The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-31
STORMS PATH IS VERY NARROW AND EXTENDS
 FOR LESS THAN 4 MILE
Little Town of Zephyr, Near Brown wood Is Scene of Ruin and Peo- pie of Latter Place Are Doing
 All They Can to Aid.

Brownwood, Tex, May 30.-A tornado of great fury struck the little village of Zephyr in the eastern portion of Brown county at 1 o'clock Sunday morning and left path of death and destruction sol dom paralleled. The death list has reached a total of s2 and the number of seriously and fatally wounded will reach 50. A score are more or less injured.
 The dead;
 T. T. Cabler, county attorney of Brown wood.
 Mrs. T. T. Cabler and two children, l8 years old and infant daughter, one year old of Brownwood.
 Mrs. Artie Hart. S7 years, and son, Rob ert, years old of Zephyr.
 Miss Gerte Huston, 25, Zephyr.
 Gibbs Cloyce, 2-year-old son of Profes- sor Cloyce, Zephyr.
 Oscar Ware 45. Zephyr, and two sons, Harry and Frank.
 Miss Jessie Ware, 15, Zephyr.
 ". G. Simmons and wife and two chill dren, Zephyr, Miss Bertie, "A, and West 12.
 B. F. Brown and wife, Zephyr.
 w A. Ramsay, 50, and son, Ollie, IS. Zephyr.
 0. M. Carter, 40, and wife, S5, son, Glover. 12 and 3 years old, Zephyr.
 Captain Collins. 30, Zephyr.
 Ruby Campbell. 8. Zephyr.
 Rodney Campbell, infant, Zephyr.
 These latter two children were those of Mrs. Bob Campbelh List of Injured. The injured:
 Professor Spinner, cuts, bruises and in- jured internally.
 Mrs Skinner and four children, pain fully cut about head and body; Lucille. splntered thigh; Fred B., internal.
 Mrs. Captain Collins, painful cuts, se- rious. and abrasions.
 Mrs. Professor Cloyce, crushed about body, may recover.
 Herbert Heating and wife, painful cuts and bruises.
 Mrs. D. Cabler, serious cuts about neck, limb broken, shock.
 Mrs. Oscar Ware. bruised about head and body, internal injuries.
 Infant child of Mrs. Oscar Ware. badly crushed by flying timbers, will die.
 w. H. Hicks, cut about body, shock.
 Mrs w. H. Hicks, ribs broken, badly injured internally.
 Miss Virgie Hicks, slightly cut and bruised by flying timbers.
 Gunder Hicks, jagged cut in neck from flying timbers.
 Dr. w. s. Wrenn limbs broken and ribs crushed, very serious.
 Mrs. Wrenn cut and bruised.
 Mrs Bob Campbell, badly cut about head
 Bettie and Bertha Campbell, years old, children of Mrs. Bob Campbell se- riously bruised and injured internally.
 =. Ramsay, crushed under house
 Will Ramsay slightly cut and bruised.
 T. J. Hanks and wife, cuts and bruises.
 Hanks 2-year-old daughter, one leg cut off at thigh, probably fatal.
 Mrs Cloyce wife of teacher in Zephyr school, limb broken, internal injuries.
 The above comprise the list of those most seriously injured.
 Many others, to a total of 67, have minor hurts.
 Fifty Houses Wrecked.
 The storm formed half mile southwest of Zephyr and swept down upon the vil- lage, cutting a wide swath directly through the residence and business dis trict.
 Nearly 50 houses were entirely de- molished Lightning struck lumber yard and started a conflagration which destroyed one entire business block No effort was made to fight the fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims demanded all attention.
 A section hand rode a hand car to Brownwood and spread the alarm In two hours the Santa Fe railroad was speed ing a special train to the scene of the storm with nine surgeons and score of Brownwood physicians aboard.
 Hundreds of persons directly in the storms path saved themselves by taking refuge in storm cellars. More than dozen bodies were horribly mutilated. County Clerk Thad Cabler and wife and two children, who had gone to Zephyr to spend the night. were killed. The big stone school building and two churches were swept from the face of the earth. By daylight 1s surgeons were working on the wounded.
 Brownwood hurried her second relief train at noon today. loaded with provis- ions, clothing and necessary articles and 40 nurses.
 Three Still Missing.
 Tonight three persons are still unac- counted for. Two children were found dead late this afternoon two miles out from the town, having been blown that distance.
 special train will leave Zephyr to- night for Temple, carrying the more seri- ously injured to the hospital.
 The storm was 300 yards wide and swept the earth for only short dis- tance, probably less than a mile. It's fury Is considered the most terrific of any tornado ever experienced in this sec tion
 J. l. Clingman, C. H. Kirkpatrick and nine surgeons, who formed the first party out of Brownwood found desolate scene awaiting them.
 The hillsides at Zephyr were covered with debris of all kinds and bodies of dead animals and human beings. The ruins were dimly lighted by the burning buildings and the cries of the wounded rose above the sound of the clements. which threatened second storm. A hog roaming through the debris-strewn streets