Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-06-04

Mr.. Paul W. Abt, president Of the FRS
! na.ional bank Of the city, will receiv
! all contributions sent
ST LOUIS, June Livery rail
road entering this storm-stricken cit,
ran excursion trains yesterday. They
brought scores OF thousands Of peopl,
TO view the devastation wrought BY
. the awful storm Of Wednesday. TIL,
streets Of the ruined district wer,
thronged with visitors all day. They
came from almost every town and city
within radius Of 300 miles. Nearly
all day cold, drizzling rain fell. Low
ering, threatening clouds covered tn.
sky and more dismal scene than the
ruined portion Of the city present tee
could scarcely be imagined. And
through the crowded streets all day
came long fu neral professions Nearly
100 burial permits were issued by the
health department Saturday and
every hearse In the city was in con.
slant use yesterday carrying victims
Of the storm TO their graves
At early dawn people began to crowd
into the city morgue. Many came in
search Of friends, but for the most part
the people who visited that charnel
house were drawn by morbid desire
to see the mangled corpses Of the un.
fortunate victims Of the tornado. all
day long the officers on duty were
busy keeping the people moving in line
in and out Of the viewing room Of the
morgue The superintendent Of the
morgue has trying time In answer.
Ing questions In regard TO the bodies
and taking names and descriptions Of
persons who have not been seen by
their friends since before the storm.
Although four days have come and
gone since the tornado, the work that
has been done In clearing away the
debris is scarcely perceptible. The city
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force OF iaoorers superintendent Oh
the Workhouse Carr, with gang OF so
negro prisoners and an outfit of carts
and the necessary implements for a
successful prosecution of the search,
arrived on the scene early in the morn
ing. Besides the force OF workhouse
laborers 80 laborers from the sewer de-
partment were also placed at work in
the ruins The work of searching for
the bodies was conducted in thor
ough manner. Every pile Of rubbish
heaped upon the ground outside Of the
walls was first searched, and then the
debris remaining upon the floors
searched and thrown aside, clearing
the entire space within the walls In
this manner the whole Of the acute
surgical ward, the consumptive ward