GREER’S
CYCLONE
CEMETERY
LIST
Aaron, Old Greer County now
Jackson Co. OK
Submitted by Patti O'Bannon
BIOGRAPHIES
GREER’S
CYCLONE
CEMETERY
LIST
1892 Tornado in Old Greer County
Aaron, Present Day Jackson County,
Oklahoma
May 17, 1892 – Dallas Daily Times
Herald, Page 4, Column 2. – Dallas Public Library Archives Collection.
GREER’S
CYCLONE
Full List of the Killed
and Wounded
Southern Afternoon Press
QUANAH, Texas – May 17 –
Further details have just been received of the tornado or cyclone that visited
Greer on Saturday night last. On Sunday morning, a committee of citizens consisting of C.
H. Harwell, Charles Goldberg, J. R. Sanders and P. L. Callahan
left for the scene of disaster, taking with them three wagon-loads of flour,
meat and other provisions, which our merchants and citizens willingly donated to
their relief. Dr. Grace and Dr.
Radford also started later in the day, so as to be able to render any
medical services needed.
The following is a list received from the committee so far
of those killed and wounded and the damage done:
Monroe HONEA,
house totally destroyed.
P. BRYANT, house total
wreck
R. E. GOWING (This is
probably supposed to be GOEN/GOIN.) killed, together with a little five weeks
old babe. Wife and three other
children seriously injured.
R. E. SATERFIELD, house
a perfect wreck, but no one injured.
George NORTH, a portion
of residence destroyed.
Lee LANDERS, house blown
away.
J. D. WILLIAMS, house
torn to atoms.
W. W. LEE, house blown
several feet off foundation, granary and storehouse totally destroyed.
T. J. WILSON, granary
blown away, fine stallion killed and eight other horses badly injured.
T. S. TIGER, house destroyed and family of six all
injured, the eldest boy not expected to live.
R. G.
LAWSON, house destroyed.
J. H. LEE, house
destroyed and Mrs. Lee injured, not seriously.
Mr. PARKER, house moved
100 yards off foundation.
Walter HONEA, house
blown down.
W. E. CANTEL, house and
granary a perfect wreck.
W. F. DODSON, house a
perfect wreck.
H. B. CARTLET, house
totally destroyed.
J. E. LAWSON, house
blown away and Mrs. Lawson slightly injured.
G. L.
PARSONS, house destroyed.
Dr. FORD and son, both
dead, and house a total wreck.
Two young men by the name of GOSLIN
were in a half dugout when the wind struck them.
The dugout and its entire contents were blown out of existence, leaving
nothing but a hole in the ground. Remarkable
to say, neither of the occupants was hurt seriously.
All this occurred in the
neighborhood of Aaron.
In the Frazier neighborhood,
not so much damage was done. The
schoolhouse was blown from its foundation and the residence of Mr. WRIGHT,
the blacksmith, destroyed, and several of the family seriously injured.
The people in the neighborhood say it is the first storm of the kind that
ever visited this section. They say
the tornado, cyclone, or whatever it was, had a forked appearance and took
everything in its path.”