The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-11-10
TERRIFIC TORNADO and
BLIZZARD SWEEP WEST
Three States In Pathway OF
Swirling Wind; Oil
Fields Struck.

I Drumright. Okla. Nov. -Four
persons were killed, fifty were in
jured, some seriously, and many are
missing as the result of a tornado
which struck in the oil fields just
southwest of here tonight.
( The storm came in a northeasterly
direction All the damage reported
was to houses and property on the oil
leases.
The known dead: Joe Jennings,
Mrs. Joe Jennings, 14-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Jennings. and
-Dobbs. boy 10 years old.
After striking southwest of Drum
right, the tornado raised and de-
scended near Manneford, twenty-five
miles. northeast of here. An oil
worker named Wall was killed on
an oil lease near Manneford.
/ Physicians departed for the storm
area from here and clifton. The to-
tai darkness which covered the oil
field as a result of the destruction of
electric lighting equipment is hin
dering the rescue parties.
More than thirty houses of oil
workers were wrecked and oil rigs
and pumping machinery strewn about
for miles.
No trace of the Jennings house
has been found Their bodies were
picked up a quarter of a mile away.
. A heavy downpour followed the,
tornado and is continuing. Two Of
the injured brought hers were iden-
titled as Frank Hurst and Mrs. Fan
ME Hurst.
Pueblo, Col, Nov. flight Boy
Scouts and their leaders left Pueblo
this morning for a hike. Nothing
! has been heard of them since the
storm broke out about 2:s0 O'Clock.
Men on horseback have left Pueblo
/ in search Of them. A binding snow
storm swept the region and there are
some fears expressed for their safety.
4, Tornado Hits Scattred Towns in Col
orado.
Denver, Col. Nov. 4. Two per-
sons dead, two missing, several in
1 jured and property damage upwards
of $4,000 was the toll reported to-
night of tornadoes and thunderstorms
that gripped farming sections of
Southeastern Colorado today.
The damaged area was the CEN
ter of a sleet and snowstorm which
hit the Rocky Mountain states last
night. Blizzardy conditions prevail
ed in most western states tonight and
heavy snowfall. with lower tempera-
ture were reported almost generally.
Wire communication south and
w.st of Denver was demoralized.
Definite information was not avail
able concerning the extent OF lorna
! does reported in a few isolated Colo
RADIO points.
Two lives were lost at Sugar City,
Col. in a tornado which swept near
that city early today, 1t was report
: ed. Another tornado struck that
place this afternoon and caused con-
siderable property damage. No in
juries were reported.
Nearly a score of houses and barns
were reported demolished east of
Llmon, Col and residents are search
ing for Carl Harmon. a rancher, and
his wife, who were reported missing
following the destruction of their
homes. Several persons were injur-
ed at Limon.
Reports that two persons were
! killed at Rockford could not be con-
firmed, but several houses and harms
were reported destroyed by lorna
do this afternoon.
The storm diminished somewhat
in Denver and Northern Colorado
| tonight.
blizzard Isolates Pueblo.
Pueblo, Col, Nov. 4.-Pueblo has
been completely isolated from the
rest Of the world for the past six
hours. All long-distance Telephone
and all telegraph lines have been
down because of severe blizzard
which struck this region at non Sat
urday.
In Pueblo electric wires and teie-
phone lines were broken by the hea-
Wy coat OF sleet that clung to the
wires. causing them to snap In the
wind, t.
Tornado Hits Nebraska.
Lexington. Nebr Nov. A tor
nadn struck Lexington this evening,