Gripple Springs, Texas Tornado
May
25, 1907
TWO KILLED
And a Score Injured in a Tornado at Gribble
Springs
Gainesville, Tex., May 25.-A tornado struck
Gribble Springs, 18 miles southeast of here,
early today, wrecking 20 or 30 houses, killing
two persons and injuring a score.
The dead:
HAROLD MCCLOSKEY,
a child.
JAMES MCCLOSKEY, child.
The Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand
Forks, ND 26 May 1907
TORNADO PLAYED HAVOC ALSO AT GRIBBLE
SPRINGS
GAINESVILLE, Texas, May 25.-A tornado struck
Gribble Springs today wrecking 25 houses,
killing two persons and injuring a score.
Dead:
HARRY MCCLOSKY.
JAMES MCCLOSKY.
(Both Children)
Injured severely:
JAMES MCCLOSKY,
father of dead children, may die.
JOSIE TURPIN, may die.
UNA JACKSON, may die.
The tornado devastated growing land two miles
wide and several miles long.
The Macon Daily Telegraph, 25 May 1907
Articles transcribed by Linda
Houston. Thanks, Linda!
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