The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-03-14
TORNAD0ES IN
SOUTH KILL 20
INJURING MANY
Nine Die at GOwan, Okla, and
Two in Sunrise, La, Storm.
Texas and Arkansas Cities Also
Suffer From Winds Violence.
DESTROY TWENTY-FIVE HOMES
NeighbOr States Mining Village
Nearly Razed in Night.
Six Negroes Are Killed in Storm
Near Pine Bluff, Ark.
Texas and Arkansas Cities Also
Suffer From Winds Violence.
DESTROY TWENTY-FIVE HOMES
NeighbOr States Mining Village
Nearly Razed in Night.
TORNADO CASUALTIES

BIcAlester. March 14.-Casualties
from the tornado at Gowen last night
are:
Clifford WIkersOn. infant; Mrs. Pat
Laney. Mrs. George GlembO. Rena
Glembo. Is; Mrs Pete Alnabois, Ma
tide AlnabOis-
The injured, not expected to i've;
Sidney Wilkerson, Pat Laney,
George Glembo. two small Glembo
children, two small AlnabOis children.
Baton Rouge. March 14.-Sunrise,
La. in West Baton Rouge parish, was
practically obliterated this morning by
sixteen injured and a number of
dwellings were demolished.
Eleven Dead in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City. March IA toll
of twelve lives and sixty-nine injured.
according TO figures reaching here,
was the result of cyclones last night
which struck Sulphur. Okla. making
100 persons homeless and taking two
lives. and GOwan, Okla, in Plttsburg
county. taking ten lives and literally
-'scrapping' large portion of the
small mining village
Not all the debris in either place
has been thOroly searched and it was
expected several more dead bodies
would be found
Sc en- at Sulphur are reported seri-
ously injured and it is feared two or
three of these may die as a result of
their injuries.
Twenty-Five Homes Destroyed.
TViIburton. Okla. March 14.-Ten
persons were killed and twenty-five
seriously injured by tornado which
struck Gowen, a village fifteen miles
west of here, early last night, accord
ing to advices received here This morn
4 Mexican family and one woman
are missing A party of doctors and
relief workers left here early today
for the stricken village and supplies
are being sent by the Red Cross.
Twenty-Five homes were reported de-
stroyed-
Reports indicate that most of the
damage was done in the southwest
part of the town. which is inhabited
mostly by foreigners employed in ad-
jaCent coal mines.
The village has a population of 700.
Hurricane in Texas County.
Fort Worth. March IA hurri-
cane. 500 yards wide and extending in
a northeasterly direction across Floyd
county Sunday night did heavy dam
age to farm and ranch property and
injured at least two persons. one seri-
ously. The homes Of T. B. Price and
Lee Reeves were demolished. Price
was injured and his sons back was
broken by falling timbers- The driv-
ing wind was accompanied by hail and
a heavy rain
Six Negroes Die in Arkansas.
Pine Bluff. Ark. March Il. Six
negroes were killed and several whites
injured in a tornado which passed
thru the northern part Of this county
early today
The storm passed thru northeastern
Jefferson and southeastern Lonoki
counties about I a. m. wrecking farm
houses and building. according to
passengers arriving on a train from
the storm section this morning. Wires
in the storm area are down and de-
tails are meager. The settlement of
Gethsemene near the Bonoki county
line was the scene Of the worst dam
age. Bodies of six negroes had been
found in the wreckage there UP to
9 a m