The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-01

tI DtCdtlst ol inc uaIkUtSS To
render assistance, no order prevailed
Rain poured down in torrents. The in
jured. in. many cases, hay in the wrecks
of their homes until day light made it
possible for them to help themselves. or
when aid from surrounding towns ar
rived. rs.r r-r4 .4.
AT one O'Clock twenty dead bodies had
been taken from the ruins, while dozens
or more less seriously injured had been
removed to places of safety. But one of
Chandler's physicians escaped uninjur-
ed, and even after aid from Guthrie ar
rived, there was a scarcity of surgeons.
Only two were able to do anything last
night and one of these, DIR. Walcott, with
blood streaming from a sightless eye.
worked until he tainted.
Daylight brought hundreds of people
from surrounding towns and men, wo-
men and children assisted in caring for
the injured. Little progress was made,
however, and it was not until noon that
an organized effort for allev.ating the
suffering OF the injured was begun. The
four remaining buildings were turned in
to hospitals and directed by Mayor Kin
ney, the work proceeded as swiftly as
possible. ~ f
HOUSES HANGING ON TREES.
Queer sights greeted the eye ON all
sides. Ten trees have a house hanging
on each; clothing and household goods
are scattered in the streets. Horses,
cows and other animals are to be seen
aeverywhere, while a pile of ruins has
fine piano perched ON top of it. Many
of the citizens wander about the streets,
dazed at the calamity, and almost on the
verge Of insanity at the loss of family
and homes. Two or three have gone
mad. Ten thousand people are in the
city tonight. Many Of them came to
render aid, but the majority are there
as sight-seers. A great quantity of
clothing, bedding and provisions has been
sent IN and the Guthrie Club has raised
81 800 in cash to send tomorrow. The
city has put to use all its cash, about
$70O, for immediate aid Hundreds of
tents have been sent frop Fort Reno
and Guthrie and will proride temporary
shelter for the unfortpnates. All are
homeless. however, and more substantial
aid must quickly follow. Food is also
scarce and practically all the towns sup
ply Of medicine has been destroyed. A
list of the dead follows:
LIST OF TILE DEAD.
Attorney John Dawson, E. II. Demoff,
Emma Dressinger. unknown woman and
child, all burned to death by being PIN
ioned in the wreck OF the Lincoln bank;
Mrs. Tom Smith, Mrs. Philip johnson
and child, Mrs. DIR. l.. Lee, A. w. Keller,
and wife. unknown woman. three un-
known children, burned 10 death; Mrs.
Mitchell. James Woodward and wife, Of
Eldorado, Kansas: Mrs. Demment, II.
Bemar, barber; d. F. johnson, Emma
Ritenstein, Mrs. +. johnson, babe and
little boy.
The fatally injured are: Woodyard
Girl, DIR. l.. Lee, Arthur Jewett, Peggie
Johnson, Mrs. Mccall, D. c. Gooding,
Mollie Ulam, Andrew Asher and wife,
Sidney kennon, d. c. Johnson and wife,
William Tilghman and George Hefen-
don.
The badly injured are: Mrs. Emery
Foster and baby, the mothers leg broken !;
Mrs. CullOm, Mrs. J. ID. Lumleyn, Mag
gle Reeves, Chandler Reeves, Arch Shep-
ard. Alex. Bishop, leg broken Mrs Co
burn, G. c. Niblack. f. A. Niblack.
John Mccartney, Sam Hichtower, Mr.
Efhany, Woodward Boy, arm broken;
w. b. Herod, arm broken; DR.. Walcott,
eye torn out; S. ID. Decker Tom Wilson,
Wilson Child, p. S. Hoffman, arm crush
ed; M. w. Sawyer, C. ID. Ray, Mrs.
Frank MeGraw, Matte Reeves, Mrs.
Sarah Gillespie and George Henrickson
Dozens of others received injuries more
or less serious.
AWFUL FURY CONFIRMED
Guthrie, Oklahoma, March 31-Tardy
details Of the Chandler cyclone continue
to come in and every fresh bit of news
furnishes further evidence of the awful
fury of the storm. A messenger, who
arrived late tonight from the country
southwest of Chandler, reports that many
farm hauses were demolished there, that
two persons were killed and a number
of others badly injured. 1t is reported
that the little settlement known as Park
land, was completely destroyed and that
several persons were injured there.
AN ARKANSAS CYCLONE.
Pine Bluff, Ark, March 31.--A cyclone
and hailstorm passed over Grady's twen-
ty-one miles south of here, early this af-
ternoon. 1t almost laid waste the entire
village, killing four colored women and
wounding several others, among then the
station agents wife. There was not a
house standing on Hall Place, and the
section house was entirely demolished.
Hail stones were so large that trainmen
report that they had to find places of
safety.
NEBRASKA 4 HARD HIT.
Omaha, Neb., March 31--A special TO
the Bee from Superior Neb saws: Last
night wind storm amounting almost to
tornado, swept across about four miles
east Of Superior. Many farm buildings
were destroyed, but so far as is know no
lives were lost.
LECTURE AT CARY