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Show ! HFTY LIVES LOST IN OKLAHOMA STORM HOUSES DEMOLISHED WHEN THE TWISTER SWEEPS PATH OF DESTRUCTION. I Walls Lifted by Wind and Occupants i of Building Shook Out Upon I the Ground. Many Have Nar-j Nar-j row Escapes From Death. Muskogee. Okla. At least fifty per-ons per-ons are known to have been killed and about 1(X injured In ;r tornado which swept the countryside north of Chelsea late Sunday.' Three mile north of Chelsea. Otis Eagan, living with his three children In a brick farm house, terrilied by the roar of the storms, gathered his children about him and they huddled together in a corner of a room, waiting wait-ing for the tornado to strike. The farm house was demolished. As the walls were lifted the four fell outside into the yard. Debris showered upon them. All were badly hurt. Almost the entire population of Chelsea watched the atorin as it swept Its path of destruction almost a mile from the town. Many narrow escapes are being reported. re-ported. Among those who weathered the storm safely were Walter Sutherland Suther-land and eight friends, who were riding rid-ing in a wagon with Sutherland when they saw the storm approaching. Sutherland Suth-erland hitched his team to a telephone pone and the party ran a few yards ahead and fell face forward into a ditch. The storm passed overhead without injuring any of them. The horses and wagon were carried away. With exception of Madden, all of the known dead are farmers rho were killed when their homes ' were ' destroyed. de-stroyed. Madden was riding horseback horse-back along a country road when the tornado struck him. The town of Peggs was practically Bwept away. Relief parties searched all day Monday in the mud and tangled wreckage for victims, seven persons being reported missing. In some cases several bodies were found among the ruins of one building, build-ing, indicating whole families had been wiped out. The bodies were covered with mud. They were removed and piled In nooks and corners left untouched un-touched by the storm to await identification. |