White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-05-26
TORNADO STRUCK
STATES IN SOUTH.
RESULT WAS THE MOST FATAL
NORTH OF DENlsoN, TEXAS,
SATURDAY NIGHT.
MORE THAN IL PEOPLE KILLED
Town of Kemp, Okla, Miles North
Of Red River, Destroyed-Entire
Valley Suffers Heavy Damage
Tent Falls on People.

Denfson, Texas.-At least 10 persons
were killed in terrific wind and rain
storm which passed over the section
just north of Denison shortly after 10
o'clock Saturday night.
The town of Kemp, Okla, two miles
north of the Red river, is reported to
be wiped out. Most of the dead are
said to have been at Kemp.
Kemp had population Of 1856 at the
last census.
The tornado is said to have covered
a wide territory.
The child killed north of Denison
was the son of DR.. J. f. McCulloch.
Relief Train Is Sent.
The relief train from here carried
several physicians and nurses.
Heavy damage and loss of life as a
result of the tornado is reported all
along the Red river valley. Reports
from other sections of the state also
tell of heavy damage.
At Woodward, Okla, more than a
score of persons were injured when a
tent was blown down. Mrs. H. B. Pee.
bles probably will die from injuries to
her head. Many persons were tram
pied when the crowd rushed from be-
meath the falling canvas.
Fears are entertained for the safety
Of the students at Bloomfield semin-
orv on Indian ooboo1 poor Kopnr
1t is reported at Oxford, Neb., that
the storm which struck the section OF
country near Wilsonville, Furnas coun-
ty, also did damage at Beaver City
the county seat. Beaver City could
not be reached.
A windstorm Of tornado violence is
reported in eastern Colorado, the
towns of Fort Morgan and Yuma being
in it's path. According to railroad re-
ports here, much damage was done at
Yuma.
AS Reported Monday.
Denison, Tex-Nine persons were
killed and 38 injured, and Kemp City,
Okla, eight miles east of Denison,
was wiped out by the tornado which
swept path three-quarters Of mile
wide and five miles long in the Kemp
City region.
Twelve business housts, two-story
hotel and 60 residences were demol-
ished in Kemp City. This was the sec
ond time in recent years that the lit
tie town of 300 inhabitants has been
visited by a tornado.
Eight Of the dead were killed in the
town, while the other victim, child
was killed in the collapse of its faith.
er's home, Just across the Red river In
Texas.
The Dead:
Mr.. and Mrs. e. e. Cox.
DR.. and Mrs. VIM. Brinson.
CLANCY Battle, cashier Of the Bank
Of Kemp.
M. p. Thomas, postmaster.
Artile Pleasant
Mrs. ]. w. Hively.
Six-year-old daughter of DR.. ]. ].
Mccullough.
After the storm passed emergency
treatment was given the injured in
complete darkness and with the rain
falling in torrents.
In Iowa.
A tornado, which swept across Cen.
trail Iowa, did considerable damage to
buildings, but no one was injured.
All the outbuildings of the Jasper
county poor farm near Newton were
wrecked and the roof was torn from
the main residence building.
Houses, barns and live stock were
swept away by the storm at Burrell, a
milling town, nine miles north of Des
Moines. A heavy rain fell in Des
Moines.
Yuma Loss $4,000.
Yuma, Col.-Estimates on the dam
age caused by the tornado place the
loss at approximately S15O00O