Show MORE THAN 60 PERISH WHEN TORNADO HITS TEXAS VILLAGE VILLACE Rock Springs Sprin Texas Scene of In Sultry Night FAMILIES GONE Baby Daby Hurled 50 Feet and an Lands L Safety During Storm ROCK flOCK SPRINGS Texas April i 13 Dy Dy The Associated 1 1 A tornado that struck this inland town last night took a toll toU of ot at least 62 lives and injured about I O persons The twister was the most disastrous oj In this section of or the the- state two Sixty bodies had been recovered recovered ered ed from the tho ruins of ot the town before noon 33 of or which had been Identified Of Ot the Injured 20 are arc expected to die before night Most of ot the unidentified dead are Mexicans Relief workers took possession pos of ot the the th town early today and more arriving Rock flock Springs was lashed Into ruins In a a. few tew minutes by a a. tornado tor tor- tornado nado undo from the northeast which razed all except a few buildings roaring down a tL two-mile two patch KNOWN Dl D Thirty-one Thirty known dead had been Identified as follows Rob fob Robert Robert fobert ert editor of oC the Ed Ed- Edwards Edwards wards County Leader and four members of ot his family Mrs Irs Will Felts Mrs W. W J. J J Adams A Mrs Irs Pennington and tv o members of ot her family Two children of oC J. J Billings Billing The Rev fles' Spiers of ot the Rock nock RockSprings Springs Methodist church Mrs l Spiers Sp ers and one child J. J T. T Cov Cowden Coden den his wife wire and two Vo children Charles Herrington Charles Baker Charles lc A Mr and Mrs Willis Judge Griffet and two children Guy and three chil chil- dren hen ILL BE TIE SLEEPING Relief workers Including phy phy- physicians physicians and nurses from Irons San An An- Antonio Antonio tonio onlo and ond KerrvIlle and a de detachment do- do of or troops from Fort Clark Clarl lari were delayed In arriving with ith aid on account lecount of ot storm dam aged roads After Atter tho tornado had sad passed two women neighbors for or many years ears lay side sille by side One ne on the verge erge of ot unconscious unconscious- unconsciousness ness asked Are you sleeping well cell Ill be sleeping ping In a 00 minute She died with the last word and nd her companion lapsed into unconsciousness The storm came from the north north- northwest WEt west with little or no warning lust just after arter dark according to sur sur- sur- sur ivors Few buildings were left stand stand- standIng Ing rig as the tornado howled on into IMo he the blackness Fire broke out soon after and the he postoffice and a II restaurant two wo of ot the shells still withstand withstand- withstanding ing rig the wind were burned With a population of or SOO Rock flock RockSprings RockSprIngs Springs center of or a sparsely set- set settled led Jed goat raising section In south south- southwest west rest Texas Is II one of ot the most Isolated towns to of ot the tho state and ands andIs Is s I located on a II rocky dome Jome of oC 1000 2000 feet teet elevation highest coun coun- county ty y seat In III Texas east of or the Davis mountains Only the native stone construe construe- construction ion tion on of or many man of or Its buildings buildings- Is believed to have e saved the town so o 5 openly Op exposed sed from complete Camp Wood WooL terminus of ot tha the alde 7 and Northern Lumber line Is 3 the only railway within 20 0 O miles ot f Rock Springs The usual sardonic pranks of ot he the IC twister were vere In irs evidence X A baby iby was hurled 50 feet teet through tIle he 0 air and landed safely almost almo t s |