Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-04-13
STORM
TO THE EAST
Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas
and Missouri Devastated
by Wind.
TWENTY-FIVE WERE KILLED
At Big Heart Every Business
House and School Were
Destroyed.

Kansas City, April 13.-Meager re
ports this morning from the storm
stricken district in Oklahoma, Kansas.
Missouri and Arkansas indicated thar
the storm yesterday afternoon and
last night covered a wider area than
at first indicated. The number OF ia.
talities is in doubt, but it is believed
that at least % were killed and more
than a hundred injured. At Big Heart,
Oklahoma, two were killed and 60 in
jured, Sc of them seriously. Every
business house in the town was de.
stroyed. including two hotels and the
school house.
A Path of Ruin.
Kansas City, April 12.-Much dam,
age was done to the farming districts
north and south of Whiting. Kansas,
but the town escaped serious loss. At
Reserve. Kansas. Mrs. Fred Stone
was killed and two of her sons scri-
ously injured when the house col
lapsed. The clothing was stripped
from all three by the tornado. Five
houses were destroyed at Delaware,
Oklahoma; three business buildings
and several houses were blown down
at Ochelata, Okla. At Esl,ridge. Kas.,
thirty-twO persons We're hurt and Ihir,
ty houses demolished. Most of the
injured were children in the school
house. The teacher saw the storm
coming and dismissed the school, but
the storm was upon them before they
could leave the building. The teacher
was among those severely hurt. At
HiaWatha, Kas., one was killed, four
seriously injured, and a number of
others slightly hurt. Twelve build
ings were destroyed. The towns of
Germantown and Baker. Kas.. were
badly damaged A man named ROscn-
baum was struck by lightning at Ger
mantown and badly hurt.
Train Races With Tornado.
Lawrence, Kan, April ia tor
nado which struck Lawrence shortly
after o'clock last night killed two
persons, injured twelve and did dam
age estimated about $4,000. The
storm cut a clean path through the
town from the southwest to the north
east
On the surrounding farms many
persons were hurt. One of these
killed was a negress. The other vic
tim was Mrs. Joseph Sullivan of Law
renee. OF the twelve persons injured,
it is said at least four will die,
In the path of the cyclone every
building was damaged and the small
er houses were demolished. While
the storm was at it's height thirty
prisoners in the county jail attempted
to escape and after forcing their way
to the corridor We're forced to return
to their cells at the points of the re-
volyers held by deputy sheriffs.
The Chicago fast mail train of the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
IliloSCu lnC lOIuduO ny OHly ii lew
seconds. Before reaching Lawrence
the engineer saw the funnel-shaped |
cloud and started a race to get out of |
its track. AS the train pulled into
the depot here the storm passed a
few hundred yards in the rear of |
the train.
Three Killed in Arkansas Town
Kansas City, April 13.-At Plum
mersville, Ark, three persons were
killed and score severely injured. |
Much property was destroyed.
Damage at Vaughn.
The most terrific standstorm in the !
history of Vaughn, Guadalupe county, |
was followed by snow. The wind !
storm did considerable damage, TAX !
ing the entire roof off the house of A.
Valdez, and also from the barn of |
Mr.. Armstrong, and damaged many |
other houses to a lesser extent.