The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1909-03-27
TORNADO KILLS 20
Storm INVEST Ravages Sew
eraI Towns.
WHOLE FAMILY WIPED OUT
Texas Villages Suffer Worst Damage
-1rewster, kan, Reported De.
moIished ~ Storm Extends East
from the Rocky Mountains.

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Fort Worth. Tex, Mar. 2b.-Re.
ports received here last night from
Wise county, 30 miles north of here,
say that terrific electrical storm
swept that county yesterday and that
four persons were burned to death In
fire which followed. The town of
Slidell is reported practically de.
stroyed by the storms fury and only
two houses were left standing. Many
farmhouses throughout the county
were wrecked. Bridgeport and De.
catur are said to have suffered heavy
losses. Two negroes, Henry and Will
Cook, were killed by lightning. near
Sander.
Add to Death List.
Later advices received at Sanger
from the storm-swept area give an In.
creasing death list A. D. Price, a
farmer, his wife and Ave children and
a farm hand were burned to death
three miles north of slidell by the de.
struction of their home. Twenty per.
sons are reported injured. The storm
first appeared about midnight. when
1t struck the Price home while the
family we're asleep. The wind and
rain came with tornado.like force
from the northwest. The path Of the
storm was five miles wide. Fifty
houses and stores at Slidell were COM
pletely wrecked. At Bolivar, eight
miles east of slidell. many houses
were blown down,
Two Negroes Perish.
Two negroes named Clark were
killed. The home Of o. M. Bailey was
destroyed and the members Of his
family bruised and cut. Wires are
down in all directions and news from
the towns in the storms path Is com.
ing in slowly. It is reported the bank
is the only building left standing at
Slidell All but one store was de-
stroyed In the town Of Grafton, on the
western edge Of Wise county.
Severe rain and hail storms are re.
ported all over north and west Texas,
extending as far as Dalhart, In the
Panhandle. While much damage has
resulted, the rain was badly needed
for crops and livestock.
Brewster. Kan., 10 Hit.
Chicago, Mar. ga special dis
patch received here yesterday said
that the village of Brewster, Kan, in
Thomas county,. near the Colorado
state line, was practically demolished
yesterday by terrific tornado. Sew
eral persons were reported killed, but
as yet the number has not been ascer-
tanned
When half of the dispatch had been
sent wire trouble interfered and no
further details could be secured.
The Rock Island railroad at Topeka,
Kan. reported that a fierce tornado
has struck Brewster, Kan, but the
number of killed and the total amount
of damage was not even estimated in
the railroad report. The storm was
bound eastward
One Dead at Laredo, Tex.
Laredo, Tex Mar 25.-One person
was killed. four others were injured
and property damage estimated at
$4,000 resulted from a tornado which
swept through this city and vicinity
yesterday, destroying all wire COM
munication to the north OF Laredo
The casualties occurred when the
roundhouse Of the Mexican National
railroad was demolished. The orphan.
age of the Sisters OF 'Gaudeloupe, stu
ated on Iona Vista heights, was also
completely destroyed, but tho little
waif occupants escaped the falling
walls and were rescued from the
debris unhurt. The residences Of
Messrs. May. McCulloch. Barnett. An.
drews. Moore and scovil were blown
down, and many other houses we're
damaged. The storm was felt az far
south as Lajarita on the National rail-
road.
Denver 10 Isolated.
Kansas City. Mo-, Mar. 25.-A biz
card Of sleet and snow isolated Den
YER, Col, from outside communication
yesterday. The storm rose at a. m.
and within a. short time wires we're
down in every direction. The tele-
graph companies were able to reach
IuCulu duu SUlOl 0uO CpIIuSo, DuI iOL
the state metropolis. Trains we're re-
ported delayed, but not stalled by the
storm OF twelve wires which the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy has into
Denver, only one withstood the blast;
It was working only intermittently.
At Topeka, Kan, nearly an inch Of
rain fell. Rains are also reported
along the lines Of the Rock Island and
Santa Fe to Colorado. The rain was
accompanied by heavy wind, but no
damage is reported in that vicinity.
Tornado Hits Freight Train.
At Edison, in Sherman county. Kan.
sas, tornado struck freight train
on the Rock Island. Nine cars were
blown from the track. two of them
completely of the right Of way. The
storm damaged several houses but 1t
is reported that no lives were lost.
Edison is ten miles west Of Brewster.
A furious storm Of sleet, rain and
snow now prevails In the northwestern