The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-07-07
26 PERISH IN
 TEXAS TORNADO Property Loss Will Probably
 Reach S2O0,OOo STOCK SUFFERED HEAVILY Area Traversed By the Storm Was About Three Miles Wide and Eff.
 teen Miles Lone-Many
 Houses Blown Down.
STOCK SUFFERED HEAVILY

Fort Worth, Tex, July 6-Twenty- six persons are known to have been killed and fifty injured by the tornado which swept over a portion of Montague coun- ty. in the northern part of this state, yesterday afternoon The property losses will probably total s200,000.
 Following is a revised list of the dead:
 A. P. Earle. Sadie Earle.
 Buck Earle.
 Infant of Lawrence Pillow,
 Mir. Tomllnson, his wife and four chil. dren.
 Mrs. C. c. shackelford.
 Minnie Shackelford
 Mrs s. L. Tumleson.
 Three children of Mrs Tumleson.
 Mrs. Mary Lester.
 Four children of Mrs. Lester
 Caleb White.
 Mrs. c. H. Williams.
 Frank Eakin
 TWO unknown persons at Jacksboro. Among the more seriously injured are: Miss M. Potts, may die
 c. c. Shackelford, four Shaekelford children severely hurt.
 Claiborn White, may die.
 Miss Annie Austin.
 J. B. Wood and Frank Wood
 Swept Everything In Path.
 The tornado made it's appearance near Nocona at 3;30 o'clock in the afternoon from cone shaped. greenish cloud. The force of the wind swept everything in its path. Small houses were lifted from their foundations and carried many yards. Other structures were blown down and in many instances their occupants were caught in the crashing timbers The storm trayersed an area about three miles wide and fifteen miles in length. Crops were beaten to the ground and live stock suffered severely, hundreds of cat tie being killed or malmed.
 The Methodist and Baptist churches at Belcher were blown to the ground but so far as can be learned no loss of life occurred there. The Long Branch school house. four miles west of Montague, was destroyed and the Dixie school house six miles south was demolished. The stu dents in both these chools escaped in- jury.
 Rural Carrier Escapes.
 A rural mail carrier was enveloped In the deluge of wind and dirt. His horse was killed outright, his wagon destroyed and the mail in his possession was scat tered in every direction. The man, how ever, sustained no injury.
 Several of the most valuable farms in upper Texas were directly in the path of the storm and the deat. list is largely made up of country people. Nocona was the only town that suffered materially the tornado claiming several victims there and in it's immediate vicinity
 Many houses were damaged in Mon tague and the loss there will be con- siderable. The county court house sus- tained the loss of It's roof and three churches were partially destroyed.
 The tornado travelled in a southeaster- ly direction and spent its force in about half an hour.
 Funerals Are Held.
 The funerals of the victims of the tor- nado took place at oMntague and Nocona today.
 Steps to aid the stricken people were taken today at a meeting held at Mon tague, which was attended by 300 per- sons. A relief committee was created and the sum of $450 in cash was raised.
 A dispatch from Mineral Wells says that the village of Whit, twelve miles north of that place. was struck by a tornado Thursday evening and nearly every building damaged. No lives were lost. Wires are down and further par ticulare are unobtainable.