Roosevelt Standard | 1927-05-11 | Page 4 | Tornado Sweeps Town off of Map

SWEEPS TOWN OFF OF V ROCK SPRINGS MILES WEST OF SAN ANTONIO CAUGHT IN PATH OF TWISTER oklahoma and arkansas Vis isted by windstorm adding to the flood damages houston texas between and persons were killed and hundreds injured at 8 p an m tuesday when a twisting tearing hurricane laid waste practically the entire town of rock springs county seat of 0 edwards county railway dispatchers reported rock aock springs is an inland town ot of population without a railroad about seventy miles northeast of del rio and seventy miles from Kerr kearville kerrville ville because the town is isolated without either railroad rail roid br or telegraph communication muni cation and because every available telephone was being used in calls tor for relief from the stricken area only scanty details of the disaster could be obtained by outside towns san antonio texas more mare than persons are believed to have lost their lives in a devastating tornado which struck the little town of rock springs county seat of edwards county located miles west of 0 san antonio two hours later over an improvised emergency telephone established one mile alls east ot of the town