Hobart and {
luanah and the injured are now re- I
eiving the best Of attention. Every !
'uilding standing was converted into 1