Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-05-12
TERRIBLE Wind
VISITS SNYDER.
Seventy-Five Persons Killed In
Few Seconds.
NO WARNING is
GIVEN VICTIMS.
Twelve Business Houses and Forty
Residences Demolished.
FIFTY FREIGHT
CARS BLOWN AWAY.
First News That Was Seat Out Said
the Death List Would Probably
BE Between Three Hundred
and Fonr Hundred.
Twelve Business Houses and Forty
Residences Demolished.


At this place indicated that between 900
and 900 lives had been lost In the par
tial destruction by a cyclone Of Snyder.
Relief trains were sent from a number
Of neighboring places. All telegraphic
and telephone communication with the
stricken town was cut or.
II was reported that bodies were
scattered all over the streets and sur
rounding country. The storm struck
the town from the southwest. travelling
north until about 100 yards from the
Oklahoma City and Western railway
track. Then Il took a northeasteriy d.
rection through the business portion OF
the town
Snyder has about $500 inhabitants. II
is In Kl0wn county. In the Kiowa and
Csmanche Indian country. opened 10
white settlement In 1901 The town was
laid out largely by the 81. Louis and
San Francisco railway az the junction
OF Us two lines. and the company erect
ed an important building there. sny-
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division of the road. II was named for
Bryan Snyder, traffic manager for the
Frisco system
While the tornado seems 20 have been
widespread. rumors that other towns IN
southwestern Oklahoma had been de-
stroyed was declared by telephone ex-
changes 90 be incorrect However
there + no question that much damage
90 property and loss OF life has occurred
IN outlying districts.
The same tornado struck Qulnlan. IN
woodward county. on the Santa Fe rail-
road. destroying several houses. and NJ
that point M least three persons-Mrs
q. w. Cox. and her two sons-arc
known 20 have been killed. Coming. az
Il did. while most OF the inhabitants of
Snyder were asleep. but few had warn
ing Of their danger
The first news OF the storm was re-
ce'ved about midnight Wednesday.
Soon thereafter. before any details had
been received. telegraph and telephone
wires went down. Trains were ordered
out from all available points. starting
from Hobart. Chicasha. Guthrie. Okla
homa city and other places Every
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person capable OF rendering aid The
first relief train. sent from Hobart. thir.
ty-two miles north OF Snyder. reached
the stricken town just before daylight
| Thursday Every one on board began
al once the work OF relief.
on every hand they found wreckage
and streets were almost obliterated by
piles Of demolished houses. In all d.
rectlons evidences OF the terrible havoc
wrought by the storm were apparent
The dead and dying lay about the
streets. In the yards and mixed up with
wreckage. while those who escaped ran
hither and thither In excited attempts
90 bring order out OF the terrible chaos
and render what meager aid they might
The storm was not confined TO Sny-
der on the way TO the stricken town
dead and injured were passed In plain
sight OF IN relief trains. but these were
passed by In the efforts of the rescurs
90 reach Snyder. where there was great
need OF their srevices.
The first man 90 reach Snyder ana
return 90 a telegraph point was the
/ station agent at Mountain Park. a
| neighboring town. He had walked into
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after taking n hasty view OF the situ-
alton and without gathering any exact
| details of the storms effects returned
| "a Mountain Park. This man reported
the town partially destroyed, and as
/ serted that the list OF the dead would
/ reach somewhere between 800 and 400
/ The injured. he said. were TO be seen
/ everywhere. and their number would
undoubtedly reach into the hundreds.
Ten undertakes attending the Funcr-
Al Directors convention at oklahoma
| City left that place with a carload OF
/ caskets for Snyder.
At noon Thursday information came
/ from snyder stating that the tornado
struck the town az s:45 wednesday
night Twelve business houses We're
destroyed and forty residences and the
number OF killed placed al seventy-fve.
Fifty were seriously injured. and about
the same number slightly. Fifty freight
cars were blown 10 pieces.