SARAGOSA THE TORNADO OF 1987




THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED IN SARAGOSA
ON MAY 22, AT ABOUT 8:20 P M THE NINTH DEADLIEST TORNADO WOULD HIT THE STATE OF TEXAS
100'S WERE INJURED AND 30 WOULD LOSE THEIR LIVES
A VIOLENT MUTILPLE VORTEX TORNADO WOULD HIT THE TOWN

THE MAJORITY OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN SARAGOSA WERE DAMAGED
THE MOST SEVERE OF THE DAMAGE WAS DONE AT THE CATHOLIC HALL OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH
HERE 22 OF THE VICTIMS LOST THEIR LIVES
30 PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIFE, 122 MORE WERE INJURED
MOST OF THE DEATHS OCCURED AT THE CHURCH HALL
THEY WERE ATTENDING A GRADUATION OF 5 YEAR OLDS

IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES OF SARAGOSA
16 OF THE DEATHS OF THIS VIOLENT STORM WERE NOT RESIDENTS OF SARAGOSA
Maria Socorro Balderas 30 years old Balmorhea
Anita Brijalba 77 years old Saragosa
Eleanor Vasques Brijalba 65 years old Balmorhea
Edward Herbert Berdan 70 years old Saragosa
Dorothy Berdan 63 years old Saragosa
Amelia Vasquez Carrillo 71 years old Balmorhea.
Lucas  Jose Carrillo 28 years old Saragosa
Elsa Casillas 2 years old Saragosa
Elvira Casillas 14 years old Saragosa
Juanita Casillas 34 years old Saragosa
Olivia Rodriguez Contreras 46 years old Saragosa
Kathy Joyce Escobedo 17 years old Toyahvale
Irma Rodriguez Garza 30 years old Saragosa
Jose Lionel Garza 1 year old Saragosa
Elsa Lara Herrera 28 years old Pecos
Jonathan  Ross Herrera aged 1 year Pecos
Antonia Madrid 48 years old Saragosa
Jose Madrid 54 years old Saragosa
Jorge Martinez 35 years old Wink
Roxanne Martinez 8 months old Wink
Eva Meraz 53 years old Saragosa
Pedro Porras Meraz 57 years old Saragosa
Anastacio Morales 25 years old Balmorhea
Andrew Morales 1 year old Balmorhea

Corina Morales

 24 years old Balmorhea.

Maria Ninfa Ontiveros

 46 years old Saragosa

Matilde Mondragon Prieto

 49 years old Saragosa

Socorro Rodriguez

 28 years old Wink

Omero Perez Sanchez

 33 years old Balmorhea.

Sylvestra Alvarez Sanchez

 31 yeats old Balmorhea.









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