Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-01
Associated Press Dispatch By special wires.

Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
tornado, followed by hail and food,
swept through the town OF Chandler.
40 miles east of here, last night.
Three-fourths of the residences and
business houses were totally wrecked or
badly damaged, scores of people were
injured and many were killed. Darkness
at once came on, and the work OF rescue
was carried on under great difficulties.
Chandler is a town of LEGO people.
It is built ON hill, in thick timber,
and the mass Of torn trees and wrecked
houses made it impossible to reach the
injured in the dark. On every side
could be heard groans and cries for
help. A large number Of physicians and
other citizens left here for the scene
with surgical instruments, drugs ind
other supplies. The true state OF affairs
could not be learned last night.
At clock this morning 81 bodies
had been taken from the ruins at
Chandler. From 20 TO 100 persons are
badly injured, and a dozen or moro Of
wrecked buildings have taken fire, and
the debris is burning iiercely. Many OF
the Injured have been burned to death,
while pinned fast under the debris. In,
one building IL il reported that FIVE,
injured leople were burne! to death.
and at another place the 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. n !.
The following is the list OF dead So
far as known at l. o'clock: Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodman, Mrs. Harry Mitchell,
Mrs. Thomas smith, Attorney John
! Dawson, +. DeMoff, Emma Dreesinger,
4 Or. johnson and child. Mrs Lee, Mr.
| and Mrs. A, W. Keller, an unknown
woman and babe and five unknown.
| children. .4
Among the fatally injured are Arthur
Jewett, Peggy johnson, Mrs. Frank
McCann, D.. G. Gooding, Maggie
Mrs. Cullom and Jennie Wordsworth.
The latest details say that as persons
we're killed and 200 badly hurt by the
| cyclone
l AT $50 o'clock this morning mas-
sage was received from Chandler, asking
for more help. The surrounding towns
were notified, and rescuiDg parties
started for the scene OF disaster. The
entire business portion of the town
burned after being wrecked. 1t is now
thought that there are % or 30 more
bodies in line burned ruins. James
woodward and wife of Eldorado, Kas..
who were visiting at Chandler, were.
instantly killed, their young daughter
was fatally crushed and their son was
badly hurt.
James Dawson of Lincoln, Neb., a
lawyer. was burned to death. The
scene is awful, and several Of the in
jured are raying crazy. The main street
of the town is a mass of dead and in.
jured people and of teams, trees and
dobriba from the buildings.
| Chief Justice Dale, who was holding
court, ran with his wife to hollow
and held her behind a large boulder.
and both were unhurt Every building
but one, ON the main street, was
wrecked aud burned, including the
Court House, the News and Democra.
Offices. the Lincoln county bank, the
New York store and several hotels.
Fort Worth, Tex, March d. "A mother
cyclone passed over this city last night,
this time catching the suuth side.
Ine chimney of the Mulkey Memorial
Church was blown down, and, falling on
the parsonage, crushed in the roof.
Several houses were unroofed, and the
houses Of xCounty Treasurer Bratton
and Mrs. Kliuo we're blown from their
supports. A negro church in the south
eastern part of the town was blown
down. So far no loss of life has been
reported.