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Dallas Morning News
May 9, 1893

         Alto, Cherokee Co., Tex., May 8 - A destructive cyclone 
       struck this city at 4 o'clock p.m. yesterday, doing great 
       damage to property at every description.
	 
	 The depot, Baptist and Presbyterian churches are totally 
       destroyed, also the public school and most of the residences 
       were damaged and several were completely unroofed and sent 
       off their foundations.
	 
	 There are not deaths yet reported and only two are wounded, 
       MR. DUDLEY and wife, who are thought to be seriously hurt.
	 
	 The storm came from the northwest and started within a few 
       miles of this place. It was about two miles wide and traveled 
       in a due west direction. The following is a list of losses by 
       the business men, as that portion of town was almost ruined:
	 T.J. ALBERN, stock $500.
	 R. USHER, building $200.
	 L. F. BATES, stock $800.
	 W. SUMMERS & Co., building, $300.
	 L. F. HILL & Co., stock $200, building $500; total loss.
	 H. Y. FISHER, stock $500, building $800; total loss.
	 A. C. HARRISON, stock $800, building $200.
	 J. W. SUMMERS & Co., stock $200.
	 J. M. NOEL, stock $500, building $350.
         L. W. LITTLE, stock $150, building $150
         
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