The herald., 1897-04-01
ing physicians and others left for the

were sent out as the extent of the dam
age became known. The night in Chan
dler was one of indescribable terror
With many of it's inhabitants dead or
dying, and the remainder too badly in
Jured or unable from fright or because
of the darkness to render assistance,
no order prevailed. Rain poured down
In a torrent. The injured in many cases
unavailingly cried for help, and lay in
the wrecks of their homes until day
light made it possible for them to help
themselves, or when aid from surround
ing towns arrived.
BY midnight some show of system had
been perfected and the dead and diving
were being released from the ruins. I'm
provised hospitals were erected and the
un1ortunates cared for as best as was
possible. At 1 o'clock twenty dead bod
ies had been taken from the ruins. while
dozens more or less badly injured had
been removed to places of safety.
But, one OF Chandler's physicians es-
caped injury, and even after aid from
Guthrie arrived there was a scarcity of
surgeons. Only two were able to do any
thing last night and one of these, DR..
Walcott, with blood streaming from
sightless eye, worked until he tainted
| Daylight brought hundreds of people
from surrounding towns, and men,
women and children assisted In caring
for the injured. Little progress was
made, however. and it was not until noon
that an organized effort at alleviating
the sufferings Of the injured was effect
| ad of,,t, =
turned into hospitals and directed by
Mayor M. D. Kinney, the work proceeded
as satisfactorily as possible
| Strange sights greet the eye on all
sides. The trees, have a house roof on
each; clothing and household goods are
scattered in the streets; dead horses,
cows and other animals are to be seen
everywhere, while a pile of ruins has a
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 home. Two or three have gone stark
mad.
BY nightfall tonight 10000 people had
1ocked into the city. Many of them came
to render aid. but the majority are there
as morbid sightseers. A great quantity
of clothing, bedding and provisions have
been sent in and the Guthrie club has
raised $500 in cash to send tomorrow
The city has put TO use all its cash,
about 500, for immediate aid Hun
dreds of tents have been sent from Fort
Reno and Guthrie and will provide tenn
porary shelter for the unfortunate.
All are homeless. however, and substan-
tial aid must quickly follow. Food is
scarce and there are not half enough
collins to bury the dead, and practically
all the towns supply of medicine has
been destroyed.
A. list of the dead follows: Attorney
John Dawson, F. r. Demoff, Emma
Dressinger. unknown woman, unknown
child, all burned to death by being
pinned down by wreck of Lincoln bank.
Mrs Tom Smith, crushed; Mrs. Philip
johnson and child, Mrs. DR.. L. Lee. A.
w. Keller, Mrs. A. w. Keller. unknown
man, three unknown children, Mrs.
Dement, Mitchell, James w. woodward,
of Eldorado Kas.; Mrs. woodward. Mrs.
Dement,, b. Bemar, A. Barber. D. E.
johnson, e. M. Rittenstein, Mrs. e. G.
| Johnson, DaDe anu llltIt DOy.
Fatally injured: woodward girl. DR..
L. Lee, Arthur Jewett, Peggie Johnson,
Mrs. Frank Mccall. D. c. Gooding. Mol
lie Ulam, Andrew Asher. Mrs Andrew
Asher, Sidney Kennon, D. c. Johnson,
| Mrs. D. C. Johnson, William Tilgham,
George Herndon.
Badly injured: Mrs. Emery Foster
and baby: the mothers leg broken; Mrs.
Cullom, Mrs. ]. D. Lumley, Maggie
Reeves, Chandler Reeves, Arch Shep-
herd, Aleck Bishop, leg broken; Mrs.
Coburn G. c. Niblack. F. A. Niblack.
John Mccartney, Ulam girls. Sam High
tower, McElhaney family, woodward
boy, arm broken; w. B. Herod, arm
broken; Dr. Wolcott, eye torn out; S. D.
Decker, bruised; Tom Wilson, Wilson
child, P. S. Hoffman, arm crushed; M.
w. Sawyer, c. d. Ray, Mrs. Frank Nc
Graw. Matt Reeves. Mrs. Sarah Giles
pie, George Hendrickson.
dozens of others received injuries
more or less serious.
Tardy details of the cyclone continue
to come in, and every fresh bit of news
furnishes further evidence of the awful
| FURY OF tuc Stoiii. "A AiSSoSAAo>A ''AA'
arrived late tonight from the country
southwest of Chandler reports thot
many farm houses were demolished
there; that two persons were killed ard
a number of others badly injured. 1t
is reported that the little settlement
known as Parkland was completely de-
stroyed, and that eight persons were
injured there.
GRADY'S LAID WASTE.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March S1.-A special
to the Republican from Pine Bluff, Ark.
says: A cyclone passed over Grady's,
twenty-one miles south of here, this
afternoon. 1t almost laid waste the
village, killing four colored women and
wounding several others, among them
the agents wife. There was not house
left standing on the Hall place, and the
section house could not be found. The
hailstones were so large that trainmen
reported that they had to find a place
of safety. Train late; wires down.
THE COLORADO STORM.
DENVER, Col, March 31.-All the
eastern roads have been tied up today,
but they hope to get trains through to-
night The high wind packed every cut
full of snow. sand and sagebrush, which
make a barrier hard to buck" On