Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-15
Large Area Swept Clean by Awful
Force of Wind.
EIGHT KILLED IN ALABAMA
Three Towns in Vicinity of Mossvills
Devastated.
FLOODS IN OHIO AND NEW YORK
Heavy Fall of Rain and MeIttna
of Snow Threatens Heavy
Damage by High
Water

TYLER, Tex, Feb. 1A-Tyler was swept
by the most disastrous tornado In its his
| tory this morning about 4 O'clock Com.
ing up from the southwest, the storm swept
over the main residence section of the
city, leaving a trail of death and devasta-
tion.
The known dead in Tyler at this hour
numbers four, c. A. Francis. agents Of
the Dallas News, wife and child about 1
year old, and an old negro named Nose
Lee, so years of age.
Francis was about 2S years of age and
| occupied a high place in the esteem OF his
fellow townsmen. His dead body was
found 100 yards from his wrecked home
and the body Of his child was found in
the street. Mrs Francis was in the wreck
age in the building.
Six seriously injured had been reported
at noon. They were Irwin Franklin
Mrs. Franklin and four Franklin children.
One of the children Is expected to die
They were caught in the wrecHage of their
home. 1t is expected that the death list
in Tyler win reach twelve and the num-
ber of injured will aggregate two scores
or more Twelve buildings were wrecked
and In the confusion which exists II is diff
flcult to compile an accurate list of the
casualties.
Wires are down I'm all directions from
Tyler and while reports from farmers wbN
are Fastening in TO ascertain the exte
of the damage are to the effect that fg
houses all around Tyler were blown dC
It is impossible to ascertain the los
life or to approximate the extent Z
disaster. 1t is known, however, II
tornado swept everything clean 70,
tance of five miles. Three mil
town it struck the home of
Franklin, demolshng the stry
severely injuring Mr.. and Mr.
and their four children. The L
up from the southwest and
through Tyler 100 feet wid
telephone and electric ligJ
laid flat in the storms pg
damage was done in 9th
city. G.
Eight Killed In Maba.,
MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 14.-Mcager
tion on the Mcssville tornado show eiEt,
deaths in three towns and country and
three towns destroyed.
Rain with snow I'm south.
TOPEKA, Kan. Feb. 14.-Accordlng to the
reports from the railroad offices, Kansas
is thoroughly soaked by a rainfall which
began Thursday and turned into wet
heavy snow during the night. The western
portions Of the state received more snow
than I'm the east, At Goodland from eight
to ten inches fell About three inches fell
at Newton and Ellis and half inch at
Topeka. The temperature this morning was
80 degrees above zero.
OKLAHOMA CITY. okl., Feb. 14-After
continuous rain since night before last
the temperature took a sudden drop this
morning and a wet snow fell today in this
vicinity
Floods in Ohio and New York.
GALLIPOLIS, o., Feb. H.--That the Ohio
valley will suffer from a disastrous flood
seems certain unless a cold wave checks
the heavy rainfall OF the past ewenty-four
hours, which has caused all the side
streams to boom and the Ohio and the
Great Kanawha and Muskingum rivers to
rise rapidly.
The heavy snow' in the West Virginia
mountains is going off with the rain which
is causing alarm among residents in the
lowlands.
ROCHESTER,, NJ Y. Feb 4-Raln
storms the past twenty-four hours in west
ern New York have melted the snow SO
that many streams are overfiowing