Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-11
MANY or the LATTER WILL DIE
Every Houe Ia the Place, Except Six,
Demolished or Badly
Damaged,
BUSINESS PORTION DESTROYED,
Stern Was Wldespread--suydcr Net
Only Town Visited Was Struck
From Southwest

Guthrie Okla, May li--snydor, q
thriving town OF 1900 persons, situated
IN tho heart Of the rich KloWN farming
country, which waJ thrown open 10
whit, settlement IN 1901, was practically
wiped out Of existence by tornado that
struck that place last night
Up TO 10 o'clock today no clear osti-
mate OF the c0suNltls was obtanaOs,
owing 10 the confusion az the stricken
town, A conservative estimate places
che dead at between rs ana 100 persons
mud the seriously injured AT 100,
Il II believed that large number OF
the injured viii die,
In o number OF cares entire famillca
were Killed and IN almost every family
m tho town some member was injured,
Eery house IN tho town except six IL
said 10 have been either badly wrecked
or demolished, many Of them were
blown away Tho havoc wrought ls
most complete, Tho business portion IL
VNIbll'N 'liNl'lS h'bNiNN'h
Ten mdcrtakors attending tie funeral
directors convention nj Oklahoma city
left that place at 0 o'clock this morning
with carload OF Baskets for snyder,
Up TO 1880 the only names OF dead at
snyder obtainablo were those OF ]. ",
Ralslon and his 2i-yoar.old son Elmer,
The mayors Of Guthrie, oklahoma
CITY and Dome other Oklahoma towns
have issucd calls for massmoetings 20
formulate a system OF relief for the In
JprcA, ana carly In tho day specia,
trains bearing physicians, nurses, cloth.
INK and provisions were started for
Snyder
FIRST NEWS or STORM,
The FIRST news OF the storm was re-
celVcd about midnight. Soon thereafter,
before any details had been received,
Telegraph ana telephone wires went
down,
Immediately relief trains were ordered
out from all available points, STARTING
from Hobart, Chiokasha, Guthrie Okla
mona city md other towns, Every train
carried doctors, nurses ana any pee.
son rarablc Of rendering aid,
The FIRST relief train, sent from llo-
bart ~ miles north OF snyder, reachc 4
ne stricken town just before daylight,
Everyone on board began at once the
work Of relief,
on every hand they found tho wreck.
ago and streets almost obltorated by
PILES az demolished houses IN all dl.
fccUons evidence OF the terrible havoc
OF we storm was apparent, Tho dead
ana dying lay about the streets In yards
ma mixed up with the wrockage, while
hoso who had escaped ran hther and
lhlthef In excited attempts 10 bring
ohOos out Of the terrible scene ana 10
render what meagcr assistance they
might.
DEAD AND INJURED SEEN.
Tho storm was not confined 10 SNYDER
~ INC way 10 the Boomtown dead ana
lOred were passed IN plain slght OF
No rellef trains, but these were passed
ny N the efforts Of tho rosouers TO
tonch snyder whore there was greater
neod OF their services, Tho nrst man
70 reach snyder and return 20 n tele.
graph poin, was tho station agent Al
Mountain Park nelghborlnR town
io had walked into snyder roachlng
,loto NJ daylight, ana, after taking A
haNly view or the situation and without
WNhonhg any exact details OF tho
Park "''"'""'
TINS man reported the town partially
1cbUoyed, ana asserted that the Hat OF
soNd would reach somewhere botwoon
svV and 400 The injured, he said, were
DC seen everywhere, and their mum.
Ser Undoubtedly win reach into tho
hundreds WV WV
TORNADO WIDESPREAD,
While the tornado seems TO have been
M'oosptend, rumors that other towns
southwestern Oklahoma had been
waived were declared by telephone
,tonN,kvn 10 DO incorrect, However,
.uu'V Whh no question that much dam.
Wo 70 property and loss 10 llfo mad
"uurfed IN tho outlying distriote, The
.uIue tornado struck QunlAn I'm Wood.
N,u county, on the Santa Fc railway,
nr..oyliig several houses and az that
Tu' ~ lcnst throe persons, Mrs, o. ",
w ana her two sons, are known 10
"sVo been killed
COURSE or TORNADO,
mo tornado struck SNYDER from tho
ssHnu,nweal, travelling north until within
"W,Vut lVO yards from tho tracks OF tho
TNNiMomh city ana Western RAILWAY,
noro u took northeasterly course
,uugh tho business portion OF tho
,pwn North Of tho track not buIld.
KY Wha left standing, Coming az il
Nv while most OF the Inhabitants of
wvuor We're asleep, but few had any
M nlnk or their danger
inero was no possibility OF securing
N, 'SIIeot early estimate OF tho number
Gs0aae ad and injured The number OF
so", were placed at anywhere between
"a "uo wy while the injured were plac.
w between 100 and 500
,hos voo lhls morning Indifferent tolo.
V1o connection was established with
tSw,on, Lawton reported that tho
d.rfmone wire betwoen there and shy.
W mo worked at brief intcrvNls md
,n a, IRON enatohes OF conyorsntion
nV'r,yeu mo dead at Snyder were placod
n, p..wecn 70 ana 100 with tho INJURED
ovo se.ween 80 ana 200, Lnwton, how.
MAJ sh,cd That no much confusIon OK.
ai Az y, snyder that u was lmposaIbIo
COFFIN "' hour TO give anything like n
'eV' estimate OF the casualties, "
TIlE TOWN,
haShn,iyner ~ a town Of about 1880 in.
IN v'.sh,s IN klowa county, Oklahoma.