The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-06
SIX ARE DEAD,
THIRTY INJURED.
IN CUSHING FIELD

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CONTINUED FROM FACE oNE
ana the GYPSY on company. The
OkIuhoma Gas Il Electric Go. and
inc southwestern Boil Telephone
company were also heavy losers.
Officials OF the various OH com
panies place the losses as follows
Pure Oh company, ~ derricks
five houses one storage tank ana
leases
Tldal oil company s6 derricks.
one pumping station, six lease
houses, one warehouse, garage ana
one store-ss0,OOO-three leases.
Texas oil company. 10 derricKs
two lease houses and seven garages.
t40.000--two leases
Magnolia Petroleum company, 10
derricks, three houses and one
vacuum gasoline plant. }3O,0OO--ouc
lease.
Roxana oil company nine der.
ricks. one power plant, seven houses
and the entire Brown farm was
wiped from the map with a totos lo.s
Of 100000.
Grice Oh company II dorricNs,
three tanks. four houses. 10000
one lease
southern OIL corporation, pump
station and two lease houses, $4,000
Prairie oil & Gas Go, ~ derrioks
seven houses and one pump station,
$4,000
Besides these complete losses to-
taling 100000, the various COM
plnies sustained damages TO boiler
houses, gasoline filling racks and
several pumping stations and two
age, 1t Is estimated. will total $780,
900.
The oklahoma Gas Il Electric CO.
and tho Southwestern Bell Telephone
company losses wero estimated at
100000 for each company
None OF these figures take into
consideration the loss OF production
Several of the leases have rich wolls
and each days idleness means
heavy loss. This loss. the officials
say. cannot he estimated because it
is not known how long tho wells will
be out of production. However, tho
total loss, they say, win easily be
$500 900, If not more.
The path of the storm through the
oil section resembles the swsth Of
huge harvesting machine. oil der
ricks arc flat on the ground houses
demolished and what had been
trees are bare trunks. stripped OF
leaves and branches. The stricken
area, which Is about 20 miles
long 10 desolate spot and to-
day the hundreds Of people who mi
raculously escaped injury and death
were gathering up the few remnants
OF their personal property
None Of the towns in this section
were touched by the storm proper
and this prevented the casualty LIST
from assuming large proportions. As
Il Is. those who visited the stricken
district today were astoundcd that
the list or dead and wounded did
not resemble one Of the casualty
lists OF the regent war. Wherever the
finger of the tornado touched the
earth, complete destruction resulted,
except in few spots. whore 1s al
ways In terrible storms, nature
showed her froakishness.
Cloud Formed az Shamrock.
Tho black funnel-shaped cloud
former In the vicinity OF Shamrock
and first reached the earth az
point three miles southwest Ot that
town. II travelled swiftly In a north
eastcrly direction and Just skirted
tho little town OF Olive. Speeding on
ward II missed this town by two
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the adjacent oil country lifted for a
few miles and again dipped to earth
near Mannford where the farming
section suffered heavy losses.
The Little Fay ON company, No
Man oil & Gas Co, Joe Mack COM
many, =. 81. II CO. and tho o. +. 8
X. CO also suffered losses near
MannfOrd. Thirteen derrcks were
toppled to the ground here, Most
Of these rigs were comparatively
new as these leases are being de-
veloped
Farmers near Mannford said that
the twister followed the same path
In that section 1s a tornado travelled
In 1906. In that year, the farmers
said, two children were KILLED oH the
site occupied by tho Fugate home
Today the farmers south and wes'
OF Mannford were busy digging
storm cellars, In preparation OF the
0eN' twister.
Darkness descended shortly afte
the storm struck and due 10 the de
struction OF light wires rescue WORK
throughout tho stricken area near
DrumriBht was hampered The Jen-
inGs nome was blown 10 atoms by
the terrific force OF the wind. a
car In a nearby garage was demol-
ished.
Victims Carried Half Mile.
Jennings and his wife were carried
q half mile from where their home