The searchlight., 1912-05-03
FORTY ONE DEAD IN TORNADOS
HALF DOZEN OKLAHOMA TOWNS
BLOWN OFF THE MAP
BY STORM.
Property Loss Will BE Enormous
Seven Killed and Many Hurt
by Tornado In chiIdress
County, Texas.

Oounty, IexaS.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Thirty
four persons are reported to have beer
killed and more than 100 injured by Q
tornado that blew half a dozen Oklaho
ma towns OF the map. The property
loss Is paced at many thousands oi
dollars.
At Lugert, Okla, twenty persons
were reported killed and forty injured
when a combination freight and pas
senger train was blown from the track
One woman and three children are re
ported dead at Eldorado. Many were
injured there.
The storm formed near Eldorado,
about fifteen miles north of the Texas
line, swept through Jackson county
and struck Martha. a small town which
is reported to have been demolished.
No details can be learned from
Martha.
Warren, with a population Of 4o0,
northeastward from Martha, is be.
lieved to have been the next town
struck. Great damage was done there,
but the extent Of 1t cannot be learned.
At Blair, several persons were injured
and q number of towns blown down.
Three houses were blown down and
upward Of dozen persons injured.
A relief train carrying doctors and
nurses to Lugert, a town of 200. was
made up at Altus and rushed to Lugert
to care for the injured. 1t Is reported
to have picked up the bodies Of ten
persons along the track.
In Washita county. Lone Wolf and
Rock suffered severe damage. About
dozen persons were hurt at Rock
and half the town was blown away.
Later kilograms and telephone mes.
sages state that the town of Colema,
about three miles west of Ell Reno,
was blown to pieces and many hurt
Four houses were blown down at Yu.
kon, fourteen miles west of Oklahoma
City. Local damage is reported in the
country between FL Reno and Yukon.
Foss. Okla, ten killed. 25 or 80 in.
jured. town badly torn up.
Butler. Okla. nine killed, many in.
jured.
Sentinel. Okla, two killed; fifty
houses blown down.
Hinton, Okla. one killed, many In.
jured; score of buildings blown down.
Hobart. Okla, one killed, many in
jured; score Of buildings blown down.
Hobart, Okla, two known dead. four
others reported dead, several injured; ;
great damage to property.
Rock, Okla, one killed; half of town
blown away.
Calumet. Okla. three killed. six or
eight injured.
Eldora, Okla. no news many re.
ported killed or injured.
Reports of numerous smaller lorna
does have been received from MineO.
Yukon, Mulhall and points in Garfield
county.
In Texas the storm played great
persons were killed. Thirty farm
buildings were wrecked and a Rock
Island work train of nine cars was
blown from the track. The wind was
accompanied by a veritable cloudburst
Kirkland. Texas, reported fall of four
inches within thirty-five minutes.
Telephone and telegraph communica.
ton with the stricken district Is para.
lyzed. From the information obtain.
able. however. at late hour tonight
it was learned that the death list may
reach far beyond the present estimate.
II is declared that the towns of Lu.
gert, Altus. Martha, Eldorado. Calu.
met, Blair and Rock were practically
destroyed. In several instances II is
declared that all Of the buildings have
been razed. Structures were torn
apart and pitched about In the wind.
Every effort is being made to rush
aid to the stricken places.
Three persons were killed and prop.
erty valued at 100000 was wrecked
at the town Of Calumet. Okla.