The Mena weekly star., 1919-04-17
HEAVY STORM. TOLL.
 IN THREE STATES.
Death List in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas Close to 100, with Much Property Loss-Ogden Wiped Property Loss-Fifteen Deaths
 Reported at One Place.
Fron lhe southwest AmerIean.

From the Southwest American.
 Strewing dead and injured in the wake of it's physical destruction, the worst storm short of a tornado which has visited Arkansas. Oklahoma and Texas passed over this section of the United States between the hours of 1 and a. m. yesterday.
 The death list last night was close to 100; scores of injuries in all com munities struck by the twister, and the property loss, while still unesti- mated, will be nothing short of mil lions of dollars. This loss is spread over a great area, however, and little suffering for shelter is reported.
 At Ogden, Ark, i've negroes were killed, 20 persons injured, many of them seriously, and great property damage was done. Texarkana also reported several killed in that vicini- ty, altho the greatest loss was in the states of Texas and Oklahoma.
 According to Dallas dispatches the storm came up from the Rio Grande valley with high wind and heavy rain, gaining force until it tore thru the northern tier of Texas counties and spread across Oklahoma and Arr kansas, centering itself in Oklahoma.
 Following are the Associated Press reports covering the storms activity, with Dallas, Tex, as a center;
 The course of the storm was cratic. At times it leaped mile or more be- fore striking the ground and doing damage, and skipping over one farm house, leaving it unharmed, only to demolish the next one. No cities of any size were in it's path, it's chief force being spent in overturning farm houses and barns. Most of those killed were caught under their falling homes. The heavy rainfall at once extinguished the numerous fires that started when houses were overturned, so. that no deaths were reported from burning.
 Town Is Wiped Out.
 The little town of Canaan was com pletely wiped out.
 Its cotton gin, its church, school and cotton warehouse, containing much of last years crop of the near by farmers, and it's sixteen houses were all swept to the ground.
 At Mineola, the storm struck with extreme severity. Three white wom- en and eight negroes were killed and many others received such serious in- juries that their deaths are expected.
 Much damage was done to the pros- pective fruit crops in many sections, according to rports.
 Telephone and telegraph wires were put out of service and it was not un- til late today that full reports of the storm began reaching the outside world. The rains made the Texas roads impossible and the only means of reaching the stricken hamlets was by railroad.
 15 Deaths at One Place.
 Shaw E. Ray, postmaster at Winns- boro, was authority for the statement of i5 deaths in that community. Soon after noon he succeeded in establish ing telephone connection with Green vile and asked that help be sent them. Six miles east of there, he said, 15 houses had been blown away and four persons killed. Three miles south of Winnsboro, he said, eight houses were blown down and many injured He estimated that the in. jured would number more than 100.