Santa Fe Daily New Mexican

AN AWFUL CYCLONE IN TEXAS

Several Counties and Many Villages Laid Waste by the Merciless Winds.

DEATH ROLL WILL REACH FULLY 120

Many Persons Suffer Shocking Injuries -- Immense Property Loss -- Ruin Wrought in Kansas and Missouri by Hail and Floods.

Justin, Tex., May 16 -- W. J. Evans was killed here by a cyclone to-day and seventeen wounded. The most severely injured are: M. Wilson, wife and children, and Ed. R. Reynolds.

At Gribble Springs, three persons were killed and thirty injured. The dead are: Mrs. Shannon and a small child, and Mr. Hill, a young man. Mr. Hurst and family are severely injured. It is expected that two of them will die. One child was found with a large wooden splinter stuck through its head, but it was still living. At Gribble Springs a few houses remain.

Keller, a small town north of Justin, was almost entirely wrecked. Only one house is standing. All the country immediately north was left bare by the storm.

DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

Denton, Texas. - The cyclone, which cut out the heart of this county and Grayson county, just to the northeast, started within a mile of Justin. A terrific wind was experienced here. Houses were demolished and farm buildings completely removed. Reports from the country districts indicate that five people were killed, most of whom were traders in Denton, but whose names can not be ascertained at this time. So far no one has been reported killed in this town. Reports from Justin, Sherman and Gribble are to the effect that $500,000 worth of property has been destroyed in the two counties. At Carpenter Bluff, seven miles from here, the dwelling of John Devant was blown down and Devant and wife, Devant's hired man, named Armour, and a little child, received injuries from which they will die.

SHERMAN SUFFERED BADLY.

Sherman, Tex.--When the first blast of the cyclone was felt at Justin, Denton county, more than 100 miles from Sherman, men, women and children were wholly unprepared for it. From there the cyclone went northeast through Gerald and Denton, thence to Mingo, Gribble Springs and on to Mustang. Hundreds of miles were traveled in an hour. Small settlements along the Missouri Kansas & Texas railroad, north of Denton, all suffered. Elmview was lashed; then the village of Howe was assailed. The southwest end of Sherman received the full force of the storm, which, while sweeping over Denton county and part of Grayson, seemed to have gathered new fury and wreaked the worst of its ruins in this city.

APPALLING LIST OF DEAD AND HURT.

Sherman, Texas.-The following is a revised list of the dead and wounded made at 12 o'clock to-day. The whites dead are:

Mrs. Otto Billenger and three children.
Mrs. Burn and three children.
John Ames, wife and two children.
Mrs. L. H. Montgomery and three children.
Children of Rev. J. D. Akers.
Alexander Pierce, wife and five children.
Miss Jenkins.
Lige Coron, wife and child.
Mrs. George Andersons and baby.
Rev. J. D. Shearer and wife.
Wm. Anderson, a farmer.
Mrs. Billy Martin.
Mrs. J. J. Johnson.
Wife and two children of Davis.
Mrs. Dave Herring and two children.
Chas. Weddel, of Fairview.
George Gray Audson.
Mrs. Wright Clark and two children.
Three unidentified white persons.

The colored persons dead are:

J. Walker.
Nora Nicholson and three children.
Lucy Billinger.
Sloan Billinger.
Katie King.
Mary Lake.
John Lake.
Letitia Lake.
Fadis Lake.
Lizzie Lake.
Eliza Cox.
Chas. Cox.
Cam Patty.
Jia English.

Two children of Wesley Patty.
Three children of Ben Cephus.
Three children of Belle Bachelor.
Mrs. Ben Sodison.
Two unidentified bodies.

The injured whites are: Mrs. Abe Shockley, right shoulder broken, head crushed, internal injuries, thought will die before night. Her youngest child is expected to die. The other child will live. Young son of John Ames, head crushed, body hurt, expected to die. Another son is hurt, but will live. Three daughters of Mrs. Jenkins, one fatally wounded, other two seriously. Mrs. Jenkins is painfully wounded in the back, but will not die. Several children of Wright Clark. Kelly, head crushed, other injuries, may die. Unknown baby said to be named Richards, fatally injured. Mrs. Alex Pierce, countless wounds in body and head, expected to die. John and Hiram Pierce, badly hurt.

NUMBER OF DEATHS.

Sherman, Texas.-The total number of deaths will reach 120; wounded over 100.