Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1924-04-04
One Dead and
Fourteen Hurt
By Twister in
Dallas County
tBy The Associated Pressl


70 farmers resulted from a tornado
that originated In Denton county late
yesterday and swept across portions os
Dallss and Kaufman counties killing
one nam and injuring thirteen persons.
The damage in the vicinity Of Richard
son, IL miles north Of Dallas, was esti-
mated at $4,000. A trail Of wrecked
farmhouses, was left along the path or
the storm. Families in the homes
wrecked in most Instances sought safe
~ IN storm cellars and others found
refuge beneath concrete cuIverts on
highways.
J. K Jacobs, 65. farmer of near Rem
ner, Dallas county, was killed when he
was Lifted by the wind and his head
crushed against a tree. His son. Lem
Jacobs, and the latter's wife were bad
! ~ bruised. Eight persons were hurt AZ
Richardson, including three childregyJf
one family.
Mrs. V. G. Howard and her|baby OF
near Carrollton were injured and Sam
Oiinger Of the Lawer community wxs
hart.
he property damage 10 buildings and
livestock later was estimtaed at between
$4,000 and $1,000. Nine houses were
completely demolished i'm the patb az
the storm which extended over a dis
tancc of 20 miles. sweeping A path from
=" yards ~ a quarter Of a mile wide.
Some ~ the houses were lifted hieh
INTO the air ana dropped a. far AZ fifty
yards from the foundations. The roofs
o. barns We're picked up and hurled for
yards. then after they struck the ground
were battered to pieces and the debris
scattered over the newly plowed fields.
Some miraculous escapes from deaths
were reported. and the queer antics II
the storm We're in evidence everywhere
Horses and mules were blown through
the mir for hundreds of feet Numerous
instances where horses and mules brnk.
leS~ when they stru k the ground. were
reported
iN' funnel-Shaped cloud seemed at
tiheS MI be- bounding along like n hinge
rnbntr h~n. Many houses directly in
me Travelled by the storm were left
Standih@. Han stones crashed through
roofs of houses. M
y number ~ HOUSES rot exactly IN the
path of the most sever, wind. wery
stripped If shingles. chmneyS -wv1f
The whisrlng ~ the wind could be
heard for miles and the turning. twisting
cloud. moving along a. If seeking out
special locations ~ strike.
Residents along the path felt the cold
wind ~ il passed too far away 10 do
any serious damage and wat he'd the
tumpliug twisting timbers picked up ~
the storm and hurled into the air
4
saw the storm coming and watched II
for time. then prepared for IT, arrival
II had been cooking and the oil stove
was burning She said. II entered the
house and turned out the stove az
was afraid fire might start IL the hous.
WAS struck. | gathered my children,
about me and waited In room until the
crash came.
There waS n terrific wind and the
clouds turned blue then heard the
timberS begin u twist and crash. The
next thing knew | was long way
from the house. or where the house had
been. the children were with me. and
neghhorS were coming fer me-"
Huge trees were uprocted and
hurled against houses. Those left
standing outside the. storm path were
covered with pieces of cloth. pillows.
timhers and other things gathered from
the blast a. il went by and the articles
whrling about were dropped BY the
wind here and there among the trees.
An iron bedstead and part "a n mEf
tress were found hanging In the top ~
an oak tree Wrapped about the trunk
were the springs.
Today chickens were seen walking
about the fields. completely shorn of
their feathers.
Cows. mules. horses and pigs were
wsfking about farms. their hides cbver-
cd with thick coating Of black mud.
The wind was preceded by n downpour
of rain and hail and the ground was wet.
The storm started about . o'clock In
the southeastern section of Denton
county. II reached the Jacobs home at
- minutes 10 : o'clock. Two clocks
found among the debris Of the Jacobs
home gave silent evidence of the time.
HENRIETTA. Texas. April 1.-Two
residences were destroyed and many
outbuildings blown down by twin" tor
nadoes. one from, the so,sth nnd the
other from the west. which met st Hal
sell. Il miles southwest of here late
Yesterday. No one was injured.
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