The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-24
A DEALING CYCLONE
Leaves Ruin In Its Ps'h- Orig.
mates In Southern Part Of County

the most terrible storm n cyclone
in the history OF northeast New
Mexico, occurred SUNDAY night,
originating IL seems ear Hartford
in the southern portion OF the coun-
" and travelling northeast through
QUAY and Union counties, passing
I've Clayton, the county seat OF
Union.
Two people were killed outright
and a number injured, in this coun.
~ and four killed at Clayton, and
a grea, number injured.
The killed mere are as follows
Mildred Owen, the fourteen year
old daug hter OF Mr.. and Mrs. J.. $.
Owen, eight miles east OF Tucum.
carl. Terrell G.. Anderson, thirty
miles south OF Tucumcari, near
Hartford. The wounded so far re.
ported are: Mrs. j. 5. Owen, Sid.
ney Owen, Joe Newman, NJ.
Schrader Mrs. Bertha Schaub,
Will Wright. p. \. S%teften, w.
Fl. Friesner, w. d. Brown, K. l..
Clayton and ]. b. Wallace.
One OF the saddest incidents as
result OF this storm was in the
family OF !. :. Owen, who resides
on a homestead eight miles east OF
Tucumcari. Mr.. Owen had lett
his family Saturday night, having
gone to Globe, Arizona, to take a
situation with a railroad company
rs conductor, leaving his wife and
two OF the children, a son and
daughter, to hold down the home
stead while he went away TO work.
The stor completely demolished
the residence, the only piece OF
timber OF which the building was
constructed found in that vicinity
after the storm being a piece OF the
door about a foot and a halt long
with the knob and lock. The barn
which was stored full OF hay from
his crop was carried away, and
everything on the farm, even tenc-
ing, was completely destroyed.
The daughter, Mildred, was found
about one hundred feet from the
residence site, dead when picked
up. Some blunt piece OF timber
from the house had passed entirely
through her body, exposing the
heart, and the body was otherwise
bruised and mangled. Mrs. Owen
and the little boy, Sidney. were
picked up near the body OF the
girl, almost ~liteless from bruises
and exposure.
The remains Of the little CIR
were brought to the Koch under
taking parlors Monday morning
and Mrs. Owen and her son TO the
Home sanitarium, where they are
reported as rapidly convalescing.
Mr.. Owen returned from Arizona
Thursday, having received word o
the disaster forty eight hours after
il occurred. He lett Friday morn
ing Tor Louisville, Ark, 10 TAKE
the body OF his daughter there to-
burial.
Another case is that OF J. b
Wallace, whose residence was a
ried away and he was picked nj
the following morning some dis
lance from the residence site al
most dead from exposure beside
having a broken leg he was badl'
bruised about the head. He wa
brought to the Home sanitariur
where he is now under treatment
Terrell G.. Anderson, who resid
ed near Hartford was killed, pre-
sumably from the nature OF tn
wounds, by the timbers oil his resi-
dence. He was tw~enty-seve.
wears OF age and single. The bod
was brought in Thursday by IN
dertaker Koch and shipped to hi
former home, Mercer, Mo.
Among others who were badl
injured in the storm was Mrs. Ber
the Schaub, who resides near Hart
ford. She was found the followin
morning apparently in a liteles
condition, being carried some dis
lance to a neighbors where she wa
laid out for dead, but was dlscoN
cred vet to be breathing. The la'
est reports are that she is improN
ing and may recover.
None OF the others we hav
mentioned as injured are though
TO be in danger OF death from the
wounds. The News has not ha
opportunity to interview more tina
one or two persons who were in th
storm, and cannot give the descriE
ton of il that we would like &C
r. L. Clayton OF this city, who ha
recently been employed by Erne'
b. Herring, as electrician, was q
Hudson during the cyclone. an
said TO a News reporter; wa
at the residence OF Mr.. Hucklebel
~, three miles east OF Hudson
with my wife and baby. | thin
il was about 7;45 p. m. when "
noticed the storm coming up Their
had been a downpour OF rain 10
something like an hour; after whic
there was a lull for a times the
the noise OF the approaching storr
attracted our attention, and W
ran out into the yard to discove
the cause We saw south OF tn
residence some distance, the poin
A f.uu.I ahanad cloud whic.