Show TERRIFIC STORMS I 1 SWEEP SOUTHWEST DEATH AND RUIN LEFT IN PATH OF GALE WHICH STRIKES THREE STATES scores killed and enormous property damage is reported as result of i storms in texas oklahoma and arkansas Dal dallas lits texas the toll of tuesday nights storm in northern texas son southern thern oklahoma and ri A portion of Arkan arkansas sav lias has readied reached a total ot of deaths with avith hundreds reported injured and a property loss that probably will run ran into millions of 0 dollars according to later reports damage to growing crops it was indicated was ery cry heavy Ite reports ports how the following deaths canaan 4 durant okla 11 wood county 4 toc county okla 1 ector 3 It cavenna Ka venna avenna 8 mineola myneola Ml neola 11 tundra 8 Winn winnsboro 15 13 san angelo 1 texarkana Tes Tex arkana 1 newsome 0 6 pleasant grove 0 2 Bu austace stace 1 ogden ark 5 wallers okla 1 the storm camp up from the rio grande valley with a high wind and heavy rain gaining force until it tore through the northern tier of 0 texas count counties les with the destructiveness ot of a tornado the little cotton town of canaan was completely wiped out its cotton gin church school and cotton warehouse containing much or of last years crop ot of the nearby near by hy farmers and its sixteen houses were all swept to the ground at mineola the storm struck with willi extreme severity three white while wo eight negroes were killed and many others received such ser ious fous injuries that their deaths are expected much damage was done to the prospective fruit crops in many sections according to reports strawberries berries and peach and pear blossoms were here torn oft off slid and the loss from bis aliis will be high telephone and telegraph i vi ires were put out of service and it was not until monday that full reports ot of the extent of the storm began reaching the outside world the rain made the texas roads impassable and the only means of reaching the stricken hamlets was by railroad |