Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-02 | Page 2 | 3 Are Killed by Windstorm

3 ARE KILLED BY WINDSTORM Okla Okia May 2 UP UP- UP Two sections of ot western Oklahoma counted four dead 16 injured anc and thousands of dollars of property damage toda today from windstorms anc ancA and anda A flood Three persons were killed last night when a twister struck a group of farm homes in the vicinity of Albert near here 12 hours after A Chicago engineer died in a flood at Elk City where the city reservoir dam was broken The three who died in demolished homes last night were Mrs Alice Lagron 68 Harold Trull 2 21 and Albert Earl Lane year one persons were we're injured Mrs Virgil Lane mother of ot the baby I killed was found severely hurt a aI I quarter of A a. mile from her wrecked home horn e. e The body of oC George Bates 40 Chicago engineer was was found late yesterday four miles mUes from the bridge approach from which the water swept his car He was wa's was last las seen signaling to with ith a flashlight Elk city faced a drinking water shortage as the broken dam left the reservoir virtually empty ant and seven emergency water wells were choked with mud State and federal federal federal fed fed- eral agencies rushed rehabilitation work and guarded against an outbreak outbreak outbreak out out- break of disease Damage to the east eastside side of Elk City was tas estimated at by city officials Heavy rains al also o brought long long- needed mob moisture lure to the north central central cen cen- tm Oklahoma wheat section last night and nd at the same time a severe dust storm moved over western western west west- em ern ern parts of the state