Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-31
Little Town Of Zephyr Com
pIeteIy Demolished; Thirty
People Killed; Scores Hunt,
Many MotaIIy
BODIES OF VICTIMS
HORRIBLY MUTILATED
Lightning Sets Fire to Debris
Completing Work of Destruc-
tom Relief Trains With Sur
geonS Hurried TO Scene.

lBy Morning journal Special Leased sVirol
Brownwood Tex, May 30.-A tor
nado Of great fury strucl; the little
village of Zephyr in the eastern por-
ton Of Brown county at one o'clock
Sunday morning and left a path of
death and destruction seldom par
aneled The death list has reached
total OF 32 and the number Of Sc
riously wounded will reach so. The
storm formed half mile southwest
of Zephyr and swept down upon the
village, cutting a wide swath directly
through the residence and business
districts
Nearly so houses were entirely de-
mollshed. Lightning started con-
Migration which destroyed one entire
business block. No effort was made
TO fight the fire as the citro of the dead
and wounded victims demanded the,
attention of everyone. a section
hand rode hand car to BrownWood
and spread the alarm. In two hours
the Santa Re railroad was speeding a
special train to the scene OF the storm
With nlno SUI geons and q score of
Brownwood citizens.
Hundreds of persons directly in tho
storms path saved themselves by tax
ing refuge in storm cellars. Moro
than dozen bodies were horribly
mutllatod
County Clerk Thad Cabler, wife and
two children who had gone to "
phyr to spend the night, were killed
The big stone school building and two
churches were demolished. Brown
wood hurried her second relief train
at noon today loaded with provisions
clothing and necessary articles and
forty nurses. Tonight three persons
are still unaccounted for, Two chill
dren were found dead late this after
noon two miles from the town, hay
ing been blown that distance \
special train will leave Zephyr tonight |
ior Temple, carrying tho more So
rlously injured to a hospital The |
storm swept the earth for distance
of less than a mile. The surgeons |
from Browuwood found desolatc |
scene awaiting them. The hill side |
OF Zephyr were covered with debris |
OF all kinds and bodies of dead an |
lmals and human beings. The ruins
We're dimly lighted by the burning |
buildings and the cries Of the wound
cd rose above the sound oe the Ell
ements, which threatened a second |
storm A hog, roaming through the
uebiis-strcwn streets was killed while
attempting to dcvour the body Of an
infant.
Bodies were found twisted about
trees and in every conceivable shape.
Foople walked the streets almost
naked Residences which escaped
The storm were turned into hospitals.
One house collapsed on a family OF
m'ne without serious injury to any
bfoWnwood, with organized relief
"orh' mas the situation well in hand.
The Dead
T. T. CABLER. county attorney of
hfoWnWood and wife and two chill
MRS ARTIE HART. 81 years old.
ana son. Robert years old. of
Zephyr
MISS GERTIE HUSTON. 25 years
Old Zephyr.
GIBBS CLOYCE. two years old, son
ot Prof Cloyce. Zephyr.
OSCAR FARE. SO years old. apl 4
'"o sons. Harry and Frank. Zephyr.
MISS JESSIE WARREN. Zephyr
w g. SIMMONS. WIFE AND TWO
, =. HlLDREN, BERTHE II. and West -.
Zephyr
BEN BROWN AND WIFE Zephyr
ALMA RAMSEY AND son. OIL
LIE, IL years Old Zephyr
G. NJ CARTER. 40 AND WIFE. Il
aged 45
CAPTAIN COLLINS. 80 years OH. J
Zephyr Il
RUBY CAMPBELL. three years Oil
ana Rodney Campbell ,nfant. chin
iren Of Mrs Roy Campbell. Zephyr
lRSI REPORTS or OKLAHOMA I