The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
TORNADO WRECKS TOWN.
Thirty.Two Killed and Scores Injur-
ed in Village of Zephyr.

Thirty-Two Killed and Scores Injur-
ed in Village of Zephyr.
Brownwood, Texas, May 30.-A
tornado of great violence struck the
little village of Zephyr, in the east
ern portion of Brown county, at l
o'clock Sunday morning and left
path of death and destruction sell
dom paralleled. The death list has
reached a total of 80, and the num-
Der of probably fatally injured and
seriously wounded will reach so.
The dead: T. T. Cabler, county
attorney, of Brownwood, Mrs. T. T.
Cabler and two children, 1S years
and an infant daughter, of Brown
wood, Mrs. Artie Hart, 81 years old,
and son Robert, 6 years old, OF
Zephyr; Miss Gertie Houston, 20,
Zephyr; Gibbes Cloyce, 2-year-old
son of Prof. Cloyce, Zephyr; Oscar
Ware, As, Zephyr, and two sons,
Harry and Frank; Miss Jessie Ware,
lis, Zephyr; w. G. Simmons, wife
and two children, Miss BERTHE, "a
and West, II, Zephyr; B. F. Brown
and wife, Zephyr; w. A. Ramsey, so,
and son Ollie, 13, Zephyr; c. NJ. Car
ter, 40, and wife, 35, and son Gle
yer, 12, and 3-year-old infant.
Zephyr; Capt. Collins, 80, Zephyr;
Ruby Campbell, 8, Zephyr; Rodney
Campbell, infant, Zephyr These lat
ter are the children of Mrs. Bob
Campbell.
The injured: Prof. Skinner,
bruises and injured internally; Mrs.
Skinner and four children, painful;
Mrs. Cloyce, crushed body; Mrs. D.
| Cabler, serious cuts about neck, limb
broken, shock; Mrs. Oscar Ware,
bruised and internal injuries; in
fant child of Mrs. Oscar Ware,
crushed, fatally; w. H. Hicks, cut
about body, shock; Mrs. W.. H.
Hicks, ribs, broken, badly injured in
ternally; Gunder Hicks, jagged cut
in neck; DR.. w. S. Wrenn, limbs
broken and ribs crushed, very seri-
Gus; Mrs. Wrenn, cut and bruised;
Mrs. Bob Campbell, badly cut about
head; Bette and Bertha Campbell,
children of Mrs. Bob Campbell,
bruised and injured internally; Carl
Reasoner, legs broken, internally in
jured; Ramsay, crushed; T. ].
Hanks, 2-year-old daughter, leg cut
off, probably fatal; Mrs. Cloyce, wife
of teacher in Zephyr school, limb
broken, internal injuries.
Many others, to total of "a, have
minor hurts.
The storm formed half a mile
southwest of Zephyr and swept down
upon the village, cutting a wide
swath directly through the residence
and business district. Many houses
4 were entirely demolished. Light
4 ming struck lumber yard and start
ed a confagration which destroyed
one entire business block. No ef-
fort was made to fight the fire as
the care of the dead and wounded
victims demanded all attention.
| Section Hands Spread Alarm.
A section hand rode a hand car tc
Brownwood and spread the alarm
In two hours the Santa Fe railroad
WAS speeding a special train to the
scene of the storm with nine sur
Igeons and a score of Brownwood
physicians. :.
i Hundreds of persons directly IL
the storms path saved themselves BY
taking refuge in storm cellars. More
than a dozen bodies were horribly
mutilated. County Clerk That
Cabler, his wife and two children
who had gone to Zephyr to spend tht
| night, were killed. The big stone
school building and two churche!
: were swept from the face Of thu
earth. BY daylight 16 surgeons were
> working on the wounded.
Brownwood hurried her second re
lief train at noon to-day and neces
7 sary articles and 40 nurses.
: Tonight three persons are still un
> accounted for. Two children were
l. dead late this afternoon, two miles
out from the town, having beer
> blown that distance.
A special train will leave Zephyl
tonight for Temple carrying tn
more seriously injured to the hos
pital.
), Storms Fury Terrific.
i The storm was 800 yards wide ant
swept the earth for only short dis
tance, probably less than mile. 1t
fury is considered the most terrih'
of any tornado ever experienced II
> this section.
J. I. Clingman, C. E. kirkpatrick
and nine surgeons, whe formed th'
first party out of Brownwood, fount
desolate scene awaiting them.
The hillsides at Zephyr were Gov
> cred with debris of all kinds ant
bodies of dead animals and human
beings. The ruins were dimly light
ed by the burning buildings and thu
cries of the wounded rose above th<
> sound of the elements, which threat
ened second storm. A hog roam
ing through the debris-strewn street
> was killed while trying to devour. the