The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-04-30
Mayor Sanchez Issues Call for
Aid for the Homeless
and Injured
FINE BUILDINGS OF LAREDO
SEMINARY BLOWN DOWN
Damage Extends Over the Whole City.
and Telegraphic Communication
With Outside World Is En-
tlrely Cut off.

Laredo, Tex, April 29.-(By messenger
to Bermuda Tex Later details from the
tornado which struck this city yesterday
evening indicate that first reports were
by no means exaggerated either as to the
number of lives sacrificed or the financial
damage resulting. Scores of people were
injured and are being attended by the
various physicians.
1t will be impossible to state the num-
ber of the injured but it is not believed
that many deaths will result from in
juries.
The number killed is sixteen in this
city. So far as can be learned their names
are:
The Dead.
Juan Guerrero, aged 46.
Julia Guerrero, aged 1.
Savanna Guerrero, aged o.
Guerrero, missing.
Unknown man, servant Laredo semin-
ary.
Palitio Nuncio, aged Sc.
Juanita Jaramilla, aged 10.
Unknown man, employed in the Bruno
hotel.
S. Munoz, aged 50.
Three members of a family named
Treio.
one woman and two boys, aged and
years respectively. named Barrera.
Miss Gayetan, aged II years.
The four first mentioned In the list were
members of one family and were em-
ploy ed on the ranch of George Woodman.
They were all crushed to death by the
falling in of the heavy walls of the adobe
house which they occupied. The others
mentioned in the list met their fate in a
like manner The damage wrought at the
Laredo seminary is severe Not one of the
group of magnificent buildings which go
to make up that institution escaped dam
age. The barracks, the primary building,
Emery hall and the chapel were damaged
90 to Is per cent. The escape from death of
the teachers at present quartered in the
institution is considered miraculous as the
walls of some of the buildings which
they occupied were completely demolished.
Mrs. Easley. one of the teachers, was
heroieally rescued by several young ca
dets. students of the institution. They
lowered her by a rope from o second
story, She was badly bruised.
The Mexican National hospital build
ing had the roof lifted from the edifice
and 1t will require much time to re-
pldCe the DuliulnS lOi pdtiCiit9.
Whole Town Has Suffered.
A trip through the town fails to show
a locality that has not suffered more or
less from the Storm Trees fences. tele-
graph and telephone poles. corrugated
roofs chimneys and walls and debris of
all imaginable kinds strew the streets.
The city authorities have set diligently
at work cleaning away the wreckage Of
the storm and at late hour tonight the
city is beginning to assume its customary
tranquil appearance. Linemen are at work
endeavoring to straghten out the tangle
of wires and 1t is believed that with
i'm two days the electric light service can
be resumed It Is hoped to re-establish
telegraphic communication, at least par
TALLY within two days
Conditions in New Laredo, across the
Rio Grande river. are similar to those ex-
isting on this side 1t is not officially
known how many dead or injured there
are but in an interview tonight a city Of
fetal of that place stated there were five
dead that he knew of, although rumor
has It that ten lives were lost The five
known dead added to the list of dead on
this side of the river would bring the
number of dead in both cities up to twen-
tv-one persons.
The storm made its appearance from
the southwest in the neighborhood of
I.ampasas. Mexico. p miles from this city
and it Is reported that great havoc was
wrought in that locality although ii is
not thought that any loss of life resulted.
Or. H. j. Hamilton of the United States
Marine hospital service has placed 15O
tents with bedding. etc, at the disposal
of the homeless