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Worth Gazette June 14, 1895 Pottsboro, June 12, - Yesterday evening between 4 and 5 o'clock a terrific wind and hail storm passed through the Martin Springs neighborhood, laying houses, barns, fences and trees to the ground. The storm started on the south bluff of Red River, traveling in a southward direction 4 miles. The path was 3 and a half miles wide and all vegetagion is utterly destroyed. Your correspondent visited a part of the country this morning and counted 5 houses and barns and post office at Martin Springs was blown from the foundation, and a house just west of that was completely demolished. The north porch of Mrs. Thomas' handsome residence was blown away and the roof of the main building torn in holes by the hail. Cotton, oats and corn are all gone, nothing being left in the cotton fields to tell what had once been a flattering prospect. Oats are beat into the ground and the blades of corn are all off, nothing standing in the fields but stubs. Not a person was hurt save a few slight injuries by the hail.  Martin Springs History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |