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Show "1 TEXAS TOWN III i PATH 0FT0RNA0IT ! Twelve Known to Have Been Killed 1 and a Score Injured, Property Loss Being Heavy. J Eight Persons Burned to Death In a. 1 Blazing Farm House. Every Busl- J ' ness House But One In Crafton it Blown Down. fl Dallas, Tcjtas. Twelve known doad,. 9 property loss reaching Into tho thou-' M sands of dollars and possibly a ncoro- M Injured Is tho result ot a tornado- which swept over tho northeastern R part ot Wlso county. Several small j& towns suffered serious dnmnge. 'Jj The greatest loss or life occurred' m in tho country districts. The destrue- $3 tlon of one farm house nlono caused $?. tho death or eight persons. This sin- ft glo tragedy or tho storm occurred near f Slldcll. Tho farm houso of Ira Rico was crushed in by the furious wind , and the family of eight members .J; pinned bencnth the wreckage. A light 5 in tho houso nt tho time of tho dlsas- M ter caused tho ruins to becomo Ignlt- cd and fanned by tho strong w.lnd, tho flames snuffed out tho lives or the- helpless victims. $ Tho towns or Sanger and Greenwood 'J. wore hit nnd a number of houses wero jj moved from their foundations. Tho- n Goodvlew school houso near Sanger was wrecked. In this vicinity two "i farmers nnd twp' children of a negro- 'i tenant were killed. lb At Crafton every business- houso fl savo one wns blown down. Tho Moth- H odlst nnd Baptist churches were com- pletely wrecked. ( |