Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 178, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 11, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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BULLETIN Eitii
i News Todaf, Every Day Except Sunday ' L mn wv*
n Family jo Froat lari latching the iDelaware Community, East
2 ChwdtIfteiStrw*low*kySto™ Of Brownwood, Is Stricken
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Several Houses Demolished
8t*ndln* unaware of the Impend* ,
log tragedy. the Edgar P. Richard-
son family of Delaware community '
was struck down by the storm that
swept the community early Wed-1
needay night as members anxiously
watched threatening storm clouds
from the front yard. Two of the
children were klDed and the par-
ents and four other children ware
Injured. „ * . |
As the clouds became more and
mere threatening after the family
finished supper, members want to
the front yard to watch. The
twister struck—In a split second the
bodies were strewn over a large
area end the house was a mass Of
.Headed by Captain Rex Oalther
about fifteen members of Service
Cdmpany. Texas National Ouard
left here at 3.30 this morning to
make a complete check of the strick-
en area east of Bsownwood In the
Delaware and Jones Chapel commu-
nities. , .
Captain Oalther said shortly be-
fore leaving that ne was taking men
experienced in storm relief work and
that all of them had worked during
the heavy storm that swept Pala-
cios last summer during the Na-
tional Ouard encampment
The men. wearing fatigue blues
were equipped with first aid packs,
food and lights. They were to
search the entire area through fields
and at farm homes seeking other
dead and injured.
It was feared that there had been
seme Injured overlooked by earlier
searching parties and a conference
of officials caused the call of the
that they had received medical
treatment at any of these.
Telephone service and electric
light service was disrupted and the
major part of the south side was
without lights until about t o'clock.
Telephone service was also badly
damaged with many phones being
reported ss out of order by opera-
tors and by others.
Many Trees Upreeted
Many trees were uprooted and
blown across street* in that section
and many beautiful lawns were
damaged by the rain and by the
heavy wind damage to shrubs and
the trees.
Catherine Armnt's faithful dog
stayed with her even through a
storm. The thirteen year old girl was
found with her dog beside her under
s pile of wreckage by her father. J.
W. Arant, after the home In the
Jones Chapel community was de-
molished by the Wednesday night
storm. *v %
Arant and his son. Worth, were at
the barn when the wind struck the
home and out buildings When the
barn began to fall they left It and
had to hold to trees in the barnyard
to keep from being blown away.
The house was wrested. Mrs.
Arant and Catherine werif In the
building as H began to fall and tried
to mn to a rack milk house a short
distance away. The wind picked
them up. blowing Mrs. Arant about
sixty yards Into s pasture and the
girl against Uis milk hoqm. Wreck-
age wa a blown over her.
Wten her father found her a tittle
later her deg was with her. Mn.
Arant was not found until after
Two were known dead and several other persons
were injured in the worst storm of recent years in Brown
county which struck early Wednesday night three or
four miles east of Brownwood in the Delaware and Jones
Chapel communities.
The two killed were children of Edgar P. Richard-
son, 50, farmer of the Delaware commuaity. 'Richardson
his wife, and four other children were injured. Mrs. J.
W. Arant and daughter of the Jones Chapel community
also were afriong the injured. j
The Dead and Injured
a The dead are: ARTHUR RICHARDSON, 11; and
MARJORIE RICHARDSON, 18 months
The injured include: Edgar Richardson, 50; Mrs.
Edgar Richardsoa, 45; Ruby Pearl Richardson, 13; Bea-
The city purr p station wsa badly
damaged. It to located on Pecan
Bayou s short distance north east
of the city. Tbe damage was dons
to the roof, part of which was car-,
tied sway and to other parts of
the building Mayor W. A. Butler
said Uto last night that ht bad
no estimate of the damage to this
and other city property.
The two subways on AusUn ave-
nue and Vlas street were each hold-
ing a large quantity of wator at 3
o’clock this morning and earlier In
the night were Impassable because
of high water which oould not dr»m
frame building was tom away and
the south aide of the building was
also demolished. The root was part-
ly blown from the bulkUng and dam-
age to the Interior from rain was
also sustained.
The fragments of the torn wall
were scattered for more than a
block from the church
Church officials Were not ques-
tioned but members of the congre-
gation said that In all probability
the church building would quickly
be replaced.
Ranee PettltL the chief, was badly
damaged during the storm. The
bulki ng was located on a cross
street off Center Avenue near the
mating rink and Magnolia building
where heavy damage was sustained
Mr Pettltt said last'night that s
check revealed that the porch was
carried away and parts of the root
blown eff Other damage was sus-
tained by flying debris.
The storm was “stopped." striking
In one place then skipping a long
distance before dipping down again
to wreck and destroy and Injure.
Doaens of houses In the dty were
unroofed or otherwise damaged.
Trees were uprooted end mapped
in two like as many matches.
Pecan Bayou is on a rapage.
The heavy rain In the wide areas
surrounding Brownwood soon filled
thfl stream and put the water out of
banks. The top of the lower dty
dam cdfiJd not be seen for the high
water. Sloughs In the dty are fill-
ed and some are out of banka.
Brownwood was frightened as the
strong wind blew and the rain beat
down. People over the dty anxious-
ly watched the storm clouds for sev-
eral hours. The fright was Increas-
ed when lightning disrupted power
lines for a time and the dty was In
Injured 'from Mullin. The gas line of his
La inis and Oris Richardson, IS car stopped up and stalled the car
and 30. respectively, the two older on the WUttad* l»»ch road, three
boys of the family; were not at or four miles coot at Brownwood. He
home They stay in * house a half saw the storm. Ms car having stop-
mile or so from the family home, ped a short distance out of the
They did not know that their par- path of the twister. Be waited In
eats and brothers and Sisters were his car until after the storm, then
injured until notified by neighbors, stopped a pasting oar to get a ride
pl I iniMirahn ' A tree had been blown across the
SLACK HtflBS !~iwSSv2
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Qwnttsu sf AM .
Local rettti. county and Red Cross
officials were not reached early this
morning to determine whether or
not Red Cross aid would be asked
for the stricken families in the path
of the twister which struck here
Wednesday.
Citizens, civlr dub officials and
others expressed the view that such
aid would. In all probability be asked
sometime today. A checkup this
morning wtil festal Whether such a
step will be deemed as necessary
* It was said last night that In case
such a movement was decided upon
the aid would ho asked of the or-
fanixation "through the county
chairman and the eftisens of the
stricken communities.
Report of Lometa
! t Storm Unverified
WASHINGTON. May IS—(JP>-
President Roosevelt today named
Eugene Black governor of the Red-
era! Reserve Board succeeding Eu-
gene Meyer.
Black, now governor of the At-
ari ta Reserve Bank, tnitisalsd to the
administration that’ be would be
able to hold the new peat only a
few months.
me of County Judge
Iray was badly damaged
of the roof was carried
he house, according to
was also Mown from Its
. Rumor had K that the
his arils were slightly tn-
ie severe Jar. However, a
A situation of utter desolation In
the rielnlty of Beaty Swamps was
reported by O. C Oore, Livingston
WM brought to town by Charles King, Brownwood youth
who wag returning to Brownwood from Mullin. Hit ear
•tailed near the Richardsn home and he saw the storm.
He heard the moaning of the victims and catching a ride
in a passing car brought word to Brownwood. Immedi-
ately assistance was rushed to the scene of disaster.
Victims Were Watching Clouds
The Richardson family wag standing in the front
yard at their farm home watching the clouds when the
high wind struck them. Members of the family were
strewn over a large area. Their home was totally wreck-
ed. Searching parties said the biggest pert of the house
left was s door.
Mrs. Arant and her daughter were alone in their
home, which is the place owned by M. M. Deiunan, for-
mer Brown county sheriff, in the Jonhs Chapel commu-
nity. while Mr. Arant and hi. soiTForth, were at the
barn. Uie house was completely .blown away.
The home of “Slim” KUgoreT®ffar from the Den-
man place, was blown from its foundation and unroofed.
Complete Pouring
Of Asphalt on the
Blanket Cut-Off
KILGORE. Tsxas. h
A fire orlflnaUnf ta •
pressing shop today i
Pouring of asphalt on Um Blanket
cut-off on highway No. 10 Baa been
completed and with the finishing of
this short atrip asphalting wort la
the county Is concluded until the
contractors on highway No. IS from
Brownwood to the Colorado river are
ready to beginJpouring asphalt.
Crushed stone and gravel are beta,
placed along the highway now and
as soon as enough material has been
put In place to keep ahead of the
asphalt crew, the final topping will
be put down on this 23 mile strip of
road.
. Members of the engineer’s office
today called attention to the fast
that all traffic over highway No. 10
from Comanche county and thence
week on highway No 7 to Coleman
county is coming through the dty
and not turning oft No. 10 where
highway No. 7 Intersect* Juet north
of the dty limits. Before the high-
ways were completed many Brown-
wood people voiced * opinions that
much of the traffic would not come
through the dty but would continue
on either No. 7 or No. IS. depending
of which direction the traffic might
Raymond Hamilton
m ^ d ss s .
Is Chen Lif e in
Prison for RoUery
Borne of the children injured In was safe and unharmed. . .
the tornado wars students of the The rumors of the storms In near-
Earty school. by communities were found to also
William L. Moody
Files Voluntary hsavy rams fen but that there
Bankruptcy Papers SETmaa. a ***>!»-
OALVKfTON, Tbiaa, May Mr—no communication weM fry gotten
“ SKSr* UpSTJU return
u*y that ram and hall
SSey iTHStS SmSn? ££ ^
community m jhia month a little more than twenty years
«g«. Many were killed and injured in the cyclone. It also
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 178, Ed. 2 Thursday, May 11, 1933, newspaper, May 11, 1933; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1041248/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.