Guthrie,
Oklahoma Tornado
October 29, 1896
LOSS OF LIFE IN OKLAHOMA.
District Several Miles Wide Devastated – Much
Damage in Payne County.
Guthrie, O. T., special: A cyclone
swept over a stretch of country about twenty
miles east of here at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday
night, devastating a district several miles long
and probably a hundred yards wide. The farmhouse
of William Toby
was first in the path of the storm. The building
was destroyed and Toby was probably fatally
injured. The other members of his family
escaped.
Half a mile further north the Mitchell
postoffice [sic] and stor was lifted bodily into
the air, carried a hundred yards and dashed to
the earth. The building was smashed into
splinters, and postmaster
M. L. Mullin and his wife, who
lived in the building, were killed. They died
clasped in each other’s arms. The Mullins came
here from Rock Island, Ill.
Rumors are current here that the same storm
did frightful damage further northeast, in Payne
county, and that several persons were killed
there, but particulars are not obtainable.
There was a tremendous fall of rain here and
considerable damage was done by washouts and the
carrying off of crops.
At Wewoka, I. T., the cyclone destroyed
Gov. Brown’s
store, a new church and four other buildings.
Several persons were hurt, but none seriously.
At mine No. 12, near Krebs, it is reported five
people were killed.
In Lincoln county
Mr. and Mrs. John McLaughlin have
been found dead in the ruins of their home and
Harrison Jones will die of his
injuries.
Gazette, Stevens Point, WI 4 Nov 1896
Transcribed by
Jenni Lanham. Thank you,
Jenni!
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