The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-04-10
over TOO KILLED
IN TEXAS STORM
List of Injured May Reach
300-Many Fatally Hurt
in Arkansas.
GALE AVOIDED CITIES
Oklahoma Towns Wiped Out
When Tornado Cut Path
Two Miles Wide.

W. AAACo w A0Ss
Dallas, Tex, April 10.--(A. P.)
One hundred known dead had been
listed as victims of the tornado which
yesterday struck northern Texas,
southern Oklahoma and parts of Ar
kansas when order began to form to-
day from the chaos caused by the
storm.
The injured, some Of them so badly
hurt they cannot recover, are ex-
pected to number several hundred
The property damage, while It will
run into many thousands of loilars,
was smaller than at first expected,
| since the path of the storm avoided
| all of the principal cities. striking
only farmhouses and smaller vii
lagos.
The counties most seriously jam
aged were Grayson, Fannin. uunt.
Wood. Vanzandt, Wichita, Collit.
! Camp and Titus in Texas, and Bryan.
| Cotton and Pontotoc in Oklahoma.
The Gil fields of Wichita county and
of southern Oklahoma suffered hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars dam
age in wrecked derricks and mi
| chinery.
The hour at which the storm strl
probably caused the high death ra
| Nearly all of the houses destroy
contained sleeping people! In m
cases the first the occupants heard
the storm was when the walls cras
down upon their beds.
! Three States Storm Swept.
| Dallas, Tex, April 10.-U N. SJ
Latest figures available today plac
the number killed by the tornad
which swept northern Texas, southy
ern Oklahoma and Arkansas lat3,
Tuesday night at 1877, with the list OF
injured expected to reach 800.
| Early today, reports reaching here
place the number killed in Texas 1t
| 1877. Twenty four are reported killed
in Oklahoma, s in Arkansas and / in
1 Missouri.
| Reports from Texas communities
show the following killed: Ecter. 8;
Canaan, 5; Mineola, 10; Canton, 10;
Mulberry. z; Winnsboro, Is; New
some, 8; Alma 2; Dennison. s..
Greenville, III; Golden, a; Quitman. 5:
Bette. 9; Como. 2; Concord. s: Oak
Grove. 8; Eustice, /; Pleasant Grove.
s: Tundra, s; San Angelo, i; Wood
county. 4; Texarkana. 1; Ravenna. s.
| Oklahoma points: Durant, Z; Walk
er, IL; Pontoc. 4; Walters. l.
Arkansas point: Ogden. 5.
Missouri, /.
Many Points Isolated.
Many points in the three states
have been completely cut off from the
outside world since Tuesday night
and until word is received from these
points, accurate estimates OF the
number killed and injured and prop
erty damage suffered are unavailabfe.
According to reports reaching here
early today, several towns in south-
ern Oklahoma were completely wiped
out. In that section of the state the
tornado is said to have cut path
two miles wide through two counties.
Wire communication with this sec
tion of Oklahoma is completely de-
moralized and ii is impossible to se-
cure further details.
Relief parties are being organized
in various sections of the affected
states and are preparing to leave for
| the scenes of destruction in autom0-
| bles. as railway traffic has been
completely disrupted in many sec
| tions. Hundreds of families are re-
| ported destitute.
Niece Of Mayor Killed.
At Mineola, Tex, Mrs. Iris White,
niece of the mayor, and three negroes
are reported to have been kilIe
| when Mrs. Whites home was de-
stroyed.
At Canton, Tex, Herbert Burns
| and his four children are reported
killed. Grover Atwood, his wife and
two sons were killed at Gamma, Tex
Mrs. :. j. Austin, Mrs. w. A. Aus
tin and baby were killed at Wins
boro.
One man is reported killed and
three probably fatally injured when
their automobile was caught in
stiff squall five miles southwest of
st. Louis. Mo-, and blown down a
steep embankment.
Storm Now Over Iowa.
Washington, April 10.-The SOUTH
western disturbance which in passing
through Texas and Oklahoma Tues
day night and Wednesday morning
caused heavy loss of life and prop
erty damage was central today over
Iowa with increased intensity, ac-
cording to reports to the weather bu-
reau.
Struck Negro Settlement.
Dallas, Tex, April 10.-At Mineola.
Tex, the storm was preceded by wind
and rain of great force, accompanied
by an extraordinary electrical dis
play. The tornado first struck ne
gro settlement on the edge Of the
town, encircled the town on the east.
demolishing ten houses and travelling
along Lake Fork bottom to the north
and east for fifteen miles, leaving a
to a mile in width.
Four bales of cotton on a farm at
Mcmillan were picked up, carried
quarter of a mile and set down in
tact, their pile formation beins
scarcely disturbed.
In the Bella community, store
was swept away and a heavy iron
safe. weighing nearly a tone. was let
upright in the road about sixty yards
from where the store stood.
In Wood county the property dam
age was estimated at s150,000, and
more than 100 families were lefs
homeless. A mass meeting was held
last night, at which a committee was
appointed to appeal to the state for
aid.
Only one house was left standing
in the village of Mulberry, near Bon
ham. where seven persons were killed
and others injured. At Ector, whers
Samuel and Cecil Huffaker and
child were killed. the family was nee
ing for the stormhouse when ];
struck. Mr.. Huffaker and one SOU
the shelter in safety. but tn
two men were killed.
Storm cellars saved many lives,
large share of the homes In the re
gion being equipped with them. Il
was almost unprecedented for Sc
we're storm to strike before daylight
tornadoes heretofore having com
10 to in a.