Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-06-15
CONSTANT SUCCESSION OF FUNERALS
OF TORNADO VICTIMS.
FEWER KILLED THAN FEARED
NEW RICHMOND DEATH LIST STANDS
ATABoUT FIFTY.
Ten Dead and Twenty-Five Injured,
Five of Them Fatally, at Her
man, Neb.-People of Her -..
man Are I'm Destitute
Condition. :.

NEW RICHMOND. WIS, June H.-Thir-
ty-two new graves were made to-day in
the two little. cemeteries at opposite sides
of the town. and constant succession of
funerals threaded a passage through lit
tered streets all day long. Services for
twenty-five were held in the little Catholic
church and from the Congregational church
ten funerals had been held by evening.
There is still large number OF unburied
dead, and but for the fact that a large
number of coffins failed to arrive to-day it
is likely the number of funerals would
have been close to fifty. The number of
known dead was increased by one, Henry
Larson. boy about Il years OF age. the
son of a laborer, and two of the injured
died. Contrary to general expectation,
there were no bodies found during the day
in the basement of the Williams dry goods
: store. 1t was predicted, when the work
of clearing out the debris was begun this
morning, that at least twenty bodies were
still in the cellar of williams store, but at
nightfall a large portion of the place had
been gone over and nothing was found to
indicate that any more dead were in the
ruins.
Ten bodies still remain unidentified, five
Of them lying in the Catholic church, three
in the Congregational church and two in
the school house. All of these have been
counted in the list of the dead sent yester-
day. Four bodies were found to-day, those
of Mrs. Kate Hawkins, Willie Hughes,
John Prior and - Larson. The Hawkins
family, consisting of Mr.. and Mrs Haw-
klns and three children. is wiped out with
the exception Of Mr.. Hawkins, who is Sc
riously injured and his recovery is very
doubtful It was known that Prior was
in the saloon of Bullen & Greeley at the
time this storm broke, and workers in the
ruins kept q sharp outlook for his body
throughout the morning. 1t was found
about 1:30 o'clock, buried under a great
mass of rubbish. The body of Patrick
Early, a boy of y years, is in the same
mass of wreckage. as that in which the
body of Prior was found. but II could not
be located to-day. Mrs. Josephine Brock
way and Thomas Stevens died to-day of
their injuries.
The work of clearing up the town was
undertaken in systematic manner this
morning and decided progress was made.
The numerous dead animals lying around
were all buried early in the day. The fires
which had been smoldering for thirty-six
hours were extinguished, and a number OF
cellars in which dead bodies were supposed
TO be were cleared up.
The militia kept strict guard around the
edges OF the devastated district, and no one
who could not show excellent cause for
admission was allowed inside the lines.
Supplies have been coming in all day
from all directions and there is no scarcity
of anything to eat. Bedding is not toe
plentiful, and blankets are needed. Food
was so plentiful to-day that the relief com,
mittee made large sum of money by sell
ing sandwiches and bread. All the fund:
derived from this source of revenue wa:
turned over to the general fund, and from
this source alone nearly $500 was derived.
The relief committee has received tender.
of money from various sources amounting
TO about 5000. Enough additional money i!
in sight it is said, to supply all immediate
demands for cash. A number of tents wer,
put up to-day for the wounded, and NOR
will be erected tomorrow. 1t is proposed
10 move as many as possible of the injured
into them and relieve the crowded condi
ton of the hospitals which are rather lin
tied in capacity. All of the wounded wer
doing well to-day and no more immediat
deaths are looked for.