As further news is received from the Melissa storm area the extent of the damage increases. Mrs. O.C. Harris, living three and a half miles west of Melissa, who was in McKinney yesterday, stated that a Mr. Simpson, a tenant of her husbands farm lost his house and its contents in the storm which devastated Melissa. The Simpson house was directly in the path of the storm. Mrs. Simpson and children took refuge in a storm cellar and escaped injury. Mr. Simpson was away from home.
One the same farm Mr. Harris lost several hay barns, seven hundred bushels of corn and many tons of hay which were swept away. An adjoining farm owned by Claude White the house occupied by John Young was demolished and fire which originated destroyed the wreckage, the family escaped unhurt. The home of Mrs. A.L. Priest, located near the Young home, was unroofed, this is a new house. The barns and other outhouses were blown away. All trees in the path of the storm were either uprooted or twisted off at the ground. Storm damage is also reported at the Uncle Jesse Martin place east of Melissa.
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