Laredo, Texas, via Bermuda, Texas, April 29. -- Twenty-one persons were killed and scores injured in Laredo and in New Laredo by a tornado which tore through the city late last night, crossing the Rio Grande. Rumors of others killed in places outside Laredo lack confirmation. The property damage is large. Four members of a GUERRERO family employed on the ranch of GEORGE WOODMAN, were crushed to death by the falling of the heavy walls of an adobe house which they occupied. The others were killed in a similar manner. At Laredo Seminary not oneof the group of buildings escaped damage. The barracks, the primary buildings, Emery Hall, and the chapel were damaged from 50 to 75 per cent. The teachers narrowly escaped death, as the walls of some of the buildings which they occupied were demolished. MRS. EASLEY was rescued by several young students, who lowered her by a rope from a second story. She was severely bruised. The roof of the Mexican National Hospital was lifted. A trip through the town fails to show a block that has not suffered. Trees, fences, telegraph and telephone poles, corrugated roofs, chimneys and walls, and debris of all kinds strew the streets.www3.gendisasters/texas/5397/laredo-tx-tornado-damages-much-city-apr-1905
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 03:07:04 +0000
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