The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-01
The GREAT DISASTER
An Attempt to Pre- LoukHlls's DsVas.
tatod District.
The Destitute Being Well Cared For
-Lssest Estimate OF Fatalities
Resulting From the Terri
rible Cyclone.

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as II Tell ana having thc erect Oh ram: All
the afternoon ana evening mon were busy
trying to protect the property exposed.
Thoy were particularly active at the to-
hacco warchouses. and the damage was
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tanned ny the wet.
No bodies were reported taken out any
where Sunday. The funeral professions
followed each other In rapid succession,
and so,nc Of the scenes werc imnrcssive'
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anu SERMONS preacheu a' uie fro.es'ah'.
Offers OF help continue to come i'm, and
liberal contributions from home and the
outside are being received.
Miss Clara Barton, president Of the
American White Cross association, ar
rived i'm this city yesterday with several of
her assistants. In an interview she says
organized and proceeding SO efficiently
that there Is no need for her services here.
She added that she had never known ef-
forts for relief better directed. Miss Bar
ton and her corps Of assistants will de-
vote their attention to other storm
nessec.
A great number of strangers are In the
city from outside points, and many who
had friends here are coming to see them.
Tho devastated district was thronped yes
tertiay with sightseers and presented a
dreary sight, Gangs of men are working
hard putting up Temporary roofs over
partly demolished houses and replacing
fronts in stores 20 secure the stocks
against danger from further storms.
No more missing were reported yester.
day and II is believed the total killed has
s..s.
ccivinR every attention and no deaths oc-
cured. though the condition OF some ia
| extremely critical. The water in running
very low, Every effort In being made to
eomplete a Temporary stand pipe and il
will be finished by Wednesday. But be-
| CITY will be almost without water except
| that received for fire Department work.
n has been showing since early last
| evening, The snow, il is feared, has
greatly damaged the goods I'm the tobacco
| district. A water famine h Threatened i'm
serious earnest. The river il al such a
| hioh stage that the injury 10 the pumpinu
station cannot bc rcnaiked. As long ms
| the tlood continues nothing can be done.
| President Long estimates that the rcser-
yoirs barely hold a three days supply.
| The last dead arc being laid away to-day.
| With four inches of water, the soaked
| snow is slowly meltipg. The situation in
| the deyastated district has been gloomy
to-day, and many people Tonight are
broken i'm spirit though their physical
wants are supplied. Most Of the streets
| i'm the district are ankle deep in mud and
water. The worst result of the wet is
| not SO much i'm additional injury TO prop
erty as in suffering to the Unprotected
people. Scores of families are protected
only by hastily put up boards or
| canvas and they are wet and cold, There
is plenty of food, however, and the relief
committee and agents are striving in