The Prescott daily news., 1909-04-27
IExARkANA IN THE
 WAKE OF A STORM
Much Damage Done to the Twin City by
 Wind, Rain and Hail Yesterday.
From Texarkana Courier.

StcllOH Slfuck IeXarkana at $40 yesterday afternoon, injuring a number of persons seriously and doing thousands of dollars dam age to property. One man was reported killed on the eastern outskirts of the city but this could not be verified. Among those injured were.
 M. L, Purifoy legs broken and badly bruised and cut above the right eye.
 W. J McMahOn, arm broken
 Miss Ibbie Goodwin, Nash, foot crushed and injured internally Very serious.
 Several others whose names could not be learned last night were reported more or less in ,urod and when full details of th+ storm are known it is probable that the list will be- greatly .u creased. The property damage cannot as yet be estima ted, but it will be very heavy.
 Tine worst damage throughout the entire area was probably from the rain and hail. For two of three miles around Texarkana crops and fruit are practically ruined and it is impossible to es- innate the loss from this source.
 Early yesterday afternoon ang- ry looking clouds began to gather in the north and west and about 3.3O a dark cloud arose from the northwest. The first indica- tlon or storm was when the lightning and thunder called at tcntiOn to the omnibus looking cloud that was rapidly sweeping toward the city. The'heavy thun- der and lightning continued for some minutes when the hail storm broke. Stones as large as good sized marbles fe.l with such force that 1t seemed as if the best roofs would be unable to withstand it. Torrents of rain fell with the hail and soon streets were flooded from the overflow ed gutters and some of the old est inhabitants declared they never saw as hard rail! here be- fore.
 The hail and rain had continued for probably ten minutes before the windStOrm broke. With the first gust the Air Dome on Pine and Third streets was smashed into kindling wood. It feu to the west carrying with it one of the main cables of TeXarkana Tee phone Company and cutting off the entire north portion of the city from telephone communica- tion. Two telephone poles and the iron standpipe from which the cable enters the telephone office were snapped off as if they had been pipe stems. The telephone company began at once to repair the damage and work on connecting the cable again will be pushed as rapidly as possible.
 The loss to the Air Dome is com plete, scarcely a board being left intact It was erected ear ly last year at a cost it is said of S5,OO0. It was insured for S1. 1.O0O
 This was the principal building destroyed ill the city Several smaller structures, barns, sheds etc, were destroyed and the damage to these buildings will aggregate quite a considerable sum.
 On the south side of Broad street there is scarcely a. build ing that did not have windows broken from either the hail or wind. At the Kansas City general offices sunie eight or ten windows were smash ed. 1t was here that w J Me- MahOn sustained a fractured arm In an effort to close, a door at the freight office the wind slam med the door back with terrific force breaking his arm and crush ing it very badly.
 A number Of windows were broken in the new Hardin build ing on Broad and Spruce, The lower floor was flooded and consideca damage done to the stock.
 At The Courier building prac- tically every window on the second and third floors on Broad street front was demolished and one window on the first floor. The basement was flooded.
 The skylight in the ibui ding Oc-