Show THREE KILLED IN INS S SOUTH mH STORMS Oklahoma Town Struck by T Tornado Oil Tanks Set Afire by Lightning DALLAS Tex May 18 AP AP- AP Reports of three deaths a number of persons seriously injured and property damage amounting to probably a million dollars filtered in slowly today from scattered sections sections sec sec- tiona of ot north Texas and southern Oklahoma that have been swept by bya a general wind rain and hailstorm Bruce Coleman was killed when struck by lightning during a heavy rain and electrical st storm rm at Post Tex J. J C. C Brinlee was waa fat fatally llY In- In Injured r d' d in hi the collapse of a dance hall near Drumwright Okla OkIa and Carl Roach lost his life when his automobile skidded on on wet pavement pavement pave pave- ment meat and overturned at Oilton Outon Okla Olda TWO SERIOUSLY HURT Thackerville Okla Okia with a population population population lation of about was struck by a tornado last night and early re reports reports reports re- re ports were that nearly every house there was blown blow from foundations A Mr and Mrs Gibbs who live near Thackerville were seriously Injured when their home was de de- de- de Many persons were less seriously hurt but loss of life was prevented by recourse to storm cellars An aviator Ray Smet who flew over the storm area of ot southern Oklahoma reported that- that several families were marooned on a small island in n the Salt Fork branch atthe of at the Red river liver which at places place's was five miles wide Plans were laid to Continued on n page 4 I THREE KILLED IN SOUTH STORMS Continued from page pagel 1 send food to them by airplane be because because because be- be cause of f the swift current of the stream which made succor by boats dangerous OIL IGNITED Large oil storage tanks at Midland Midland Midland Mid Mid- land and Burkburnett Tex were Ignited by lightning and arid loss was estimated at several hundred thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars At Midland shots from a three-inch three cannon were fired into two tanks to drain the oil and prevent spread of the flames to other tanks Railroad tracks were wele washed out In places and telegraph and telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone wires were down in several instances isolating small One of these was Welling- Welling ton Tex where a tornado struck Wednesday night and from which only meager reports of ot several houses demolished but no lives lost were received |