Show A TEMIR an oklahoma a destroys our sixty lives THREE TOWNS BADLY WRECKED stock is ie killed buildings demolished and erable property destroyed OKLA OKLAHOMA CITY okla april 27 two distinct cyclones a terrific hailstorm and a waterspout worked awful N yaul destruction in the newly built towns in oklahoma last night it is is reported arted that sixty sixta two human lived were sacrificed positively forty were killed while eevea beveral al were fatally arid and scores seriously injured the damage to property 13 inestimable the names of the vict victims fins so far as known are rev S M 1 I horn mr arid and mrs irs perry mr and mrs banks miss ella banks jerry banks frank banks john B oconner his wife two sons arid and three daug daughters b arnd and a family named johnson consisting in of five persons orders for thirty one boffing have been received here and at norman arid and supplies were telegraphed for from other points the brunt of the storm laid apon lipon the prosperous little town of norman on the santa fe railway south at that point thirty one people were killed dozens injured and the town almost comp completely leely destroyed the people are frenzied arid and cannot give any estimate of the loss and know nothing except to care for the dead and injured Fur further therion on the lobue aidy ri ranj ke bic i 1 pah were eie nearly a ted abd i hd sar scores e of people injured fatally arid and otherwise the first sh signs 0 of the impending danger 0 was seen late yesterday afternoon in a black cloud overshadowing c the northwest for miles around at 0 the monster manster swooped down on the town of moore houses and precious lives were caught 0 up and carried before the angry torrent great trees twisted arid and barns fences and everything 0 in its path laid low passing passim 0 for eight 0 miles it struck the town of norman where the damage daniago 0 was repeated then it went to townsand downs Down and sand keokuk falls through 7 county count where thousands of dollars worth of property was demolished the house of a man mail named oconner near moore was destroyed arid and oconner his wife and three children arid and five neighbors who sought shelter in the building building crushed to death the frame r house of jolin john banks was torn to pieces and lie he was killed together with other members of the family the homo home of henry dyer was demolished vest of norman ight eight houses were demolished and five fic people badly injured east of the stricken town two men and two women were killed killea around norman after the cyclone a fearful hailstorm started in and after it a violent rainstorm began the would be rescuers could hear the pitying cries of the unfortunate and here and there locate imprisoned victims but help in most cases was out of the question and several unfortunates were compelled to lay buried beneath the debris of their homes men women and childen child cil cn by the score spent the dismal night 0 in the rain in the endeavor t to 0 find loved ones As soon as it was light enough the men an got quickly to work and commenced the rescue of the poor v victims ichim who had been imprisoned all night they carefully carried to improvised hotels but few saved more than what they had on their backs help from neighboring towns soon arrived and before nightfall something like comfort was provided everything however is in confusion and IN it will lie be impossible t to 0 gain it a correct list of the casualties before tomorrow in payne county fifty y miles north arid and near the territory I 1 line ine a waterspout struck about the same time as did the cyclone and although it is known that several houses house tere swept away it ia h not knowli or not any lives were lo 10 J at a negro 0 town about att elve miles from Gut guthrie brie 0 thirty houses were nvere carried away and fourteen fourTe cn people killed the negroes sr they are ovo aine with a I 1 superstition that Z tm bat la st day dav has come and langstone Langs ie will be de populated they have lio no money arid and no DO energy and bithey remain in langston can oat do I 1 it by aid from the outside uro fen nolon of norman was 0 outcast outI ut ast night and all day attending we wounded and says lie I 1 injuries of the people about dairty of whom were fatally hurt ji |