, 1897-04-01
KILLED BY A CYCLONE.
THE TOWN OF CHANDLER, OKLA,
is ALMOST TOTALLY DES-
TROYED.

Twenty People Reported Killed and $50
Neutrality-suspicious. and Tele-
graph Wires Broken-Rescuers at
Work in the Darkness, Guided by
the Cries and Groans Of Wounded.
Guthrie, Okla, March 31.-A report
is received here that 20 lives 9 lost
this evening in a cyclone that swept
over Chandler, a town Of 1900 inhabit-
ants, so miles east Of here. 1t lie report
ed that only two buildings we're left
standing-the Mitchell hotel and the
Grand Island grocery store. In addi-
ton to the 20 persons reported killed,
rumor has it that fully $50 were badly
injured. The following names are CIV
en as among those killed.
TWENTY-ONE BODIES FOUND.
At l o'clock this morning 81 dead
bodies have been taken from the ruins
at Chandler. Seventy-five to a hundred
persons are badly injured. and a dozen
or more Of these are reported dying.
In addition to those dead. injured and
dying, 1t is believed that at least q
score or more dead are buried beneath
the wrecked buildings. Several Of the
wrecked buildings have taken fire and
the debris is burning fiercely. Many
OF the injured have been burned to
death while pinned fast under the de-
bris. In n building 1t is reported five
injured people were
BURNED TO DEATH,
and at another place the incinerated
bodies OF three unknown children have
been taken out.
All the physicians of the town. save
one. met death in the storm. Nearly
all the physicians OF Guthrie have gone
to the scene of the disaster.
The following is a list OF the dead.
SO far as known at I O'Clock:
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodman.
Mrs. Henry Mitchell.
Mrs. Tom Smith.
Attorney John Dawson.
F. De Mott.
Emma Dressinger.
n. c. johnson and wife.
Mrs. Phillip johnson and. child.
Mrs. DR.. Lee.
A. w. Keller and wife.
Unknown woman and baby.
Five unknown children.
Among the fstally injured are.
Arthur Jave<t
Peggy Johpson.
Mrs, Frank Mccall.
q. C. Goodinx.
Mas,rie Reayee.
Andrew Asher and wife.
Mrs. Cullum.
Jennie Woodwork.
The following are reported az among
the injured: John M. Carter. brother
iu-law Of United States Marshal NaRle:
F. N. Niblack n father: John Foster:
Mrs. Emma Foster: two dauehters of
Comfy Treasurer Him: samuel Win,
throp: Georee N. G. Henry.
The cyclone struck at s O'Clock this
n The co,rt ho,se. in which
Chief Justice Dale was holding court,
was taken of it's foundation. All com,
municatiou with Chandler is now cut
of. The telephone ONCE was destroyed,
and the only information received here
was from a telephone connection made
a mile and a half out of Chandler. That
has since been lost.
REPORT FROM KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Mo-, March so.-A 3D..
clal to the Journal from Guthrie. Okla.
says:
Al 8 O'Clock this evening a terrific
tornado. followed by hail and flood,
swept through the town OF Chandler,
40 miles east of here. completely de-
vastatins the town. T~hree-fourths of
the residences and business houses Of
the town we're totally wrecked or bad
ly damaged, scores OF people injured and
many killed.
Darkness at once came on, and the
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.vav and ~ IN too,~ht /. ts,snhons
-. connsctsd With ,hs v,-a t~o r,,s.
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