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Show STORM DID GREAT DAMAGE. Violent Wind Sweeps Over Portions' of Indian Territory. Tulsa, I. T. A violent storm wwopt pver this section of Indian Territory early Sunday, causing damngo to prop-crty prop-crty cstlmnted nt nearly hnlf a million mil-lion dollars. A terrific electrical storm accompanied tho wind, and lightning struck oil tnnks nl over tfto mld-contlnent field. In Glenn Pool, near Tulsa, n GG.OOO-barrcl tank of tho QuttKor Oil & Gas company nnd a dozen other small tanks wcro struck by lightning and arc still burning fiercely. William S. Mowry of this city Buffered a lass nt Cooly Bluff of nlno lG.OOO-barrel tanks, and tho Standard Oil tanks at tho sumo placo wero nlmoHt totally destroyed. Reports Re-ports received from Itamonn, Ochela-tn, Ochela-tn, Nowata and other points toll of heavy damage by wind, but no loss of life. |