Tornado Leaves Snyder Ravaged With Heavy Losses
A Snyder Oklahoma tornado on May 12 killed over 95 people with at least 150 injured and fears of higher totals. Affected town of 1000 saw most buildings wrecked, hospitals filled, and relief trains dispatched from Guthrie Hobart Mangum and Lawton. Losses estimated at 350000 to 400000 dollars as two thirds of structures collapsed.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Olustee
Texas Line
Mountain Park
Hobart
Mangum
Chicakasha
Lawton
Hilton
Lustee
Paul Crump
Mize
Mary Mize
Nan Patterson Freed Amid Calls For Trial Reform
Nan Patterson, former Florodora chorus girl, is released from Tombs Prison after a year awaiting trial for Caesar Young's murder. District Attorney Jerome cites likelihood of jury deadlock and warns of trial by newspaper, though lauds his team and notes alleged jury unanimity on three points.
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New York
Nan Patterson
Tombs
Caesar Young
Jerome
Mr. Rand
Morgan Smith
Harriman Acquires Ladura Mines in Sonora
Dispatch from Los Angeles reports E. H. Harriman through the Southern Pacific has taken over the Ladura mines in Sonora near the Yaqui river head. The price is said to be about $1,000,000. The deal consolidates Harriman holdings in Mexican mining.
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Chronicle
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Sonora
Mex
Yaqui River
Ninety-Five Bodies Reported From Snyder Tornado
Snyder Oklahoma reports 95 dead up to Friday noon with 35 more missing. 115 seriously injured including 25 believed fatally hurt. 25 to 30 slightly hurt. Estimated financial loss $500,000. Country losses include 25 killed outside Snyder, total possibly 120 dead. Communication remained cut since Wednesday night.
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Snyder
Okla
Pitiable Scenes Reported After Oklahoma Tornado
Pitiable scenes of want and suffering fill Snyder Oklahoma as hundreds of outsiders aid victims. By Thursday night many who lost everything faced hunger and cold, with unidentified bodies in temporary morgues and numerous injured awaiting medical care. Dozens remained missing and casualty tallies could not be confirmed.
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Snyder
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Guthrie Appeals to Cities for Relief After Oklahoma Storm
Governor Ferguson asks mayors business leaders and pastors across Oklahoma to raise funds for calamity relief at Snyder where no statutory funding exists. National Guard signal corps are sent from Lawton to aid rescue efforts. O B Regal recalls his office being crushed by the storm and regaining consciousness amid wreckage.
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Oklahoma
Snyder
Signal Corps
National Guard
Lawton
O. B. Regal
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Oliver
Geo. A. Adams
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Patterson
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