The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1905-05-19
More Than 100 Slain by the Ro.
tary Terror in Oklahoma.
JUST A SCORE DIE ON TIE RAIL
Town OF Snyder Practically Blown
Away, Leaving WinrOws Of
Dead and Hurt-Train
Explosion ID
Awful.

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Ninety-five bodies have BEEN recovered:
dozen persons are missing and given
up for dead, and Of the forty one seri-
ously wounded seven are fatally hurt
More than 100 others suffered less
severe injuries. Relief is being sent
from neighboring towns From Okla
homa City went 100 men to dig graves
and seek the dead still in the ruins,
and also dozen undertakes with 100
collins. Offers Of financial assistance
have come from numerous cities Gov
ernor Ferguson, of Oklahoma has is
sued a proclamation calling attention
to the needs of the stricken town. The
property loss is between 100000 and
| 100000.
Debris was carried to the northeast
as far as Cooperton, twelve miles, ana
1t is reported that there are more OF
the fragments of homes at that town
and in that vicinity than are in the
tornado path at Snyder. About seven
ty-five head of horses and cattle were
killed on the town site. The mayor
of Snyder is having much trouble ar
ranging for the burial Of the dead.
Snyder is about mile square. The
tornado struck the town just little
west of the southwest corner OF the
township. Its pathway was about half a
mile wide, and in this strip there is
not vestige of anything left, and in
places the ground is literally plowed
up. To the west of the pathway ev-
erything is devastated with the excep>
ton of one or two stones stores. The
tornado struck the town at 7:4O p.
| M; just preceding it there was heavy
rain, accompanied by vivid flashes OF
lightning and deafening thunder. Near
ly all of the homes in Snyder had
storm cellars, and during this heavy
downpour many sought shelter in these
cellars.
Then there was a let-up of perhaps
ten minutes, during which many,
thinking that the storm had broken,
left their places Of refuge and re-
turned to their houses. Then, with a
deafening, rumbling noise, the funnel
shaped cloud dipped to the earth ap-
parently two miles from the town and
with appalling velocity crashed through
the town. Many were caught between
their houses and storm cellars and
killed outright. Others remained in
their homes and persisted when the
houses were demolished.
Names of Ninety-Five Dead.
Snyder, o. T., May, 1.-THE bodies
| of ninety-fve victims of Thursday
nights cyclone have been recovered.
The following is the list: Mr..
Attaway, wife, two children; Mrs.
E. P. Beckwith, G. W. Beeman,
Earl Deeman, w. H. Busser and
wife, Russell Busser, G. L. Barnes, Geo
w. Bailey, Alvan Burkirk, Florence
Baker, Mrs. Mary Biggs. Mr. Crook
and two children, Fred Crump, Mrs.
Loren Coleman and three children,
George Davis, wife and child G.. &.
Donovan, Miss Lulu Edwards; s. s.
Fessenden, wife and four children; H.
H. Fessenden, Miss Fessenden, Mrs.
M. A. Fast Harold Gorton, son of ter
ritorial inspector; Mrs. Hudson and
three children, late of Alabama; Pro
fessor c. p. Hubbard, wife, two chill
dren, father and mother; Mrs Mary
Johnson and two sons; G. w.
Jones, wife and three children;
James Mozart and wife; Mrs.
NJ Moody; Miss Murphy, of ST. Louis;
- Moss, - circuit, Laura Russell,
Mrs. Fannie Redwick; Pearl Staley OF
Troyer, o. T.; ]. P. Sutherland and
wife, Charles Stuzel; unidentified man,
| woman and two children; weaver,
wife and three children; Mrs. Colonel
Williamson; Mrs. Orcutte, Mrs. &. p
Stubbleield, William StubbletieId;
Engle's family, three persons, five and
| half miles southwest; unknown fam
| lily of four, fifteen miles northeast;
Mr.. Hughes, wife and son, eight miles
west of Olustee; Ralston family at
Olustee; Dewey Attaway; Mr.. Simms,
wife and daughter.