The Waco Daily Examiner

A terrible storm struck this place about 5 o'clock last evening, with disastrous results. Rain fell in torrents, and for twenty minutes the total destruction of the town seemed inevitable. The wind came from a northwesterly direction with terrible force.

A survey of the city shows over 150 houses blown down and moved off the blocks and pillars on which they rested, while a large number of others are more or less damaged. It looks at the fearful wreck in every direction it seems too strange to be real that only one life was lost, that of a colored child. Several persons sustained severe injuries, however.

I. Ste. sisilehee's warehouse toppled over, but portions of it left standing. His wife, with their infant child in her arms, was flung under the mercy of the winds, the child being almost drowned by the rain. I. Lowenstenn's residence, a large two-story building, was totally destroyed and Mrs. Lowenstein bruised up considerably. Other large dwellings near by, owned by J. I. Hobbs and one by Wm Wolfenberger, was also demolished, and Mrs. Wolfenberger and a member of the family slightly injured. The residence of M. L. Hall is a total wreck. He went with his family to his barn and all escaped unhurt. Hall's two-story brick on the south end of the square occupied by Bagsdale & Harr was unroofed and that stock of hardware considerably damaged. In two-story brick building, owned by N. B. Haey and occupied by I. A. Wells as a saloon, was also unroofed and the house flooded with water. In front of Romines booth and the high adjoining it on the east were blown down. The whole front of the store of J. H. Caster brick building in the rear of his drug store, occupied by W. C. Jones as a livery stable was blown out. All the front of two-story frame building on South Stonewall street, occupied by the Bard mill and Box factory were blown out. The roof and the Missouri Pacific freight depot were both blown off and the outhouse of the city water works blown down. B. D. Martin's ginning mill, near the T. & P. Railroad, was badly damaged. In the residence blown down. His loss will not fall short of $1. The M. E. dist church, the largest church building in town, was completely destroyed. The colored churches also a total wreck. The Presbyterian and Baptist churches are badly damaged. The pastor of the Christian church escaped injury. W. E. Strong machine shop was blown down and his machinery badly damaged. The loss of property in Greenville is variously estimated at from $50,000. The damage in the country to property and growing crops cannot be estimated now but will with the loss to machinery amount to thousands. S. Paisley's residence five miles southeast of town was blown down and Mr. and Mrs. were both injured, the latter, it is feared, was seriously. The residence of Mr. I. Irdn two miles south of town, was lifted from the ground and carried by the wind about twenty feet, being badly wrecked.

Reports from the country are meagre and contain but little, but we have already heard of a number of barns being blown down between here and south of town.