"The disruption passed near to a house on Reed's Ranch [near present-day Gorman], in which were several persons, all of whom effected their escape, except a woman, who was killed by the falling of the house. The wall struck her head which was smashed, no other part of the body being injured or even marked. Her remains were brought to this city and interred.
"We have heard a rumor that a man who was riding along the line of disruption having dismounted from his horse, was partly engulphed, but managed to extricate himself from the loose earth with which he was covered up. We have it, on reliable authority, that an old man, name unknown, but who was familiar to all our citizens, was walking on the Plaza at the time towards the church, when he fell down and was taken up a corpse. He was very old, supposed to be between 80 and 90."