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Show TEXAS TOWN DESTROYED. Thirty-two Killed and Many Others Injured as Result of Tornado. Brownwood, Texas. A tornado ol great fury struck tho llttlo villages ol Zephyr, In tho eastern portion ol Brown county, at 1 o'clock Sunday morning, nnd left a path or death and destruction seldom paralleled. Tho death list has reached a total of thirty-two, and tho number of serlouB-ly serlouB-ly nnd ratally injured will reach fifty. Tho storm formed half a mllo southwest south-west or Zephyr and swept down upon tho village, cutting a wide Bwath directly di-rectly through tho rcsldonco and business busi-ness districts. Nenrly fifty housos woro entirely demolished. Lightning started a conflagration con-flagration which dostroyed ono entire business block. No effort was made to fight tho fire as the care of the dead and wounded victims demand' ed tho attention of ovory ono. |