Wills Point, Texas Tornado
May
25, 1907
TEXAS TORNADO MOWS SWATH
TWO HUNDRED YARDS WIDE THROUGH ENTIRE TOWN OF
WILLS POINT.
Killing Three People and Doing a Large Amount of
Damage-Everything Left in Confusion and Only the
Most Meagre Particulars Received-Buildings and
Debris Carried Along Like Whitling Leaves.
Wills Point, Tex., May 25.-A tornado struck
the eastern portion of Wills Point today. It cut
a clean swath two hundred yards in width through
the entire town. Three people are reported dead
as follows:
MRS. T. C. DOUGLASS
and JESSE
DOUGLASS, her 8 year old son.
A child of MRS.
MCCLELAN.
Injured: JOHN
LANCASTER. MRS. MCCLELLAN. MRS. R. C. MILLER.
MRS. C. H. CRICK and two children.
This list is all that can be secured tonight, as
everything is in confusion. The tornado came
from the southwest and traveled slowly to the
northeast, carrying with it portions of
buildings and other debris as if it were
whirling leaves. Dead horses, cattle and fowls
are scattered through the path of the storm.
The Grand Forks Daily Herald, Grand Forks,
ND 26 May 1907
Three Killed at Willspoint.
Willspoint, Tex , May 25-A tornado struck
the eastern portion of Willspoint today It cut a
clean swath 200 yards wide through the entire
town The dead are MRS T
C DOUGLASS, JESSE DOUGLASS, 3 year
old son, a child of MRS
MCCLELLAN Many persons were injured
and much property damaged.
The Daily Review, Decatur, IL 26 May
1907
Articles transcribed by Linda
Houston. Thanks, Linda!
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