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Show DEAD AND INJURED NOMBEBJUiBEDS Appalling Loss of Life and 1 Destruction of Properly by I Tornado in Oklahoma. OKKjAj tCfatA CTTT, Okin , April Ao dct-Lilci-; rcnuiTK come in, tho ex'terrt of devastation and loss of life and property from Saturday's tornado increases. Tt is known that twenty towns were struck by the storm, which swept northward north-ward through portion Of southwestern and central Oklahoma: that two of them Butler But-ler and I'o.m;.. wore literally wiped out am? forty -OJ1S dead .in.) more than a hundred hun-dred injured are. accounted for. Other deaths are reported hut cannot he verified because awollen .streams prevent pre-vent partie from exploring whole set -tions Tonlghl no word had been received from Eldorado. Warren. Martha and Blair, reported Saturday to have suffered severely, while Korn. Sentinel. Colony and I tinton, Okla., were learned to have been badly damaged. All central Oklahoma seems to be demoralized de-moralized and it may be days before loss of life and property in known. Western Oklahoma streams aro out of their bauks. The. Rock Island bridge over the Cimarron river, thirty miles: south of Enid, was washed out- A call for Hid wan sent 0U1 today by the ol'-flcJals ol'-flcJals of Lugert. who sav there aro thirty destitute families in Ihe town. Following Is a summary of the damage to life and property; Eos-:. Okla -Ten killed, 2fi or 30 in-jnred in-jnred ; town badly torn up Butler. Okla. .Vine killed, many injured in-jured Sentinel. Okla. Two killed, fifty houses blown down. Hlnton, Okla. One killed, man-. injured in-jured scores of buildings blown down Huhutt. Okla. Two known dead, four others reported dead; several injured great damage lo property. bUgert Okla Two killed, live fatally hurt. One store building left standing Rocky, Okla. One killed half of town olown ft way. Calumet. Okla- Three killed six or eight injured, heavy property loas Eldorado, Okla. X,, news sin Saturday Satur-day when it was reported many klllrd 01 Injured. Reports of many smaller tornadoes have been received from Mlnco, Yukon. Bful-hall Bful-hall and points In Garfield county rarkland, Texas-- Seven dead and great damage to property. |