Oxford eagle., 1916-06-08

I tuuudcr- vino 1nu furtlve ram
squalls were Intermingied. The
play Of lightning from N O'Clock
until after midnight wa incessant.
Then followed a period Of CON
parative quiet, with frightful gusts
Of wind and occasional lightning
flashes, accompanied by light rain
showers.
Suddenly. with dull, cOnnnu-
Jus roar, like unto the sound OF
some mamOth freight train rumb-
hing over distant bridge, the
storm manifested itself. and seemd
- have gathered It's force In the
nsighborhood Of the State Deaf
and Dumb Institute On West
Capitol street. From that point
on the destroying force swep and
the scene absolutely beggars
description IL Was 10 respector
of persons. and in pitlless fury 1t
swept To earth with IT. impartial
force. the bungiOw of villa Of the
more prosperous and the humble
twO-rOOm cabin of the dollar a day
fegrO. the cooks. washerwomsn
or house servants.
It was Al the Deaf and Dumb In
stlLute that the work OF destruc-
ton began with the unro06ng of
a large portion Of the western
Wing. and also of the annex built
some four OF i've years agO. which
stands immediately to the rear.
out. fortunately. there were nO
human casualties 80 far A. ascef
tanned at this point-
At the Intersecti0u ii Bailey
Avenue and Ash Street stool the
hOme OF Mrs. / Z. 4. Jelks. shere
she dve,i ~ith her two daughters.
Misses Annie ani C0rlnne. Nrs.
Jelks ~aS kiilesf IN her bed the
daughters essaplng Sith0at -erl
oa- physical injury
A 0lo.k further e. th- east
st.td the outage o.zsupissI b
George hsmott al j family.
Wslter Deustt. al l. year-Old
=on ~a- killed IA A1s bssi, hIs
mother and hzs SISTER. the only
other per>pnS IA the boise Al the
time. escaping anhurt Nrs. De
aaott ~4- awakened IS the noise
0t the storm. ant hastily aroused
her I6-year-0ld gIrL Who slep
with her. buG SIth roof and s4lls
. eOllap=lug ali ar0ani her she made
trantle efforts b arOa-e Walter.
bat n VAN >eyeral hours after
ward he ~a> found. pinned under
the wreckAge. Sith saul crushed
and neck broken
Il =oU HoNEs sREeKED.
). Probably go hoa-es wers
wrecked. and IN several Instances
part- Of these structures we're
caught ap by the cyclone force
AMI swept bodily for great dls-
tsnssa> Lhs-rH. zara. mann MIR.
esloas escapes. In some Of the
houses occupants we're aroused
cut vi deep slamher to lnd them
selves buried beneath Nreckage.
In the RUNS ef cabin On EAlr-
BANKS street. Mary Cooley, =
Re<r0 woman. S4s found dead,
With her aa0uEhs-0ld naby also
dead n her arms. Ir a. presumed
that she was aroused and Was
trying ~ e=eape % safety with
Der sleeping babe Shen death
overlook her
The search for missing uegroes.
Adults and ehiliren. xAs continued
up "a Iate hour IN the day, tins
search having resulted IA the
finding Of eight bodies, anldenrl-
flei. most OF them within two
blocks on Fairbanks Street. which
Was thiekly populated by negro
fanIhes
Telegraph, Telephone and trOlIy
wires factory ehImneys and towers
we're swept % the ground, and
several of the woodworking and
other industrial plants either partly
or altogether wrecked or - badly
crippled a. To put them out Of
commission for the time being.
Ii viii be several days before
any thing like All approximate
knowledge of the property loss
can be arrived at and the prOba-
bihties are that many Of the poorer
classes have lost their little homes
and all. wIthOut tornado insurance
To protect them.
Ambulanees, hre wagons. drays
aud all sorts of eonveysnces were
pressed into ssTvFssr N order To
convey the injured negroes To the
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