Show TEXAS STRUCK BY A TORNADO Known Dead De d at Old and New Laredo Lar ao Tex Number Nuber LARGE LIST OF INJURED FULL FULLS FULL DETAILS OF DISASTER UN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN KNOWN I AREDO Tex re via Bermuda Tex LAREDO L L April Apri 20 Sixteen people v were nere t re killed and scores injured inured in La Laredo Laredo Laredo redo by it u tornado which tore tor through the tIme city late last Jast night i ht Humors Humors of others other killed in I places outside Laredo are heard but as yet lack confirma confirmation tion ton The property damage is large The damage wrought at the Laredo seminary is severe svere Not one of tho group of magnificent buildings which go 0 to t make up that institution escaped damage The barracks the primary primar building Emery hall hail hal and the chapel were damaged from 50 to 75 per cent The escape from death of the teach teachers teachers ers era at present quartered in the institution is considered miraculous as the walls valis wals of some of the time buildings which they occupied were completely demol demolished demolished Mrs Eastley one of the teach teachers ers era was heroically rescued by b several cadet students of the institution they the lowering her by a rope from a second story She was badly bruised Ruins on Every Side The rIme Mexican National hospital build building building ing lug had Imad u d the time roof lifted from the edi edifice flee fice and it i will wil require much time to repair the building for patients patents A trip through the town fails fals to show a locality that has not nt suffered more or less les from frOll the storm Trees fences telegraph and nd telephone poles corrugated corrugate roofs chimneys and nd walls wals and debris of all al imaginable kinds strew the streets The city authorities are at work cleaning away the time wreckage of the storm and tonight the city began begIn to assume its customary tranquil appear appearance appearance ance Linemen are at work endeavor endeavoring ing leg to straighten out the tangle of wires and ad it is believed that within two days the time electric light service can ean be resumed It I is hoped to reestablish telegraphic communication at least le t partly within two days dat New Town Also Suffered Conditions in New ew Laredo Lareo across the Rio Grande Grands river rhe are similar simia It I is dead dt ad ador not officially known how mummy many or injured there are arE at that city et but buti it i is stated there are five The five known dead added to the list of dead on this side of the time river would bring the time number of dead in both cities up to persons from The rime storm made its appearance the time southwest in iii the time neighborhood of Lampasas Mexico sent two miles from this city ci and it is reported that great havoc was wrought in that lo ho locality although it i is not thought that any aimy loss I s of life resulted When the storm torn struck truck the tIme city the time huts hut occupied by th the lre poorer classes la lawer I were the first to 10 be leveled to the ground but as the wind increased in force the more substantially construct constructed ed buildings were ere unroofed and in lit inmany inmany many eases cHes CH were demolished Vivid Lightning The Ih lightning flashed vividly and continuously adding to the fears of the people The Time storm lasted laste about one onE hour bour The Mexican National railroad has hus temporarily abandoned its trains teams on Ol account of lack laCk of telegraph wires over which to arrange meeting points pints Physicians are ae busy attending to the injured and it is thought no deaths will wi result re lt Dr H J Hamilton Hamiton of the United States tates marine hospital hospital service etc has imas placed tents with bedding at the time disposal of the homeless Governor Lanham Laham has received a communication from Mayor layor Sanchez of Laredo asking for f r aid In response to this request Governor Lanham is issued issued issued sued a general appeal for help ex cx expressing expressing pressing the wish that Texans in gen gelt general geH eral would be liberal and prompt in their help |