The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-01
CHANDLER STORM SWEPT
FORTY-FIVE KILLED And Two
HCNDRED INJURhD.
Three-fourfhs OF the Town Wiped Out OF
Existence Dead and
Wounded.

GUTHRIE, o. T.. March 3i.-A terrific
cyclone struck the town of Chandler.
forty miles east of here at six o'clock
last evening, and latest news Is that
forty-fve people were killed. and more
than two hundred injured, dozen of
them fatally.
a dispatch received here at 2 A. NJ.
exported that the ruins were on fire and
that many. injured people were burned
to death. So far twenty-four dead bodies
have been taken from the ruined build
ings.
THE DEAD.
The following names are given az
among those killed:
j. Woodyard Ynd wife.
Mrs. Mitchell
Mrs. Thomas Smith.
John Lawson, lawyer.
The following are reported as among
the injured:
John Mccartney. brother-in-law of
United States Marshal Maggie; T.. y. Nib
lack and father, John Fister. Mrs. Emma
Foster. two daughters of County Treas
urer Ulam, Samuel Winthrop, and George
McHenry.
The cyclone struck ut o'clock last
evening. The courthouse. in which
Chief Justice Dale was holding court.
was taken of lis foundation. All COM
munication with Chandler is now cut on.
The telephone office was destroyed, and
the only Information received here was
from a telephone connection made a mile
and half out of Chandler. That has
since been lost.
KANSAS CITY. March 3l.-A special
to the Journal from Guthrie. Okl.. says:
At o'clock last evening a terrific tor
nado. followed by hail and flood swept
through the town Of Chandler. forty miles
east of here. completely devastating the
town. Three-fourths Of the residences
and business houses of the place 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
greatest difficulties.
MANY BADLY HURT.
The telephone Office was destroyed and
at 10 o'clock to- night a telephone was
connected with the wire two miles away,
and a message was sent here for assist
ance. Up TO that time Mr.. and Mrs.
WoOdman. Mrs. Henry Mitchell Mrs.
Thomas Smith, Attorney John Dawson,
and two unknown persons had been found
dead. and fully one hundred and fifty
people We're known to be badly injured
Mrs. Emery Foster and baby are thought
to be fatally hurt.
Chandler IS built on a hill in thick tim
Der. and the mass of torn trees ana
wrecked houses makes it impossible to
reach the injured in the dare On every
side can De heard land cries for
help. \ large humble. Of (hysicians and
other citizens have left here for the scene
with surgical instruments. drugs and
other SUPPLIES. II
\ later mesX ge states that q large
number OF people. known TO have been
In business brhd.ngs are missing. and it
IS feared they are dead under the ruins
The true state Of affairs cannot be learn
cd until DAYLIGHT
NINE DEAD BODIES.
4 dispatch received at / o'clock this
morning from Chester states that nine
dead bodies had been taken from the
ruins. The ruined buildings We're on FIRE
and burning ferccly Many of the aged
undoubtedly met death by fire while PIN
ned fast under debris. In one building five
people were burned to death and at
another place the Moderated bodies Of
three unknown children have been taken
out.
Another telephone message received at
2:3) O'Clock this morning asked for hep.
and rescue parties Immediately started
from Guthrie and nearby towns. The
message says that the entire business
portion Of the town burned after being
wrecked by the wind. The scene was des-
cribed as terrible and almost beyond
description. Several Of the injured be-
came temporarily insane and rushed up
and down the streets in a state OF de-
lirum.
The main street Of the town is a mass
of dead and injured people and wagons.
buggies. trees and debris from the build
ings Every building but one on the main
street was wrecked and burned. including
the court house. post office, News. and
Democrat Offices Lincoln County Bank
city hall and several hotels.
Jacob Williams and wife. OF El Dorado
Kansas. visiting at Chandler, were IN
stantly killed their little daughter was
fatally crushed and badly hurt.
John Dawson, Of Lincoln, Neb., l'wyer
was burned 10 death Chief Justice Dale.
who was holding court ran with his wife
TO a hollow and held her behind large
boulder, and both were unhurt.