Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-07-07
TWENTY-FOUR KILLED
These Many Fatalities Have Been
Accounted For.
CATTLE S,l0THERED.
Cyclone Travelled In an Rrratie way
and Ia a swirl OF Greenish Vel.
low Clouds, Leaving Train
OF Desolation.

Nocona. Tex. July s.-The known
list OF dead at this place and In the
vicinity Of the terrible cyclone Of We'd
nesday afternoon II fourteen and TWEEN
ty-six were injured. The storm passed
swiftly. reaching Montague In half an
hour and adding ten 10 the list OF
known dead and one fatally injured.
Lists are steadily growing as reports
come In from the country. whole fami-
lies la several instances having per-
ished and many dwellings being
crushed before the occupants could
leave them. No attempt has been
made 10 repair the property damaged.
all efforts being turned TO bringing the
injured 20 suitable places, The prop
crty damage II conservatively esti-
mated at 100000. Cattle are being
found dead on the range without
marks. having been smothered IN the
wind. stampedes promise hard work
for ranchmen In collecting stock.
The cyclone appeared suddenly in a
swirl OF greenish yellow clouds and
Travelled In an erratic path. leaving
trail of ruin. Frame buildings were
picked up and brick and stone ones
tumbled over like blocks The injured
I'm the countr sections are suffering ter
ribly for lack Of proper attention. In
ability 10 reach them. II II believed.
win swell the death list 10 awful pro-
portions
Follow Ing II revised list Of the dead
AT Noconn: Mrs. G. c. Shackelford.
Miss LYNNE Shackelford. Mrs. $. l..
Tumleson. three children of Mrs. Tum-
Lesson Mrs. Mary Lester. four children
OF Mrs Lester, Caleb white. Mrs &. "a.
williams. Frank Eakln.
Injured: James Simpson, Miss Alice
Simpson. Miss Moore. arm broken.
Miss Potts. believed to be fatally In
jured. G. r. Christian and members u
his family. J. NJ. Stewart. G H. VII
liams. leg broken: Miss Mamie Aus
tin. seriously injured: J. B. Wood.
Frank WOOD seriously injured, Mrs
Jesse q. Shnckleford $. W. Shackie-
ford c. G. shackleford. injured about
head The shackleford children are
severely hurt
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down and fun reports were not obtain
able Thursday. but u is believed the
death list viii be augmented when ali
points have been heard from.
Later advlces from Montague say no
lives were lost az that place. one or
the rural carriers had his horse killed
and his wagon destroyed and all mail
matter and supplies destroyed. Long
Branch school house. three miles west
% here. was badly damaged. and Dixie.
schoolhouso. six miles south. was conn
nletely destroyed. lIaiistoncs as larg
as teacup fen here. doing some dam-
age 10 the high school building and
breaking out many window lights. tn"
storm struck about three miles west of
here and truvclet in southeasterl}
direction. And the main path was
about one-half mile wide. sweeping
houses. crops and livestock clean on
the face of the earth.
The Methodist and Baptist churches
NJ Belcher were blown on their foun-
datlons and other buildings damaged.
The courthouse at Montague had the
roof partially blown on and otherwise
damaged 90 the cxent % about $1,000.
The Methodist church was also wreck
cd and the Christian church damaged,
also the Catholic church was seriously
damaged and many other buildings
more or less destroyed.