DISASTROUS CYCLONE

Evening Star, Issue 19533, 14 April 1927, Page 5

DISASTROUS CYCLONE

TEXAS TOWN WRECKED HEAVY DEATH ROLL A NIGHT-TIME HORROR Pmi Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, April 13. (Received April 14, at 10 a.m.) A message from San Antonio (Texas) states that the town of Rock Springs was wrecked by cyclonic winds last, night while the inhabitants slept. Sixty-eight bodies have already been recovered. It is estimated that the probable fatalities range between seventy-five and 100. The courthouse was the only building left standing, and it is being used as a receiving ward for scores of dead and injured, brought from the debris. The efforts at rescue work were impeded by the roaring waters of the Guadalupe River, which prevented the Red Cross parties and medical authorities from entering the town area. The cyclone came with such suddenness that the people had no chance of escaping. The houses, which were mostly of frail construction, were lifted from their foundations, and piled on top of each other over .the entire area. MANY PEOPLE INJURED NEW YORK, April 13. (Received April 14, at 10.30 a.m.) In addition to those killed at Rock Springs, 150 persons were injured, many probably fatally. An electrical storm followed the lydone. ANOTHER TOWH STRUCK THIRTY-TWO PEOPLE KILLED NEW YORK, April 13. (Received April 14, at 10.10 s.m.) The cyclone also killed thirty-two people in Sheffield, another town in the path of the storm, which was two miles wide. The deaths at Sheffield were reported when the crippled wire communications were partially restored.—‘Argus’ and Sydney ‘Sun’ Cable.