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Show .. ..Jl!i;"UiS:.jJkiil;ry Several Towns Visited by a Y Tornado; Numerous Build- ings Destroyed; Iowa Village Vil-lage Is Wrecked. imrDEir, msB.," may 25. a toiotado that passed near IZXITDETT AND ULTEB STRTJCK PAULINE AND THE INTEBVENINO COTJNTSY EARLY TODAY, CAUSED HEAVY DAMAGE AND MANY LXVX3 ARE REPORTED LOST. AT 11 O'CLOCK IT IS BELIEVED THE DEATH LIST V7TLL NUMBER 21, WHILE MANY " OTHERS ARE 3INOt7ir TO HAVE BEEN INJURED. DETAILS ARE MEAGER, THE BEING 'DOWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS, t ; A TORNADO STRUCK ITPTEEN MILES SOUTH OP NORMAN A EMALLTOWN NEAR HERE, EARLY TODAY, DEMOLISHING PIP-TEEN PIP-TEEN BUILDINGS. KILLING THREE PERSONS AND INJURING A-DOZHN A-DOZHN OTHERS. ' THE DEAD: MRS. EARL BACON, MRS. WELLIVER AND JOHN 2TCURDY.- SERIOUSLY INJURED: MR. WELLIVER, HIP BROKEN. PROM NORMAN, WHICH IS A. TOWN OP ABOUT 100 INHABITANTS, INHABIT-ANTS, SITUATED ON WHAT IS CALLED THE "HIGH LINE" OP THE BURLINGTON RAILWAY, THE PATH OP THE STORM LAY EAST TO PAULINE A LITTLE STATION ON THE PROSSER BRANCH, OP THE MISSOURI PACItTO RAILWAY. . PROM PAULINE IT PROCEED. ED IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION, FINALLY LOSING ITS . PORCE SOUTHWEST OP F AIRFIELD. r 1 THE ENTIRE TOWN OF FAIRFIELD, WHICH HAD ABOUT THIRTY-FIVE HOUSES, IS REPORTED WRECKED, AND IT IS . SAID THAT THREE PERSONS WERE KILLED AND OTHERS INJURED. , THE MISSOURI PACIFIC HAS SENT' A RET.TEP TRAIN TO THE ' scrim , ' , f FAIRFIELD REPORTS MANY FARM HOUSES' - WRECKED IN VTY, ADA1IS A3TI KEARNEY COUNTIES, AND EIGHT PERSONS "LE REPORTED KILLED IN THE DISTRICT NEAR FAIRFIELD. A A PARTIAL LIST OF THE? CAS UALTIT3 AT PAULINE FOLLOWS: JAMES C. MUMAW, WIPE AND -DAUGHTER, PRANK. QUiaGr HZ- -ZEE PALMER, JEANNETTE PALMER. 4 1 ' , ? t. I NINE DEAD; the storm covered, a great stretch of country. ' - . ' - ' The nine members of the family of Peter Hockinson were scattered . last night In the storm, and If not dead are believed to be still wandering about homeless. The Hockinson home was carried . away and completely demolished. demol-ished. The greatest loss of property was sustained by farmers. . The heaviest Individual In-dividual loss reported is that suffered by Charles Taylor, who places the damage to his stock farm. Including cattle and horses killed, at $21,000. Two schoolhouses were destroyed. CHINAMAN KTT.T.Ep'lN , . TORlfADO THAT WRECKED A VILLAGE IN IOWA. DES MOINES, la.. May 25. A tornado torna-do struck the town of Rolfe, seventy miles west of here, late yesterday, kill- LINCOLN, Neb., May 25.-rNine of the victims of the tornado were found dead and eleven people are still : missing. The injured, as far as reported will number twelve. . Known dead: James C Muiraw, Pauline; Mrs. James C. Mumaw, Pauline; Pau-line; Edith Mumaw, Pauline; Frank Quigg, Pauline; LIsaie Palmer, Pauline; Jeanette Palmer, Pauline;! Mrs. Earl Bacon, Norman: Mrs. John Welliver, Norman; John McCurdy, Norman. Missing: Neil McSwayne, Fairfield; Peter Johns, living near Brockton; Peter Pe-ter Hockinson and eight members, of his family, living near Fairfield. Among the twelve injured all are from Fairfield. The following persons among the injured are said to be dangerously dan-gerously hurt: John McReynolds, Charles Taylor, Mrs. Nobe Lindsey. There were two separate tornadoes, both originating within a mile of Fairfield. Fair-field. The first one moved to the northwest north-west and ithe second off to the southwest. south-west. Tne one to the northwest did the greatest damage, and all the fatalities seem to have been in its path. It passed close to the town of Pauline, in the southern part of Adams county, kimng six persons. It lost Its force tf- Vteen miles southeast of Norman, lwV where three persons living in the same house were killed. : Many members of farmers' families In the track of the storm fled from their homes, while others sought shelter shel-ter In cellars. Farmers driving to town report that they were unable to find members of their families from whom they were separated during the torm. A" complete list of .the. dead cannot be secured before tonight, as lng Fong Foo, a laundryman, fatally injuring a child and wrecking the State bank building. Crayton's general store, the Hotel DeMaln and one or two other buildings. Several residences were damaged. TORNADO STRIKES TOWN IN MISSOURI, BUT NO - - LIVES REPORTED LOST. .MARYVILLE. Mo.I May 23. A tor-'nado tor-'nado struck the town of Elmo, near here, early today, unroofing Joy's store and littering the town with the debris of outhouses, barns and trees. No lives were lost. ... |