Emery County Progress | 1909-06-05 | Page 2 | Floods Follow Fearful Tornado

two towns devastated by high and rainstorm which swept over wide are at least fifteen people met death while many were injured it be i ig et mated two hundred are left homeless oklahoma city okia at least fit teen people were killed saturday night in a tornado that devastated the oklahoma towns of key west and dope v i orty or more v ere injured at least ten were killed in key west that figure is confirmed by a number of people who fled before the storm five are dead at depe v ie tornado swept over a wide stretch of farming country following the wind came a deluge of rain floods then added to the ter able situation the krecl age of key west soon was overwhelmed by the rising waters practically nothing was left of the town of inhabitants the residence of J I 1 hart was de mol shed after being rolled over a half dozen times with the occupants in side every member of the family was injured mrs harts back was broken a little g rl s leg was wrenched tron her thigh and hart and two children wore seriously injured depew was destroyed by a double twister that formed from that at ikin key west and horn another coming f om the east the tornado wiped out denev and then pushed on northeast ire usably pending its force a few n lies on at a i ear haur saturday after noon v as w nes pd most un asual pue bomena small tornadoes hollowed one ani a rose high into the air circled about and dipped As many as five were ob served d iring the display the atti tornadoes had spent their force when the big one came along at 5 clock