Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1900 — SIX KILLED IN A TORNADO. [ARTICLE]

SIX KILLED IN A TORNADO.

A Texas storm Carrie* Everything Before It. A tornado struck about half a cine \ west of Lodi. Texas, Sunday evening. The path of the tornado was 200 yards wide and the wind swept everything l>efore it. One house in the center of its , path, occupied by colored people, was de- > strayed, six persons being killed outright. and three Others arc missing who arc iinpposed to be dead. The cyclone traveled from the southwest to the northwest, crossing the Texas and Pacific railroad at Campbellsvillo Spur, a lumber-loading station two miles north of Lodi. The lumber was carried in ail directions. It is feared further loss of life has resulted out in the country.